Wheeler County, Oregon
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State Health Department
- Oregon Health Division DHS: 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland
( Grant Higginson: 503-731-4000 / grant.k.higginson@state.or.us)
Local Health Departments
- Wheeler County Health Department: PO Box 307, Fossil
( Karen Koskela: 541-763-2725 / kkoskela@centurytel.net)
Population:
- Total Population: 1,547
- Males: 763
- Females: 784
Ethnicity:
- White: 1,461
- Black/African American: 2
- Hispanic: 52
- Native American/Eskimo: 8
- Asian: 0
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
- Other: 0
- 2 or more: 24
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (1,420)
- Spanish (50)
- German (10)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 32
- Mexico (15)
- Russia (7)
- United Kingdom (4)
- Germany (4)
- Canada (2)
- Belarus (0)
- Afghanistan (0)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Assemblies of God (161)
- Landmark Missionary Baptists, Independent Associations and Unaffiliated Churches (153)
- Catholic Church (70)
- United Methodist Church, The (44)
- Bah�'� (2)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 517
- Sensory: 62
- Physical: 160
- Mental: 61
- Self-care: 31
- Go outside home: 104
- Employment: 90
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 8
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 653
- Utility gas: 2
- Bottled or LP gas: 38
- Electricity: 134
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 160
- Coal or Coke: 0
- Wood: 319
- Solar Energy: 0
- Other fuel: 0
- No fuel used: 0
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 1,291
- No vehicle: 34
- 1 or more vehicle: 1,257
Education Attainment:
- No School: 1
- No High School: 63
- Some High School: 172
- High School: 425
- Some College: 278
- Associate's Degree: 40
- College Degree: 123
- Master's Degree: 27
- Professional Degree: 10
- Doctoral Degree: 4
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 653
- Owners with phone: 462
- Owners without phone: 9
- Renters with phone: 164
- Renters without phone: 18
10 closest counties:
- Gilliam County, Oregon
- Crook County, Oregon
- Morrow County, Oregon
- Sherman County, Oregon
- Grant County, Oregon
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- Wasco County, Oregon
- Umatilla County, Oregon
- Klickitat County, Washington
- Deschutes County, Oregon
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
97750, 97830, 97874
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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