Columbia County, OR Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Columbia county oregon dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,694	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	564	5.3
Kindergarten	639	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,568	52.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,713	25.4
College or graduate school	1,210	11.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	28,725	100.0
Less than 9th grade	954	3.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,195	11.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,101	35.2
Some college, no degree	8,391	29.2
Associate degree	2,060	7.2
Bachelor's degree	2,825	9.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,199	4.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	33,790	100.0
Never married	6,611	19.6
Now married, except separated	21,008	62.2
Separated	531	1.6
Widowed	2,039	6.0
Female	1,607	4.8
Divorced	3,601	10.7
Female	1,751	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	873	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	488	55.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	31,642	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,143	19.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,331	100.0
With a disability	848	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	25,212	100.0
With a disability	4,763	18.9
Percent employed	56.0	(X)
No disability	20,449	81.1
Percent employed	76.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,997	100.0
With a disability	2,236	44.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	40,734	100.0
Same house in 1995	21,751	53.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	18,774	46.1
Same county	9,127	22.4
Different county	9,647	23.7
Same state	6,086	14.9
Different state	3,561	8.7
Elsewhere in 1995	209	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	43,560	100.0
Native	42,780	98.2
Born in United States	42,527	97.6
State of residence	21,408	49.1
Different state	21,119	48.5
Born outside United States	253	0.6
Foreign born	780	1.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	140	0.3
Naturalized citizen	370	0.8
Not a citizen	410	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	780	100.0
Europe	290	37.2
Asia	171	21.9
Africa	1	0.1
Oceania	5	0.6
Latin America	146	18.7
Northern America	167	21.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	40,734	100.0
English only	39,159	96.1
Language other than English	1,575	3.9
Speak English less than 'very well	533	1.3
Spanish	788	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	354	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	491	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	75	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	148	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	65	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	43,560	100.0
Total ancestries reported	47,369	108.7
Arab	35	0.1
Czech¹	428	1.0
Danish	552	1.3
Dutch	1,388	3.2
English	5,709	13.1
French (except Basque)¹	2,170	5.0
French Canadian¹	505	1.2
German	9,912	22.8
Greek	113	0.3
Hungarian	72	0.2
Irish¹	5,250	12.1
Italian	970	2.2
Lithuanian	84	0.2
Norwegian	2,375	5.5
Polish	957	2.2
Portuguese	173	0.4
Russian	264	0.6
Scotch-Irish	998	2.3
Scottish	1,439	3.3
Slovak	68	0.2
Subsaharan African	44	0.1
Swedish	2,044	4.7
Swiss	379	0.9
Ukrainian	24	0.1
United States or American	3,069	7.0
Welsh	478	1.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	18	0.0
Other ancestries	7,851	18.0

(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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