Adelanto, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0600296, place: Adelanto city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,217 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 281 (4.52%)
Kindergarten: 452 (7.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,434 (55.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,335 (21.47%)
College or graduate school: 715 (11.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,750 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,120 (11.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,090 (21.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,864 (29.37%)
Some college, no degree: 2,609 (26.76%)
Associate degree: 487 (4.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 385 (3.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 195 (2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,075 (100%)
Never married: 2,944 (24.38%)
Now married, except separated: 7,277 (60.27%)
Separated: 365 (3.02%)
Total Widowed: 498 (4.12%)
Widowed Female: 280 (2.32%)
Total Divorced: 991 (8.21%)
Divorced Female: 484 (4.01%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 495 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 269 (54.34%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,251 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,456 (12.94%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,713 (100%)
--With a disability: 577 (10.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,173 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,065 (25.27%)
----Percent employed: 38.2%
--No disability: 6,108 (74.73%)
----Percent employed: 60.6%
Population 65 years and over: 896 (100%)
--With a disability: 421 (46.99%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,271 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,871 (48.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,016 (49.27%)
--Same county: 5,057 (31.08%)
--Different county: 2,959 (18.19%)
----Same state: 2,422 (14.89%)
----Different state: 537 (3.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 384 (2.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,107 (100%)
Native: 14,799 (81.73%)
--Born in United States: 14,521 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,672 (58.94%)
----Different state: 3,849 (21.26%)
--Born outside United States: 278 (1.54%)
Foreign born: 3,308 (18.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,242 (6.86%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,080 (5.96%)
--Not a citizen: 2,228 (12.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,308 (100%)
Europe: 160 (4.84%)
Asia: 240 (7.26%)
Africa: 17 (0.51%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,811 (84.98%)
Northern America: 80 (2.42%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,271 (100%)
English only: 10,317 (63.41%)
Language other than English: 5,954 (36.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,859 (17.57%)
--Spanish: 5,372 (33.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,709 (16.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 295 (1.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (0.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 205 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 82 (0.5%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,107 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,068% (94.26%)
Arab: 22 (0.12%)
Czech: 74 (0.41%)
Danish: 58 (0.32%)
Dutch: 66 (0.36%)
English: 1,011 (5.58%)
French (except Basque): 436 (2.41%)
French Canadian: 56 (0.31%)
German: 1,241 (6.85%)
Greek: 10 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 63 (0.35%)
Irish: 983 (5.43%)
Italian: 633 (3.5%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 156 (0.86%)
Polish: 130 (0.72%)
Portuguese: 36 (0.2%)
Russian: 34 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 140 (0.77%)
Scottish: 131 (0.72%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 169 (0.93%)
Swedish: 90 (0.5%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 27 (0.15%)
United States or American: 910 (5.03%)
Welsh: 35 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 71 (0.39%)
Other ancestries: 10,486 (57.91%)

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