Chandler, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0412000, place: Chandler city, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 51,811 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3,749 (7.24%)
Kindergarten: 2,925 (5.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 23,637 (45.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 9,554 (18.44%)
College or graduate school: 11,946 (23.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 108,790 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5,636 (5.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7,633 (7.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 20,170 (18.54%)
Some college, no degree: 30,587 (28.12%)
Associate degree: 9,451 (8.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 23,902 (21.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11,411 (10.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 131,065 (100%)
Never married: 33,470 (25.54%)
Now married, except separated: 77,266 (58.95%)
Separated: 2,094 (1.6%)
Total Widowed: 4,672 (3.56%)
Widowed Female: 3,688 (2.81%)
Total Divorced: 13,563 (10.35%)
Divorced Female: 7,901 (6.03%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,876 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,164 (40.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 123,750 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 14,619 (11.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 43,018 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,851 (6.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 107,286 (100%)
--With a disability: 14,241 (13.27%)
----Percent employed: 68.2%
--No disability: 93,045 (86.73%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 9,621 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,104 (42.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 160,549 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 58,633 (36.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 96,039 (59.82%)
--Same county: 55,917 (34.83%)
--Different county: 40,122 (24.99%)
----Same state: 4,505 (2.81%)
----Different state: 35,617 (22.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5,877 (3.66%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 176,338 (100%)
Native: 153,553 (87.08%)
--Born in United States: 151,592 (100%)
----State of residence: 53,979 (30.61%)
----Different state: 97,613 (55.36%)
--Born outside United States: 1,961 (1.11%)
Foreign born: 22,785 (12.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11,203 (6.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7,224 (4.1%)
--Not a citizen: 15,561 (8.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 22,785 (100%)
Europe: 2,039 (8.95%)
Asia: 5,989 (26.28%)
Africa: 679 (2.98%)
Oceania: 117 (0.51%)
Latin America: 13,202 (57.94%)
Northern America: 759 (3.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 160,549 (100%)
English only: 125,190 (77.98%)
Language other than English: 35,359 (22.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15,164 (9.45%)
--Spanish: 25,028 (15.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11,555 (7.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,230 (2.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,147 (0.71%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,895 (3.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,108 (1.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 176,338 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 191,180% (108.42%)
Arab: 1,055 (0.6%)
Czech: 964 (0.55%)
Danish: 1,458 (0.83%)
Dutch: 2,995 (1.7%)
English: 18,004 (10.21%)
French (except Basque): 5,201 (2.95%)
French Canadian: 1,706 (0.97%)
German: 32,987 (18.71%)
Greek: 857 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 839 (0.48%)
Irish: 20,725 (11.75%)
Italian: 9,998 (5.67%)
Lithuanian: 418 (0.24%)
Norwegian: 4,655 (2.64%)
Polish: 5,184 (2.94%)
Portuguese: 669 (0.38%)
Russian: 1,235 (0.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,361 (1.34%)
Scottish: 3,431 (1.95%)
Slovak: 348 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 844 (0.48%)
Swedish: 4,045 (2.29%)
Swiss: 590 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 372 (0.21%)
United States or American: 7,881 (4.47%)
Welsh: 1,272 (0.72%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 242 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 60,844 (34.5%)

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