Hood River County, OR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Hood river county oregon dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,124	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	293	5.7
Kindergarten	264	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,788	54.4
High school (grades 9-12)	1,217	23.8
College or graduate school	562	11.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,972	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,491	11.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,343	10.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,457	26.6
Some college, no degree	3,091	23.8
Associate degree	599	4.6
Bachelor's degree	1,978	15.2
Graduate or professional degree	1,013	7.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	23.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	15,592	100.0
Never married	3,328	21.3
Now married, except separated	9,492	60.9
Separated	241	1.5
Widowed	914	5.9
Female	754	4.8
Divorced	1,617	10.4
Female	878	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	260	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	97	37.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	14,685	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,854	12.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,957	100.0
With a disability	304	6.1

Population 21 to 64 years	11,290	100.0
With a disability	1,847	16.4
Percent employed	59.0	(X)
No disability	9,443	83.6
Percent employed	79.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,441	100.0
With a disability	988	40.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	18,932	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,846	52.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,400	44.4
Same county	4,604	24.3
Different county	3,796	20.1
Same state	1,562	8.3
Different state	2,234	11.8
Elsewhere in 1995	686	3.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	20,411	100.0
Native	17,056	83.6
Born in United States	16,877	82.7
State of residence	8,165	40.0
Different state	8,712	42.7
Born outside United States	179	0.9
Foreign born	3,355	16.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,548	7.6
Naturalized citizen	616	3.0
Not a citizen	2,739	13.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	3,355	100.0
Europe	163	4.9
Asia	159	4.7
Africa	6	0.2
Oceania	9	0.3
Latin America	2,900	86.4
Northern America	118	3.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	18,932	100.0
English only	14,254	75.3
Language other than English	4,678	24.7
Speak English less than 'very well	2,907	15.4
Spanish	4,273	22.6
Speak English less than "very well"	2,745	14.5
Other Indo-European languages	219	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	59	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	173	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	97	0.5

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	20,411	100.0
Total ancestries reported	21,112	103.4
Arab	15	0.1
Czech¹	59	0.3
Danish	264	1.3
Dutch	393	1.9
English	2,434	11.9
French (except Basque)¹	516	2.5
French Canadian¹	191	0.9
German	2,996	14.7
Greek	43	0.2
Hungarian	34	0.2
Irish¹	1,904	9.3
Italian	442	2.2
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	651	3.2
Polish	257	1.3
Portuguese	16	0.1
Russian	53	0.3
Scotch-Irish	317	1.6
Scottish	591	2.9
Slovak	25	0.1
Subsaharan African	29	0.1
Swedish	502	2.5
Swiss	198	1.0
Ukrainian	21	0.1
United States or American	1,694	8.3
Welsh	167	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	13	0.1
Other ancestries	7,287	35.7

(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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