Wasco County, OR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wasco county oregon dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,507	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	304	5.5
Kindergarten	331	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,659	48.3
High school (grades 9-12)	1,436	26.1
College or graduate school	777	14.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	16,023	100.0
Less than 9th grade	977	6.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,888	11.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,448	34.0
Some college, no degree	4,158	26.0
Associate degree	1,035	6.5
Bachelor's degree	1,682	10.5
Graduate or professional degree	835	5.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	18,890	100.0
Never married	3,619	19.2
Now married, except separated	11,234	59.5
Separated	256	1.4
Widowed	1,476	7.8
Female	1,167	6.2
Divorced	2,305	12.2
Female	1,204	6.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	376	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	190	50.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,795	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,355	18.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,155	100.0
With a disability	334	6.5

Population 21 to 64 years	12,962	100.0
With a disability	2,405	18.6
Percent employed	50.6	(X)
No disability	10,557	81.4
Percent employed	76.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,773	100.0
With a disability	1,560	41.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	22,260	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,166	50.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,803	48.5
Same county	5,557	25.0
Different county	5,246	23.6
Same state	2,816	12.7
Different state	2,430	10.9
Elsewhere in 1995	291	1.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	23,791	100.0
Native	22,324	93.8
Born in United States	22,234	93.5
State of residence	11,955	50.3
Different state	10,279	43.2
Born outside United States	90	0.4
Foreign born	1,467	6.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	544	2.3
Naturalized citizen	545	2.3
Not a citizen	922	3.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,467	100.0
Europe	148	10.1
Asia	149	10.2
Africa	14	1.0
Oceania	24	1.6
Latin America	1,057	72.1
Northern America	75	5.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	22,260	100.0
English only	19,928	89.5
Language other than English	2,332	10.5
Speak English less than 'very well	1,147	5.2
Spanish	1,855	8.3
Speak English less than "very well"	1,008	4.5
Other Indo-European languages	239	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	41	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	87	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	69	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	23,791	100.0
Total ancestries reported	25,079	105.4
Arab	18	0.1
Czech¹	138	0.6
Danish	290	1.2
Dutch	683	2.9
English	3,231	13.6
French (except Basque)¹	983	4.1
French Canadian¹	169	0.7
German	4,843	20.4
Greek	50	0.2
Hungarian	46	0.2
Irish¹	2,795	11.7
Italian	590	2.5
Lithuanian	4	0.0
Norwegian	1,176	4.9
Polish	329	1.4
Portuguese	87	0.4
Russian	77	0.3
Scotch-Irish	556	2.3
Scottish	571	2.4
Slovak	16	0.1
Subsaharan African	8	0.0
Swedish	831	3.5
Swiss	139	0.6
Ukrainian	40	0.2
United States or American	1,784	7.5
Welsh	297	1.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	3	0.0
Other ancestries	5,325	22.4

(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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