Tigard, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4173650, place: Tigard city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,301 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 643 (6.24%)
Kindergarten: 722 (7.01%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,506 (43.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,010 (19.51%)
College or graduate school: 2,420 (23.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 27,142 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 921 (3.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,564 (5.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,956 (18.26%)
Some college, no degree: 7,683 (28.31%)
Associate degree: 2,114 (7.79%)
Bachelor's degree: 7,138 (26.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,766 (10.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 36.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 32,284 (100%)
Never married: 8,030 (24.87%)
Now married, except separated: 18,733 (58.03%)
Separated: 477 (1.48%)
Total Widowed: 1,499 (4.64%)
Widowed Female: 1,270 (3.93%)
Total Divorced: 3,545 (10.98%)
Divorced Female: 2,141 (6.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 540 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 202 (37.41%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 30,750 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,813 (12.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,632 (100%)
--With a disability: 666 (7.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 25,091 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,123 (12.45%)
----Percent employed: 64.8%
--No disability: 21,968 (87.55%)
----Percent employed: 82%
Population 65 years and over: 4,215 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,580 (37.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 38,029 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 16,527 (43.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 20,142 (52.96%)
--Same county: 9,032 (23.75%)
--Different county: 11,110 (29.21%)
----Same state: 5,511 (14.49%)
----Different state: 5,599 (14.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,360 (3.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 41,261 (100%)
Native: 36,007 (87.27%)
--Born in United States: 35,509 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,176 (41.63%)
----Different state: 18,333 (44.43%)
--Born outside United States: 498 (1.21%)
Foreign born: 5,254 (12.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,622 (6.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,992 (4.83%)
--Not a citizen: 3,262 (7.91%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,254 (100%)
Europe: 891 (16.96%)
Asia: 1,834 (34.91%)
Africa: 62 (1.18%)
Oceania: 129 (2.46%)
Latin America: 2,129 (40.52%)
Northern America: 209 (3.98%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 38,029 (100%)
English only: 31,838 (83.72%)
Language other than English: 6,191 (16.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,999 (7.89%)
--Spanish: 2,983 (7.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,653 (4.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,181 (3.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 414 (1.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,815 (4.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 849 (2.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 41,261 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 47,971% (116.26%)
Arab: 221 (0.54%)
Czech: 441 (1.07%)
Danish: 486 (1.18%)
Dutch: 971 (2.35%)
English: 5,928 (14.37%)
French (except Basque): 1,423 (3.45%)
French Canadian: 308 (0.75%)
German: 9,100 (22.05%)
Greek: 161 (0.39%)
Hungarian: 149 (0.36%)
Irish: 5,022 (12.17%)
Italian: 1,399 (3.39%)
Lithuanian: 42 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 1,887 (4.57%)
Polish: 774 (1.88%)
Portuguese: 360 (0.87%)
Russian: 390 (0.95%)
Scotch-Irish: 806 (1.95%)
Scottish: 1,300 (3.15%)
Slovak: 88 (0.21%)
Subsaharan African: 126 (0.31%)
Swedish: 1,294 (3.14%)
Swiss: 313 (0.76%)
Ukrainian: 110 (0.27%)
United States or American: 2,327 (5.64%)
Welsh: 723 (1.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 75 (0.18%)
Other ancestries: 11,747 (28.47%)

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