Benton County, OR Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Benton county oregon dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

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

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
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

Percent high school graduate or higher	93.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	47.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
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

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	611	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	248	40.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	61,360	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,052	11.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	20,276	100.0
With a disability	1,404	6.9

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)

Population 65 years and over	7,697	100.0
With a disability	2,739	35.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
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

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
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

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
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

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
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

(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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