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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Benton County, Oregon |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
30,859 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
1,179 |
3.8 |
Kindergarten |
765 |
2.5 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
7,905 |
25.6 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
4,187 |
13.6 |
College or graduate school |
16,823 |
54.5 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
45,758 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
1,222 |
2.7 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
1,927 |
4.2 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
7,024 |
15.4 |
Some college, no degree |
10,613 |
23.2 |
Associate degree |
3,288 |
7.2 |
Bachelor's degree |
11,969 |
26.2 |
Graduate or professional degree |
9,715 |
21.2 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
93.1 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
47.4 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
64,652 |
100.0 |
Never married |
23,673 |
36.6 |
Now married, except separated |
32,438 |
50.2 |
Separated |
662 |
1.0 |
Widowed |
2,676 |
4.1 |
Female |
2,328 |
3.6 |
Divorced |
5,203 |
8.0 |
Female |
2,981 |
4.6 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
611 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
248 |
40.6 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
61,360 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
7,052 |
11.5 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
20,276 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,404 |
6.9 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
45,829 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
5,378 |
11.7 |
Percent employed |
56.7 |
(X) |
No disability |
40,451 |
88.3 |
Percent employed |
76.2 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
7,697 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
2,739 |
35.6 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
74,282 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
31,393 |
42.3 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
40,603 |
54.7 |
Same county |
14,393 |
19.4 |
Different county |
26,210 |
35.3 |
Same state |
15,441 |
20.8 |
Different state |
10,769 |
14.5 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
2,286 |
3.1 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
78,153 |
100.0 |
Native |
72,194 |
92.4 |
Born in United States |
71,100 |
91.0 |
State of residence |
33,165 |
42.4 |
Different state |
37,935 |
48.5 |
Born outside United States |
1,094 |
1.4 |
Foreign born |
5,959 |
7.6 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
3,270 |
4.2 |
Naturalized citizen |
2,111 |
2.7 |
Not a citizen |
3,848 |
4.9 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
5,959 |
100.0 |
Europe |
1,525 |
25.6 |
Asia |
2,521 |
42.3 |
Africa |
167 |
2.8 |
Oceania |
106 |
1.8 |
Latin America |
1,333 |
22.4 |
Northern America |
307 |
5.2 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
74,282 |
100.0 |
English only |
66,875 |
90.0 |
Language other than English |
7,407 |
10.0 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
2,982 |
4.0 |
Spanish |
3,027 |
4.1 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
1,365 |
1.8 |
Other Indo-European languages |
1,729 |
2.3 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
377 |
0.5 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
2,284 |
3.1 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
1,110 |
1.5 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
78,153 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
89,753 |
114.8 |
Arab |
197 |
0.3 |
Czech1 |
748 |
1.0 |
Danish |
1,268 |
1.6 |
Dutch |
2,019 |
2.6 |
English |
11,533 |
14.8 |
French (except Basque)1 |
2,575 |
3.3 |
French Canadian1 |
649 |
0.8 |
German |
17,677 |
22.6 |
Greek |
462 |
0.6 |
Hungarian |
312 |
0.4 |
Irish1 |
9,481 |
12.1 |
Italian |
2,136 |
2.7 |
Lithuanian |
124 |
0.2 |
Norwegian |
3,639 |
4.7 |
Polish |
1,673 |
2.1 |
Portuguese |
483 |
0.6 |
Russian |
811 |
1.0 |
Scotch-Irish |
2,000 |
2.6 |
Scottish |
3,160 |
4.0 |
Slovak |
92 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
162 |
0.2 |
Swedish |
3,139 |
4.0 |
Swiss |
835 |
1.1 |
Ukrainian |
140 |
0.2 |
United States or American |
4,417 |
5.7 |
Welsh |
1,077 |
1.4 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
39 |
0.0 |
Other ancestries |
18,905 |
24.2 |
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Percent |
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(X) Not applicable. 1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
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