Harney County, OR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Harney county oregon dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,713	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	106	6.2
Kindergarten	85	5.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,007	58.8
High school (grades 9-12)	443	25.9
College or graduate school	72	4.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	5,130	100.0
Less than 9th grade	281	5.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	681	13.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,967	38.3
Some college, no degree	1,213	23.6
Associate degree	380	7.4
Bachelor's degree	450	8.8
Graduate or professional degree	158	3.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	5,967	100.0
Never married	1,028	17.2
Now married, except separated	3,627	60.8
Separated	113	1.9
Widowed	446	7.5
Female	374	6.3
Divorced	753	12.6
Female	362	6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	43	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	34	79.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	5,639	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,079	19.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,713	100.0
With a disability	107	6.2

Population 21 to 64 years	4,229	100.0
With a disability	880	20.8
Percent employed	43.8	(X)
No disability	3,349	79.2
Percent employed	77.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,074	100.0
With a disability	482	44.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	7,164	100.0
Same house in 1995	3,309	46.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,816	53.3
Same county	1,800	25.1
Different county	2,016	28.1
Same state	1,196	16.7
Different state	820	11.4
Elsewhere in 1995	39	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	7,609	100.0
Native	7,453	97.9
Born in United States	7,423	97.6
State of residence	4,145	54.5
Different state	3,278	43.1
Born outside United States	30	0.4
Foreign born	156	2.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	17	0.2
Naturalized citizen	69	0.9
Not a citizen	87	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	156	100.0
Europe	48	30.8
Asia	31	19.9
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	55	35.3
Northern America	22	14.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	7,164	100.0
English only	6,735	94.0
Language other than English	429	6.0
Speak English less than 'very well	111	1.5
Spanish	207	2.9
Speak English less than "very well"	72	1.0
Other Indo-European languages	64	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	12	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	28	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	12	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	7,609	100.0
Total ancestries reported	7,875	103.5
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	19	0.2
Danish	89	1.2
Dutch	216	2.8
English	882	11.6
French (except Basque)¹	275	3.6
French Canadian¹	133	1.7
German	1,502	19.7
Greek	23	0.3
Hungarian	17	0.2
Irish¹	990	13.0
Italian	172	2.3
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	334	4.4
Polish	59	0.8
Portuguese	14	0.2
Russian	24	0.3
Scotch-Irish	250	3.3
Scottish	263	3.5
Slovak	9	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	172	2.3
Swiss	22	0.3
Ukrainian	3	0.0
United States or American	636	8.4
Welsh	174	2.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,597	21.0

(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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