Douglas County, OR Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Douglas county oregon dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	22,732	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	910	4.0
Kindergarten	1,079	4.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	11,308	49.7
High school (grades 9-12)	6,397	28.1
College or graduate school	3,038	13.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	68,783	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,216	4.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	9,869	14.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	23,836	34.7
Some college, no degree	18,276	26.6
Associate degree	4,441	6.5
Bachelor's degree	5,754	8.4
Graduate or professional degree	3,391	4.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	80,984	100.0
Never married	14,688	18.1
Now married, except separated	48,959	60.5
Separated	1,220	1.5
Widowed	6,370	7.9
Female	5,106	6.3
Divorced	9,747	12.0
Female	5,069	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,782	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	898	50.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	76,336	100.0
Civilian veterans	15,435	20.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	21,802	100.0
With a disability	1,744	8.0

Population 21 to 64 years	54,723	100.0
With a disability	12,408	22.7
Percent employed	49.9	(X)
No disability	42,315	77.3
Percent employed	74.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	17,207	100.0
With a disability	7,389	42.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	94,748	100.0
Same house in 1995	49,449	52.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	44,732	47.2
Same county	26,778	28.3
Different county	17,954	18.9
Same state	7,227	7.6
Different state	10,727	11.3
Elsewhere in 1995	567	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	100,399	100.0
Native	98,331	97.9
Born in United States	97,570	97.2
State of residence	44,903	44.7
Different state	52,667	52.5
Born outside United States	761	0.8
Foreign born	2,068	2.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	449	0.4
Naturalized citizen	1,320	1.3
Not a citizen	748	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,068	100.0
Europe	603	29.2
Asia	403	19.5
Africa	22	1.1
Oceania	43	2.1
Latin America	529	25.6
Northern America	468	22.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	94,748	100.0
English only	91,037	96.1
Language other than English	3,711	3.9
Speak English less than 'very well	1,098	1.2
Spanish	2,105	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	755	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	1,012	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	147	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	405	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	141	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	100,399	100.0
Total ancestries reported	99,424	99.0
Arab	130	0.1
Czech¹	598	0.6
Danish	1,029	1.0
Dutch	2,908	2.9
English	13,678	13.6
French (except Basque)¹	3,697	3.7
French Canadian¹	969	1.0
German	18,811	18.7
Greek	285	0.3
Hungarian	322	0.3
Irish¹	12,166	12.1
Italian	2,723	2.7
Lithuanian	56	0.1
Norwegian	3,353	3.3
Polish	1,258	1.3
Portuguese	457	0.5
Russian	414	0.4
Scotch-Irish	2,427	2.4
Scottish	2,962	3.0
Slovak	32	0.0
Subsaharan African	6	0.0
Swedish	2,647	2.6
Swiss	484	0.5
Ukrainian	208	0.2
United States or American	9,479	9.4
Welsh	891	0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	77	0.1
Other ancestries	17,357	17.3

(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. 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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