Baker County, OR Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Baker county oregon dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,629	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	204	5.6
Kindergarten	226	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,840	50.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,075	29.6
College or graduate school	284	7.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,712	100.0
Less than 9th grade	681	5.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,623	13.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,672	31.4
Some college, no degree	3,203	27.3
Associate degree	614	5.2
Bachelor's degree	1,359	11.6
Graduate or professional degree	560	4.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,488	100.0
Never married	2,192	16.3
Now married, except separated	8,336	61.8
Separated	162	1.2
Widowed	1,155	8.6
Female	946	7.0
Divorced	1,643	12.2
Female	850	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	137	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	77	56.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,667	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,325	18.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,656	100.0
With a disability	282	7.7

Population 21 to 64 years	8,779	100.0
With a disability	1,924	21.9
Percent employed	47.5	(X)
No disability	6,855	78.1
Percent employed	75.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,123	100.0
With a disability	1,542	49.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	15,839	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,532	53.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,236	45.7
Same county	3,554	22.4
Different county	3,682	23.2
Same state	1,974	12.5
Different state	1,708	10.8
Elsewhere in 1995	71	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	16,741	100.0
Native	16,437	98.2
Born in United States	16,344	97.6
State of residence	8,651	51.7
Different state	7,693	46.0
Born outside United States	93	0.6
Foreign born	304	1.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	130	0.8
Naturalized citizen	147	0.9
Not a citizen	157	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	304	100.0
Europe	70	23.0
Asia	69	22.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	134	44.1
Northern America	31	10.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	15,839	100.0
English only	15,210	96.0
Language other than English	629	4.0
Speak English less than 'very well	267	1.7
Spanish	433	2.7
Speak English less than "very well"	194	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	147	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	37	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	43	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	36	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	16,741	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,919	95.1
Arab	8	0.0
Czech¹	69	0.4
Danish	274	1.6
Dutch	519	3.1
English	2,869	17.1
French (except Basque)¹	607	3.6
French Canadian¹	195	1.2
German	2,844	17.0
Greek	19	0.1
Hungarian	28	0.2
Irish¹	1,934	11.6
Italian	260	1.6
Lithuanian	6	0.0
Norwegian	483	2.9
Polish	125	0.7
Portuguese	87	0.5
Russian	77	0.5
Scotch-Irish	485	2.9
Scottish	491	2.9
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	425	2.5
Swiss	147	0.9
Ukrainian	30	0.2
United States or American	1,287	7.7
Welsh	210	1.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	17	0.1
Other ancestries	2,423	14.5

(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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