Albany, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0600674, place: Albany city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,260 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 364 (6.92%)
Kindergarten: 199 (3.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,803 (34.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 791 (15.04%)
College or graduate school: 2,103 (39.98%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,574 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 237 (2.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 483 (4.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,267 (10.95%)
Some college, no degree: 1,609 (13.9%)
Associate degree: 576 (4.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,470 (29.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,932 (33.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 64%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,267 (100%)
Never married: 4,028 (30.36%)
Now married, except separated: 6,800 (51.25%)
Separated: 150 (1.13%)
Total Widowed: 810 (6.11%)
Widowed Female: 711 (5.36%)
Total Divorced: 1,479 (11.15%)
Divorced Female: 1,055 (7.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 224 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 83 (37.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,653 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 838 (6.62%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,167 (100%)
--With a disability: 180 (5.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,430 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,235 (11.84%)
----Percent employed: 70.7%
--No disability: 9,195 (88.16%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,820 (100%)
--With a disability: 639 (35.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,432 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,233 (46.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,676 (43.26%)
--Same county: 2,912 (18.87%)
--Different county: 3,764 (24.39%)
----Same state: 2,412 (15.63%)
----Different state: 1,352 (8.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,523 (9.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,444 (100%)
Native: 11,685 (71.06%)
--Born in United States: 11,394 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,556 (39.87%)
----Different state: 4,838 (29.42%)
--Born outside United States: 291 (1.77%)
Foreign born: 4,759 (28.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,463 (14.98%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,814 (11.03%)
--Not a citizen: 2,945 (17.91%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,759 (100%)
Europe: 719 (15.11%)
Asia: 3,336 (70.1%)
Africa: 105 (2.21%)
Oceania: 36 (0.76%)
Latin America: 484 (10.17%)
Northern America: 79 (1.66%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,432 (100%)
English only: 9,854 (63.85%)
Language other than English: 5,578 (36.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,198 (14.24%)
--Spanish: 909 (5.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 253 (1.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,249 (8.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 325 (2.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3,168 (20.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,574 (10.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,444 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 19,267% (117.17%)
Arab: 191 (1.16%)
Czech: 49 (0.3%)
Danish: 124 (0.75%)
Dutch: 206 (1.25%)
English: 1,586 (9.64%)
French (except Basque): 429 (2.61%)
French Canadian: 65 (0.4%)
German: 1,875 (11.4%)
Greek: 63 (0.38%)
Hungarian: 121 (0.74%)
Irish: 1,715 (10.43%)
Italian: 907 (5.52%)
Lithuanian: 31 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 199 (1.21%)
Polish: 387 (2.35%)
Portuguese: 184 (1.12%)
Russian: 599 (3.64%)
Scotch-Irish: 207 (1.26%)
Scottish: 417 (2.54%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 153 (0.93%)
Swedish: 417 (2.54%)
Swiss: 94 (0.57%)
Ukrainian: 52 (0.32%)
United States or American: 293 (1.78%)
Welsh: 140 (0.85%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 27 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 8,736 (53.13%)

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