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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: Wheeler 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 |
358 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
31 |
8.7 |
Kindergarten |
19 |
5.3 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
159 |
44.4 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
118 |
33.0 |
College or graduate school |
31 |
8.7 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
1,143 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
64 |
5.6 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
172 |
15.0 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
425 |
37.2 |
Some college, no degree |
278 |
24.3 |
Associate degree |
40 |
3.5 |
Bachelor's degree |
123 |
10.8 |
Graduate or professional degree |
41 |
3.6 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
79.4 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
14.3 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
1,289 |
100.0 |
Never married |
193 |
15.0 |
Now married, except separated |
817 |
63.4 |
Separated |
5 |
0.4 |
Widowed |
99 |
7.7 |
Female |
81 |
6.3 |
Divorced |
175 |
13.6 |
Female |
80 |
6.2 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
15 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
8 |
53.3 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
1,194 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
259 |
21.7 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
320 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
8 |
2.5 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
804 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
152 |
18.9 |
Percent employed |
48.0 |
(X) |
No disability |
652 |
81.1 |
Percent employed |
70.7 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
356 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
122 |
34.3 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
1,480 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
834 |
56.4 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
635 |
42.9 |
Same county |
179 |
12.1 |
Different county |
456 |
30.8 |
Same state |
302 |
20.4 |
Different state |
154 |
10.4 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
11 |
0.7 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
1,547 |
100.0 |
Native |
1,515 |
97.9 |
Born in United States |
1,505 |
97.3 |
State of residence |
796 |
51.5 |
Different state |
709 |
45.8 |
Born outside United States |
10 |
0.6 |
Foreign born |
32 |
2.1 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
12 |
0.8 |
Naturalized citizen |
6 |
0.4 |
Not a citizen |
26 |
1.7 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
32 |
100.0 |
Europe |
15 |
46.9 |
Asia |
0 |
0.0 |
Africa |
0 |
0.0 |
Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
Latin America |
15 |
46.9 |
Northern America |
2 |
6.3 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
1,480 |
100.0 |
English only |
1,418 |
95.8 |
Language other than English |
62 |
4.2 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
28 |
1.9 |
Spanish |
52 |
3.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
22 |
1.5 |
Other Indo-European languages |
10 |
0.7 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
6 |
0.4 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
0 |
0.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
0 |
0.0 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
1,547 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
1,540 |
99.5 |
Arab |
6 |
0.4 |
Czech1 |
0 |
0.0 |
Danish |
6 |
0.4 |
Dutch |
34 |
2.2 |
English |
281 |
18.2 |
French (except Basque)1 |
45 |
2.9 |
French Canadian1 |
12 |
0.8 |
German |
324 |
20.9 |
Greek |
0 |
0.0 |
Hungarian |
5 |
0.3 |
Irish1 |
177 |
11.4 |
Italian |
36 |
2.3 |
Lithuanian |
0 |
0.0 |
Norwegian |
24 |
1.6 |
Polish |
18 |
1.2 |
Portuguese |
3 |
0.2 |
Russian |
11 |
0.7 |
Scotch-Irish |
55 |
3.6 |
Scottish |
108 |
7.0 |
Slovak |
0 |
0.0 |
Subsaharan African |
2 |
0.1 |
Swedish |
14 |
0.9 |
Swiss |
4 |
0.3 |
Ukrainian |
1 |
0.1 |
United States or American |
144 |
9.3 |
Welsh |
12 |
0.8 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
2 |
0.1 |
Other ancestries |
216 |
14.0 |
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Number |
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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