Polk County, OR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Polk county oregon dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	17,391	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	793	4.6
Kindergarten	693	4.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,104	40.8
High school (grades 9-12)	3,714	21.4
College or graduate school	5,087	29.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	39,357	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,300	5.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,423	8.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,158	25.8
Some college, no degree	10,636	27.0
Associate degree	2,866	7.3
Bachelor's degree	6,338	16.1
Graduate or professional degree	3,636	9.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	25.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	49,490	100.0
Never married	11,386	23.0
Now married, except separated	29,440	59.5
Separated	916	1.9
Widowed	3,216	6.5
Female	2,626	5.3
Divorced	4,532	9.2
Female	2,575	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,106	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	514	46.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	46,558	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,230	15.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	15,125	100.0
With a disability	1,106	7.3

Population 21 to 64 years	33,899	100.0
With a disability	6,176	18.2
Percent employed	61.9	(X)
No disability	27,723	81.8
Percent employed	79.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,411	100.0
With a disability	3,614	43.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	58,294	100.0
Same house in 1995	27,785	47.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	29,362	50.4
Same county	10,922	18.7
Different county	18,440	31.6
Same state	13,392	23.0
Different state	5,048	8.7
Elsewhere in 1995	1,147	2.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	62,380	100.0
Native	58,356	93.5
Born in United States	57,828	92.7
State of residence	31,073	49.8
Different state	26,755	42.9
Born outside United States	528	0.8
Foreign born	4,024	6.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,892	3.0
Naturalized citizen	1,226	2.0
Not a citizen	2,798	4.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	4,024	100.0
Europe	668	16.6
Asia	533	13.2
Africa	44	1.1
Oceania	35	0.9
Latin America	2,433	60.5
Northern America	311	7.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	58,294	100.0
English only	52,480	90.0
Language other than English	5,814	10.0
Speak English less than 'very well	2,930	5.0
Spanish	4,164	7.1
Speak English less than "very well"	2,363	4.1
Other Indo-European languages	1,014	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	263	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	527	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	265	0.5

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	62,380	100.0
Total ancestries reported	66,916	107.3
Arab	135	0.2
Czech¹	346	0.6
Danish	1,022	1.6
Dutch	2,033	3.3
English	8,895	14.3
French (except Basque)¹	2,358	3.8
French Canadian¹	603	1.0
German	13,969	22.4
Greek	131	0.2
Hungarian	227	0.4
Irish¹	6,405	10.3
Italian	1,717	2.8
Lithuanian	49	0.1
Norwegian	2,937	4.7
Polish	826	1.3
Portuguese	233	0.4
Russian	388	0.6
Scotch-Irish	1,552	2.5
Scottish	2,338	3.7
Slovak	35	0.1
Subsaharan African	138	0.2
Swedish	1,790	2.9
Swiss	677	1.1
Ukrainian	97	0.2
United States or American	3,632	5.8
Welsh	852	1.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	48	0.1
Other ancestries	13,483	21.6

(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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