ACS: 2000 ACS Tabular Profile for Multnomah County -- Table 2

2000 American Community Survey Profile Multnomah County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	153,107	150,355	155,859
Nursery school, preschool	9,101	8,126	10,076
Kindergarten	7,898	7,094	8,702
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	63,448	62,244	64,653
High school grade (grades 9-12)	30,387	29,145	31,629
College or graduate school	42,273	40,008	44,538

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	434,746	434,475	435,017
Less than 9th grade	21,131	19,813	22,449
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	35,847	33,733	37,961
High school graduate (including equivalency)	103,812	100,403	107,221
Some college, no degree	110,580	107,344	113,816
Associate degree	27,880	26,299	29,461
Bachelor's degree	88,420	85,386	91,454
Graduate or professional degree	47,076	45,002	49,150

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.9	86.4	87.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	31.2	30.4	32.0

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	254,957	254,860	255,054
Never married	95,058	92,771	97,345
Now married, except separated	121,898	119,514	124,282
Separated	4,472	3,817	5,127
Widowed	5,530	4,939	6,121
Divorced	27,999	26,410	29,588

Females 15 years and over	265,820	265,624	266,016
Never married	79,780	77,887	81,673
Now married, except separated	116,077	113,630	118,524
Separated	6,830	5,881	7,779
Widowed	23,749	22,497	25,001
Divorced	39,384	37,640	41,128

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	9,494	8,357	10,631
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	2,629	1,984	3,274
Per 1,000 unmarried women	27	20	34
As a percent of all women with a birth	27.7	22.6	32.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	52	45	59
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	37	22	52
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	94	81	107
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	17	12	22

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	10,015	8,679	11,352
Responsible for grandchildren	3,501	2,767	4,235
less than 1 year	717	438	996
1 or 2 years	799	454	1,144
3 or 4 years	838	460	1,216
5 or more years	1,147	769	1,525

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	63.3	55.9	70.7
Percent who are married	61.4	52.8	70.0
Percent who are in labor force	66.9	59.5	74.3
Percent who are in poverty	21.3	13.4	29.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	497,120	496,963	497,277
Civilian veterans	58,851	57,053	60,650

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	128,164	127,082	129,246
With a disability	9,515	8,372	10,658

Population 21 to 64 years	403,603	402,481	404,725
With a disability	57,380	54,997	59,763
Percent employed	49.7	47.9	51.5
No disability	346,223	343,923	348,523
Percent employed	81.8	81.0	82.6

Population 65 years and over	69,224	69,171	69,277
With a disability	29,348	28,358	30,338

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	636,145	635,271	637,020
Same house	496,791	491,011	502,571
Different house in the U.S.	132,546	126,735	138,357
Same county	89,086	83,821	94,351
Different county	43,460	39,919	47,001
Same state	18,458	16,239	20,677
Different state	25,002	22,596	27,408
Abroad	6,808	5,351	8,265

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	643,798	*****	*****
Native	559,143	555,465	562,821
Born in United States	551,325	547,718	554,932
State of residence	291,724	286,183	297,265
Different state	259,601	254,545	264,657
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	7,818	6,620	9,016
Foreign born	84,655	80,977	88,333
Naturalized citizen	25,717	24,146	27,288
Not a citizen	58,938	55,107	62,769
Entered 1990 or later	47,923	44,141	51,705
Entered before 1990	36,732	34,358	39,106

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	84,655	80,977	88,333
Europe	19,485	16,878	22,092
Asia	31,180	29,408	32,952
Africa	2,514	1,663	3,365
Oceania	1,548	1,142	1,954
Latin America	26,037	24,280	27,794
Northern America	3,891	3,177	4,605

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	601,287	601,035	601,539
English only	498,529	495,188	501,870
Language other than English	102,758	99,400	106,116
Speak English less than "very well"	56,042	52,757	59,327
Spanish	40,292	38,660	41,924
Speak English less than "very well"	23,833	22,079	25,587
Other Indo-European languages	26,234	23,804	28,664
Speak English less than "very well"	12,311	10,277	14,345
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	31,461	29,727	33,195
Speak English less than "very well"	17,967	16,208	19,726
Other languages	4,771	3,705	5,837
Speak English less than "very well"	1,931	1,268	2,594

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	643,798	*****	*****
Arab	3,495	2,451	4,539
Czech	3,390	2,822	3,958
Danish	7,579	6,589	8,569
Dutch	14,987	13,431	16,543
English	83,193	79,325	87,061
French (except Basque)	27,828	25,439	30,217
French Canadian	6,276	5,387	7,165
German	133,767	129,299	138,235
Greek	3,820	2,743	4,897
Hungarian	3,768	2,903	4,633
Irish	79,924	76,154	83,694
Italian	25,798	23,569	28,027
Lithuanian	1,660	1,036	2,284
Norwegian	28,817	26,524	31,111
Polish	11,910	10,537	13,283
Portuguese	1,746	1,117	2,375
Russian	12,904	10,724	15,084
Scotch-Irish	18,672	16,916	20,428
Scottish	24,586	22,568	26,604
Slovak	550	293	807
Subsaharan African	3,139	2,189	4,089
Swedish	22,386	20,111	24,661
Swiss	5,700	4,839	6,561
Ukrainian	7,437	5,376	9,498
United States or American	25,295	22,868	27,722
Welsh	8,172	7,104	9,240
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	750	0	1,534

The 2000 American Community Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the 2000 American Community Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the 2000 American Community Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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