Acton, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0600212, place: Acton CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 681 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 27 (3.96%)
Kindergarten: 31 (4.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 419 (61.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 150 (22.03%)
College or graduate school: 54 (7.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,359 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 30 (2.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 126 (9.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 350 (25.75%)
Some college, no degree: 511 (37.6%)
Associate degree: 113 (8.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 125 (9.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 104 (7.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,537 (100%)
Never married: 263 (17.11%)
Now married, except separated: 959 (62.39%)
Separated: 8 (0.52%)
Total Widowed: 66 (4.29%)
Widowed Female: 59 (3.84%)
Total Divorced: 241 (15.68%)
Divorced Female: 162 (10.54%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,454 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 216 (14.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 659 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (6.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,209 (100%)
--With a disability: 242 (20.02%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
--No disability: 967 (79.98%)
----Percent employed: 77.5%
Population 65 years and over: 201 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (53.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,069 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,082 (52.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 960 (46.4%)
--Same county: 838 (40.5%)
--Different county: 122 (5.9%)
----Same state: 33 (1.59%)
----Different state: 89 (4.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 27 (1.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,162 (100%)
Native: 1,950 (90.19%)
--Born in United States: 1,935 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,403 (64.89%)
----Different state: 532 (24.61%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.69%)
Foreign born: 212 (9.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 36 (1.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 124 (5.74%)
--Not a citizen: 88 (4.07%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 212 (100%)
Europe: 33 (15.57%)
Asia: 45 (21.23%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 93 (43.87%)
Northern America: 41 (19.34%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,069 (100%)
English only: 1,881 (90.91%)
Language other than English: 188 (9.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (3.19%)
--Spanish: 81 (3.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (1.01%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 39 (1.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 54 (2.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (2.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,162 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,497% (115.49%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 20 (0.93%)
Dutch: 21 (0.97%)
English: 237 (10.96%)
French (except Basque): 62 (2.87%)
French Canadian: 22 (1.02%)
German: 306 (14.15%)
Greek: 51 (2.36%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 323 (14.94%)
Italian: 114 (5.27%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 109 (5.04%)
Polish: 43 (1.99%)
Portuguese: 33 (1.53%)
Russian: 18 (0.83%)
Scotch-Irish: 74 (3.42%)
Scottish: 151 (6.98%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.46%)
United States or American: 70 (3.24%)
Welsh: 8 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 825 (38.16%)

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