Curry County, OR Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Curry county oregon dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,801	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	141	3.7
Kindergarten	156	4.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,971	51.9
High school (grades 9-12)	1,070	28.2
College or graduate school	463	12.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	16,168	100.0
Less than 9th grade	507	3.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,456	15.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,191	32.1
Some college, no degree	4,309	26.7
Associate degree	1,046	6.5
Bachelor's degree	1,571	9.7
Graduate or professional degree	1,088	6.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,909	100.0
Never married	2,331	13.0
Now married, except separated	11,181	62.4
Separated	269	1.5
Widowed	1,808	10.1
Female	1,292	7.2
Divorced	2,320	13.0
Female	1,231	6.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	254	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	128	50.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,048	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,943	23.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,655	100.0
With a disability	393	10.8

Population 21 to 64 years	10,800	100.0
With a disability	2,992	27.7
Percent employed	58.0	(X)
No disability	7,808	72.3
Percent employed	69.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,598	100.0
With a disability	2,232	39.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,269	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,597	52.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,524	47.0
Same county	3,750	18.5
Different county	5,774	28.5
Same state	1,716	8.5
Different state	4,058	20.0
Elsewhere in 1995	148	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,137	100.0
Native	20,359	96.3
Born in United States	20,196	95.5
State of residence	5,653	26.7
Different state	14,543	68.8
Born outside United States	163	0.8
Foreign born	778	3.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	133	0.6
Naturalized citizen	478	2.3
Not a citizen	300	1.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	778	100.0
Europe	371	47.7
Asia	97	12.5
Africa	5	0.6
Oceania	45	5.8
Latin America	125	16.1
Northern America	135	17.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,269	100.0
English only	19,177	94.6
Language other than English	1,092	5.4
Speak English less than 'very well	227	1.1
Spanish	504	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	109	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	432	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	83	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	83	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	20	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,137	100.0
Total ancestries reported	23,405	110.7
Arab	3	0.0
Czech¹	112	0.5
Danish	224	1.1
Dutch	769	3.6
English	3,375	16.0
French (except Basque)¹	927	4.4
French Canadian¹	184	0.9
German	4,446	21.0
Greek	43	0.2
Hungarian	70	0.3
Irish¹	2,909	13.8
Italian	683	3.2
Lithuanian	11	0.1
Norwegian	884	4.2
Polish	248	1.2
Portuguese	280	1.3
Russian	98	0.5
Scotch-Irish	543	2.6
Scottish	807	3.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	11	0.1
Swedish	662	3.1
Swiss	194	0.9
Ukrainian	39	0.2
United States or American	1,725	8.2
Welsh	305	1.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	55	0.3
Other ancestries	3,798	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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