Silverton, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4167650, place: Silverton city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,141 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 181 (8.45%)
Kindergarten: 91 (4.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,060 (49.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 542 (25.32%)
College or graduate school: 267 (12.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,420 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 308 (6.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 382 (8.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,272 (28.78%)
Some college, no degree: 1,238 (28.01%)
Associate degree: 231 (5.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 677 (15.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 312 (7.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,549 (100%)
Never married: 1,434 (25.84%)
Now married, except separated: 3,019 (54.41%)
Separated: 113 (2.04%)
Total Widowed: 344 (6.2%)
Widowed Female: 264 (4.76%)
Total Divorced: 639 (11.52%)
Divorced Female: 435 (7.84%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 86 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 70 (81.4%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,114 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 843 (16.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,132 (100%)
--With a disability: 230 (10.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,811 (100%)
--With a disability: 550 (14.43%)
----Percent employed: 48.9%
--No disability: 3,261 (85.57%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 873 (100%)
--With a disability: 472 (54.07%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,891 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,251 (47.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,587 (52.05%)
--Same county: 2,250 (32.65%)
--Different county: 1,337 (19.4%)
----Same state: 748 (10.85%)
----Different state: 589 (8.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 53 (0.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,528 (100%)
Native: 7,113 (94.49%)
--Born in United States: 7,057 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,748 (49.79%)
----Different state: 3,309 (43.96%)
--Born outside United States: 56 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 415 (5.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 134 (1.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 142 (1.89%)
--Not a citizen: 273 (3.63%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 415 (100%)
Europe: 66 (15.9%)
Asia: 34 (8.19%)
Africa: 13 (3.13%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 263 (63.37%)
Northern America: 39 (9.4%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,891 (100%)
English only: 6,228 (90.38%)
Language other than English: 663 (9.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 178 (2.58%)
--Spanish: 580 (8.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 170 (2.47%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 49 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 34 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,528 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,490% (112.78%)
Arab: 6 (0.08%)
Czech: 38 (0.5%)
Danish: 83 (1.1%)
Dutch: 193 (2.56%)
English: 1,031 (13.7%)
French (except Basque): 134 (1.78%)
French Canadian: 85 (1.13%)
German: 1,891 (25.12%)
Greek: 53 (0.7%)
Hungarian: 39 (0.52%)
Irish: 884 (11.74%)
Italian: 304 (4.04%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 401 (5.33%)
Polish: 103 (1.37%)
Portuguese: 21 (0.28%)
Russian: 54 (0.72%)
Scotch-Irish: 117 (1.55%)
Scottish: 171 (2.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.17%)
Swedish: 240 (3.19%)
Swiss: 205 (2.72%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.2%)
United States or American: 403 (5.35%)
Welsh: 117 (1.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,882 (25%)

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