Alameda, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0600562, place: Alameda city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 18,843 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,101 (5.84%)
Kindergarten: 913 (4.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,377 (39.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,299 (17.51%)
College or graduate school: 6,153 (32.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 51,952 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,099 (4.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,907 (7.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,608 (16.57%)
Some college, no degree: 11,972 (23.04%)
Associate degree: 3,458 (6.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 14,115 (27.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7,793 (15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 42.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 59,249 (100%)
Never married: 17,473 (29.49%)
Now married, except separated: 29,675 (50.09%)
Separated: 1,366 (2.31%)
Total Widowed: 3,876 (6.54%)
Widowed Female: 3,204 (5.41%)
Total Divorced: 6,859 (11.58%)
Divorced Female: 4,158 (7.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,316 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 360 (27.36%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 56,168 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,826 (12.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 13,219 (100%)
--With a disability: 898 (6.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 44,663 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,315 (16.38%)
----Percent employed: 62.7%
--No disability: 37,348 (83.62%)
----Percent employed: 80.2%
Population 65 years and over: 9,156 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,913 (42.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 68,239 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 34,159 (50.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 30,595 (44.84%)
--Same county: 17,465 (25.59%)
--Different county: 13,130 (19.24%)
----Same state: 7,979 (11.69%)
----Different state: 5,151 (7.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,485 (5.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 72,259 (100%)
Native: 53,429 (73.94%)
--Born in United States: 52,088 (100%)
----State of residence: 32,330 (44.74%)
----Different state: 19,758 (27.34%)
--Born outside United States: 1,341 (1.86%)
Foreign born: 18,830 (26.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,940 (9.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10,439 (14.45%)
--Not a citizen: 8,391 (11.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 18,830 (100%)
Europe: 2,082 (11.06%)
Asia: 13,439 (71.37%)
Africa: 462 (2.45%)
Oceania: 290 (1.54%)
Latin America: 2,111 (11.21%)
Northern America: 446 (2.37%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 68,239 (100%)
English only: 45,140 (66.15%)
Language other than English: 23,099 (33.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10,121 (14.83%)
--Spanish: 4,249 (6.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,387 (2.03%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,777 (5.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,150 (1.69%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14,441 (21.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,389 (10.83%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 72,259 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 80,065% (110.8%)
Arab: 434 (0.6%)
Czech: 330 (0.46%)
Danish: 816 (1.13%)
Dutch: 939 (1.3%)
English: 6,349 (8.79%)
French (except Basque): 1,836 (2.54%)
French Canadian: 400 (0.55%)
German: 7,883 (10.91%)
Greek: 366 (0.51%)
Hungarian: 323 (0.45%)
Irish: 7,695 (10.65%)
Italian: 3,852 (5.33%)
Lithuanian: 135 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 1,252 (1.73%)
Polish: 1,343 (1.86%)
Portuguese: 1,056 (1.46%)
Russian: 941 (1.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,070 (1.48%)
Scottish: 1,858 (2.57%)
Slovak: 53 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 978 (1.35%)
Swedish: 1,230 (1.7%)
Swiss: 352 (0.49%)
Ukrainian: 163 (0.23%)
United States or American: 1,587 (2.2%)
Welsh: 488 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 116 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 36,220 (50.13%)

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