Orem, UT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4957300, place: Orem city, Utah)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 31,967 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,783 (5.58%)
Kindergarten: 1,495 (4.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 12,223 (38.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6,886 (21.54%)
College or graduate school: 9,580 (29.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 39,978 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 994 (2.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,408 (6.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,154 (15.39%)
Some college, no degree: 12,322 (30.82%)
Associate degree: 3,989 (9.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 9,645 (24.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,466 (11.17%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 59,920 (100%)
Never married: 18,621 (31.08%)
Now married, except separated: 35,144 (58.65%)
Separated: 482 (0.8%)
Total Widowed: 2,215 (3.7%)
Widowed Female: 1,863 (3.11%)
Total Divorced: 3,458 (5.77%)
Divorced Female: 2,124 (3.54%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,556 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 476 (30.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 54,629 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,214 (7.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 26,049 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,875 (7.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 43,034 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,799 (13.48%)
----Percent employed: 67.2%
--No disability: 37,235 (86.52%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 5,610 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,078 (37.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 75,356 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 37,789 (50.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 34,293 (45.51%)
--Same county: 20,380 (27.04%)
--Different county: 13,913 (18.46%)
----Same state: 4,563 (6.06%)
----Different state: 9,350 (12.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,274 (4.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 84,333 (100%)
Native: 77,392 (91.77%)
--Born in United States: 76,427 (100%)
----State of residence: 50,286 (59.63%)
----Different state: 26,141 (31%)
--Born outside United States: 965 (1.14%)
Foreign born: 6,941 (8.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,059 (4.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,853 (2.2%)
--Not a citizen: 5,088 (6.03%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,941 (100%)
Europe: 616 (8.87%)
Asia: 1,047 (15.08%)
Africa: 69 (0.99%)
Oceania: 230 (3.31%)
Latin America: 4,457 (64.21%)
Northern America: 522 (7.52%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 75,356 (100%)
English only: 65,244 (86.58%)
Language other than English: 10,112 (13.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,977 (5.28%)
--Spanish: 6,480 (8.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,015 (4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,725 (2.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 332 (0.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,593 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 531 (0.7%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 84,333 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 97,097% (115.14%)
Arab: 158 (0.19%)
Czech: 170 (0.2%)
Danish: 6,324 (7.5%)
Dutch: 1,438 (1.71%)
English: 28,796 (34.15%)
French (except Basque): 1,973 (2.34%)
French Canadian: 334 (0.4%)
German: 9,096 (10.79%)
Greek: 165 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 56 (0.07%)
Irish: 4,018 (4.76%)
Italian: 1,742 (2.07%)
Lithuanian: 12 (0.01%)
Norwegian: 2,334 (2.77%)
Polish: 670 (0.79%)
Portuguese: 312 (0.37%)
Russian: 190 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,075 (1.27%)
Scottish: 4,230 (5.02%)
Slovak: 23 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 109 (0.13%)
Swedish: 3,672 (4.35%)
Swiss: 1,663 (1.97%)
Ukrainian: 53 (0.06%)
United States or American: 5,243 (6.22%)
Welsh: 2,216 (2.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 13 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 21,012 (24.92%)

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