Jefferson County, OR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jefferson county oregon dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,882	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	357	7.3
Kindergarten	360	7.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,613	53.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,164	23.8
College or graduate school	388	7.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,972	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,205	10.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,606	13.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,799	31.7
Some college, no degree	3,060	25.6
Associate degree	658	5.5
Bachelor's degree	1,124	9.4
Graduate or professional degree	520	4.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	76.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,321	100.0
Never married	2,894	20.2
Now married, except separated	8,893	62.1
Separated	280	2.0
Widowed	751	5.2
Female	580	4.0
Divorced	1,503	10.5
Female	797	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	493	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	306	62.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,367	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,156	16.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,746	100.0
With a disability	296	6.2

Population 21 to 64 years	10,427	100.0
With a disability	2,292	22.0
Percent employed	65.2	(X)
No disability	8,135	78.0
Percent employed	73.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,323	100.0
With a disability	908	39.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,610	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,007	45.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,426	53.5
Same county	3,976	22.6
Different county	5,450	30.9
Same state	3,520	20.0
Different state	1,930	11.0
Elsewhere in 1995	177	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	19,009	100.0
Native	17,126	90.1
Born in United States	16,987	89.4
State of residence	9,787	51.5
Different state	7,200	37.9
Born outside United States	139	0.7
Foreign born	1,883	9.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	772	4.1
Naturalized citizen	404	2.1
Not a citizen	1,479	7.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,883	100.0
Europe	69	3.7
Asia	121	6.4
Africa	13	0.7
Oceania	7	0.4
Latin America	1,629	86.5
Northern America	44	2.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,610	100.0
English only	14,256	81.0
Language other than English	3,354	19.0
Speak English less than 'very well	1,646	9.3
Spanish	2,689	15.3
Speak English less than "very well"	1,477	8.4
Other Indo-European languages	242	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	68	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	55	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	44	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	19,009	100.0
Total ancestries reported	19,426	102.2
Arab	12	0.1
Czech¹	123	0.6
Danish	141	0.7
Dutch	478	2.5
English	2,025	10.7
French (except Basque)¹	443	2.3
French Canadian¹	132	0.7
German	2,944	15.5
Greek	21	0.1
Hungarian	43	0.2
Irish¹	1,615	8.5
Italian	382	2.0
Lithuanian	19	0.1
Norwegian	628	3.3
Polish	116	0.6
Portuguese	43	0.2
Russian	50	0.3
Scotch-Irish	310	1.6
Scottish	410	2.2
Slovak	7	0.0
Subsaharan African	13	0.1
Swedish	463	2.4
Swiss	89	0.5
Ukrainian	37	0.2
United States or American	1,343	7.1
Welsh	83	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	7,454	39.2

(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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