Portland city, Oregon - Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006

Portland city, Oregon

Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006

Data Set: 2006 American Community Survey
Survey: American Community Survey

Social - Education, Marital Status, Relationships, Fertility, Grandparents...
Economic - Income, Employment, Occupation, Commuting to Work...
Housing - Occupancy and Structure, Housing Value and Costs, Utilities...
Demographic - Sex and Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, Housing Units...
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NOTE. Although the American Community Survey (ACS) produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates, it is the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program that produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities and towns and estimates of housing units for states and counties.

For more information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.

Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006	Estimate	Margin of Error
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	234,931	+/-3,434
Family households (families)	119,917	+/-3,467
With own children under 18 years	56,033	+/-2,989
Married-couple families	84,975	+/-2,984
With own children under 18 years	34,432	+/-2,317
Male householder, no wife present	9,749	+/-1,618
With own children under 18 years	6,348	+/-1,373
Female householder, no husband present	25,193	+/-2,496
With own children under 18 years	15,253	+/-2,328
Nonfamily households	115,014	+/-3,428
Householder living alone	86,880	+/-3,415
65 years and over	18,748	+/-1,852

Households with one or more people under 18 years	61,001	+/-3,081
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	40,379	+/-1,693

Average household size	2.24	+/-0.03
Average family size	3.01	+/-0.06

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	526,107	+/-7,954
Householder	234,931	+/-3,434
Spouse	85,739	+/-3,077
Child	130,467	+/-5,370
Other relatives	24,836	+/-3,621
Nonrelatives	50,134	+/-3,852
Unmarried partner	20,907	+/-1,869

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	218,153	+/-3,498
Never married	88,183	+/-3,701
Now married, except separated	93,527	+/-3,709
Separated	3,865	+/-965
Widowed	3,836	+/-758
Divorced	28,742	+/-2,871

Females 15 years and over	224,168	+/-2,998
Never married	74,162	+/-3,732
Now married, except separated	90,742	+/-3,470
Separated	7,413	+/-1,587
Widowed	18,791	+/-1,589
Divorced	33,060	+/-2,444

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months	8,181	+/-1,706
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	2,450	+/-1,075
Per 1,000 unmarried women	30	+/-13
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	57	+/-12
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	13	+/-12
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	85	+/-24
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	44	+/-13

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years	6,815	+/-1,625
Responsible for grandchildren	3,245	+/-1,320
Years responsible for grandchildren
Less than 1 year	449	+/-350
1 or 2 years	1,471	+/-1,103
3 or 4 years	0	+/-269
5 or more years	1,325	+/-635

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Who are female	69.6%	+/-10.7
Who are married	63.0%	+/-21.5

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	128,140	+/-5,337
Nursery school, preschool	8,389	+/-1,657
Kindergarten	7,379	+/-1,189
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	47,656	+/-2,864
High school (grades 9-12)	23,879	+/-1,574
College or graduate school	40,837	+/-3,088

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	379,962	+/-4,797
Less than 9th grade	19,442	+/-2,434
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	24,711	+/-2,557
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	80,424	+/-4,158
Some college, no degree	85,311	+/-4,026
Associate's degree	23,448	+/-2,279
Bachelor's degree	90,001	+/-4,139
Graduate or professional degree	56,625	+/-3,467

Percent high school graduate or higher	88.4%	+/-0.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	+/-1.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	423,102	+/-5,246
Civilian veterans	37,848	+/-2,272

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 years and over	495,562	+/-7,433
With a disability	66,223	+/-3,635

Population 5 to 15 years	68,336	+/-3,140
With a disability	2,568	+/-692

Population 16 to 64 years	374,810	+/-5,710
With a disability	43,623	+/-3,253

Population 65 years and over	52,416	+/-1,856
With a disability	20,032	+/-1,743

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	531,136	+/-7,858
Same house	422,906	+/-8,834
Different house in the U.S.	104,546	+/-8,451
Same county	69,617	+/-8,073
Different county	34,929	+/-3,295
Same state	14,724	+/-2,486
Different state	20,205	+/-2,564
Abroad	3,684	+/-1,058

PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	539,950	+/-7,789
Native	464,852	+/-7,920
Born in United States	457,995	+/-7,631
State of residence	230,210	+/-7,189
Different state	227,785	+/-6,622
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)	6,857	+/-1,472
Foreign born	75,098	+/-5,661

U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS
Foreign-born population	75,098	+/-5,661
Naturalized U.S. citizen	30,850	+/-3,014
Not a U.S. citizen	44,248	+/-4,719

YEAR OF ENTRY
Population born outside the United States	81,955	+/-5,530

Native	6,857	+/-1,472
Entered 2000 or later	652	+/-338
Entered before 2000	6,205	+/-1,428

Foreign born	75,098	+/-5,661
Entered 2000 or later	19,765	+/-3,552
Entered before 2000	55,333	+/-3,947

WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea	75,098	+/-5,661
Europe	17,149	+/-2,774
Asia	27,882	+/-2,601
Africa	2,628	+/-1,048
Oceania	991	+/-572
Latin America	23,229	+/-3,416
Northern America	3,219	+/-982

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	503,366	+/-7,321
English only	405,237	+/-7,383
Language other than English	98,129	+/-6,546
Speak English less than "very well"	51,180	+/-4,778
Spanish	38,634	+/-3,927
Speak English less than "very well"	20,631	+/-3,021
Other Indo-European languages	25,260	+/-3,612
Speak English less than "very well"	11,528	+/-2,549
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	29,033	+/-3,265
Speak English less than "very well"	16,275	+/-2,003
Other languages	5,202	+/-2,178
Speak English less than "very well"	2,746	+/-1,681

ANCESTRY
Total population	539,950	+/-7,789
American	27,638	+/-3,955
Arab	1,625	+/-591
Czech	3,053	+/-826
Danish	4,579	+/-1,104
Dutch	12,192	+/-1,885
English	63,670	+/-4,796
French (except Basque)	17,614	+/-2,523
French Canadian	3,194	+/-925
German	102,171	+/-5,764
Greek	2,737	+/-968
Hungarian	2,721	+/-866
Irish	69,971	+/-5,679
Italian	21,994	+/-2,705
Lithuanian	1,395	+/-543
Norwegian	22,239	+/-2,904
Polish	11,554	+/-1,847
Portuguese	3,316	+/-1,359
Russian	15,386	+/-3,544
Scotch-Irish	13,723	+/-2,009
Scottish	19,699	+/-2,293
Slovak	206	+/-187
Subsaharan African	7,016	+/-3,056
Swedish	16,026	+/-2,595
Swiss	4,829	+/-1,102
Ukrainian	7,935	+/-2,764
Welsh	6,596	+/-1,244
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	1,356	+/-835

Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006	Estimate	Margin of Error

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

Notes:
�Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of people who responded with a particular ancestry; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Demographic Table).
�The Census Bureau introduced a new skip pattern for the disability questions in the 2003 ACS questionnaire. This change mainly affected two individual items -- go-outside-home disability and employment disability -- and the recode for disability status, which includes the two items. Accordingly, comparisons of data from 2003 or later with data from prior years are not recommended for the relevant questions. For more information, see the ACS Subject Definitions for Disability.
�Data for year of entry of the native population reflect the year of entry into the U.S. by people who were born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island Areas or born outside the U.S. to a U.S. citizen parent and who subsequently moved to the U.S.
�While the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the December 2005 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, in certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB definitions due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities.

Explanation of Symbols:
1. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
3. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
4. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '***' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
6. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.
7. An 'N' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
8. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available.

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