Oroville, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5351970, place: Oroville city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 475 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (7.37%)
Kindergarten: 42 (8.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 267 (56.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 106 (22.32%)
College or graduate school: 25 (5.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,003 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 179 (17.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 188 (18.74%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 285 (28.41%)
Some college, no degree: 229 (22.83%)
Associate degree: 31 (3.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 67 (6.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 24 (2.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,190 (100%)
Never married: 254 (21.34%)
Now married, except separated: 626 (52.61%)
Separated: 29 (2.44%)
Total Widowed: 96 (8.07%)
Widowed Female: 83 (6.97%)
Total Divorced: 185 (15.55%)
Divorced Female: 91 (7.65%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 50 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (66%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,100 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 163 (14.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 457 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (7.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 824 (100%)
--With a disability: 215 (26.09%)
----Percent employed: 50.2%
--No disability: 609 (73.91%)
----Percent employed: 66.2%
Population 65 years and over: 226 (100%)
--With a disability: 104 (46.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,507 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 729 (48.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 710 (47.11%)
--Same county: 485 (32.18%)
--Different county: 225 (14.93%)
----Same state: 134 (8.89%)
----Different state: 91 (6.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 68 (4.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,638 (100%)
Native: 1,439 (87.85%)
--Born in United States: 1,415 (100%)
----State of residence: 872 (53.24%)
----Different state: 543 (33.15%)
--Born outside United States: 24 (1.47%)
Foreign born: 199 (12.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 104 (6.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 55 (3.36%)
--Not a citizen: 144 (8.79%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 199 (100%)
Europe: 9 (4.52%)
Asia: 5 (2.51%)
Africa: 1 (0.5%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 144 (72.36%)
Northern America: 40 (20.1%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,507 (100%)
English only: 1,283 (85.14%)
Language other than English: 224 (14.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 136 (9.02%)
--Spanish: 201 (13.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 125 (8.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 14 (0.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,638 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,576% (96.21%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 12 (0.73%)
Dutch: 29 (1.77%)
English: 215 (13.13%)
French (except Basque): 56 (3.42%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.92%)
German: 206 (12.58%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 200 (12.21%)
Italian: 15 (0.92%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 49 (2.99%)
Polish: 14 (0.85%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 16 (0.98%)
Scottish: 43 (2.63%)
Slovak: 2 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.18%)
Swedish: 13 (0.79%)
Swiss: 7 (0.43%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.18%)
United States or American: 132 (8.06%)
Welsh: 2 (0.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 542 (33.09%)

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