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Portland Oregon Social and demographic information
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Portland Oregon Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Portland city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
529,025 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
128,867 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
460,049 |
87.0 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
8,015 |
6.2 |
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Born in
United States |
454,271 |
85.9 |
| Kindergarten |
5,638 |
4.4 |
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State
of residence |
232,518 |
44.0 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
49,344 |
38.3 |
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Different state |
221,753 |
41.9 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
24,441 |
19.0 |
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Born
outside United States |
5,778 |
1.1 |
| College or
graduate school |
41,429 |
32.1 |
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Foreign born |
68,976 |
13.0 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
37,624 |
7.1 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
24,617 |
4.7 |
| Population
25 years and over |
363,851 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
44,359 |
8.4 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
18,744 |
5.2 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
33,382 |
9.2 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
80,947 |
22.2 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
68,976 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
90,825 |
25.0 |
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Europe |
17,572 |
25.5 |
| Associate
degree |
21,255 |
5.8 |
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Asia |
26,271 |
38.1 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
77,321 |
21.3 |
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Africa |
2,430 |
3.5 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
41,377 |
11.4 |
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Oceania |
1,764 |
2.6 |
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Latin America |
17,600 |
25.5 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
85.7 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
3,339 |
4.8 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
32.6 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
497,056 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
435,445 |
100.0 |
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English only |
412,928 |
83.1 |
| Never married |
150,656 |
34.6 |
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Language other
than English |
84,128 |
16.9 |
| Now married,
except separated |
192,176 |
44.1 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
44,911 |
9.0 |
| Separated |
8,848 |
2.0 |
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Spanish |
28,003 |
5.6 |
| Widowed |
25,650 |
5.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
15,070 |
3.0 |
| Female |
20,849 |
4.8 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
24,783 |
5.0 |
| Divorced |
58,115 |
13.3 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
11,336 |
2.3 |
| Female |
32,791 |
7.5 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
27,474 |
5.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
17,027 |
3.4 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
529,025 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
7,617 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
602,293 |
113.8 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
3,112 |
40.9 |
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Arab |
2,144 |
0.4 |
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Czech¹ |
3,834 |
0.7 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
5,786 |
1.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
417,611 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
10,986 |
2.1 |
| Civilian
veterans |
49,757 |
11.9 |
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English |
61,707 |
11.7 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
18,511 |
3.5 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
4,538 |
0.9 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
99,715 |
18.8 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
100,262 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
2,452 |
0.5 |
| With a
disability |
8,920 |
8.9 |
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Hungarian |
2,231 |
0.4 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
332,333 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
64,561 |
12.2 |
| With a
disability |
59,837 |
18.0 |
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Italian |
19,810 |
3.7 |
| Percent
employed |
58.6 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
1,034 |
0.2 |
| No disability |
272,496 |
82.0 |
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Norwegian |
24,064 |
4.5 |
| Percent
employed |
80.2 |
(X) |
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Polish |
10,042 |
1.9 |
| Population
65 years and over |
58,888 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
1,618 |
0.3 |
| With a
disability |
25,025 |
42.5 |
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Russian |
10,303 |
1.9 |
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Scotch-Irish |
11,032 |
2.1 |
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Scottish |
17,002 |
3.2 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
544 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
497,056 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
4,326 |
0.8 |
| Same house in
1995 |
223,916 |
45.0 |
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Swedish |
17,378 |
3.3 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
252,331 |
50.8 |
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Swiss |
4,102 |
0.8 |
| Same county |
144,962 |
29.2 |
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Ukrainian |
5,867 |
1.1 |
| Different
county |
107,369 |
21.6 |
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United States
or American |
20,367 |
3.8 |
| Same state |
40,871 |
8.2 |
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Welsh |
6,701 |
1.3 |
| Different
state |
66,498 |
13.4 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
797 |
0.2 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
20,809 |
4.2 |
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Other
ancestries |
170,841 |
32.3 |
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| Date: January
10, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (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. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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