Alamo, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0600618, place: Alamo CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,442 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 536 (12.07%)
Kindergarten: 194 (4.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,084 (46.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 881 (19.83%)
College or graduate school: 747 (16.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,281 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 51 (0.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 117 (1.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,002 (9.75%)
Some college, no degree: 1,938 (18.85%)
Associate degree: 627 (6.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,045 (39.34%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,501 (24.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 98.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 63.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,551 (100%)
Never married: 1,914 (16.57%)
Now married, except separated: 8,396 (72.69%)
Separated: 36 (0.31%)
Total Widowed: 484 (4.19%)
Widowed Female: 329 (2.85%)
Total Divorced: 721 (6.24%)
Divorced Female: 384 (3.32%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 189 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 63 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,917 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,548 (14.18%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,468 (100%)
--With a disability: 167 (4.82%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,834 (100%)
--With a disability: 570 (6.45%)
----Percent employed: 68.9%
--No disability: 8,264 (93.55%)
----Percent employed: 71.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,773 (100%)
--With a disability: 524 (29.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,075 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,599 (61.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,300 (37.66%)
--Same county: 3,220 (22.88%)
--Different county: 2,080 (14.78%)
----Same state: 1,395 (9.91%)
----Different state: 685 (4.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 176 (1.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,142 (100%)
Native: 13,792 (91.08%)
--Born in United States: 13,630 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,636 (57.03%)
----Different state: 4,994 (32.98%)
--Born outside United States: 162 (1.07%)
Foreign born: 1,350 (8.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 219 (1.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,057 (6.98%)
--Not a citizen: 293 (1.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,350 (100%)
Europe: 460 (34.07%)
Asia: 583 (43.19%)
Africa: 66 (4.89%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 123 (9.11%)
Northern America: 118 (8.74%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,075 (100%)
English only: 12,629 (89.73%)
Language other than English: 1,446 (10.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 216 (1.53%)
--Spanish: 300 (2.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 709 (5.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 116 (0.82%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 308 (2.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (0.43%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,142 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 19,228% (126.98%)
Arab: 167 (1.1%)
Czech: 110 (0.73%)
Danish: 255 (1.68%)
Dutch: 424 (2.8%)
English: 2,376 (15.69%)
French (except Basque): 621 (4.1%)
French Canadian: 159 (1.05%)
German: 2,748 (18.15%)
Greek: 135 (0.89%)
Hungarian: 134 (0.88%)
Irish: 2,561 (16.91%)
Italian: 1,451 (9.58%)
Lithuanian: 46 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 465 (3.07%)
Polish: 371 (2.45%)
Portuguese: 292 (1.93%)
Russian: 402 (2.65%)
Scotch-Irish: 345 (2.28%)
Scottish: 802 (5.3%)
Slovak: 21 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 640 (4.23%)
Swiss: 174 (1.15%)
Ukrainian: 66 (0.44%)
United States or American: 498 (3.29%)
Welsh: 155 (1.02%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,810 (25.16%)

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