Alhambra, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0600884, place: Alhambra city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 25,816 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,095 (4.24%)
Kindergarten: 1,181 (4.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 8,982 (34.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,041 (19.53%)
College or graduate school: 9,517 (36.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 58,579 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 8,585 (14.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7,232 (12.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,482 (19.6%)
Some college, no degree: 10,632 (18.15%)
Associate degree: 4,559 (7.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 11,191 (19.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,898 (8.36%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 69,760 (100%)
Never married: 22,798 (32.68%)
Now married, except separated: 35,236 (50.51%)
Separated: 1,573 (2.25%)
Total Widowed: 4,701 (6.74%)
Widowed Female: 4,003 (5.74%)
Total Divorced: 5,452 (7.82%)
Divorced Female: 3,304 (4.74%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,885 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 660 (22.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 66,704 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,343 (5.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 17,448 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,145 (6.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 51,926 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,695 (18.67%)
----Percent employed: 54.6%
--No disability: 42,231 (81.33%)
----Percent employed: 70.3%
Population 65 years and over: 10,417 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,939 (47.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 80,794 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 40,683 (50.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 32,710 (40.49%)
--Same county: 28,732 (35.56%)
--Different county: 3,978 (4.92%)
----Same state: 2,323 (2.88%)
----Different state: 1,655 (2.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7,401 (9.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 85,961 (100%)
Native: 42,329 (49.24%)
--Born in United States: 41,603 (100%)
----State of residence: 33,005 (38.4%)
----Different state: 8,598 (10%)
--Born outside United States: 726 (0.84%)
Foreign born: 43,632 (50.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16,130 (18.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 22,888 (26.63%)
--Not a citizen: 20,744 (24.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 43,632 (100%)
Europe: 856 (1.96%)
Asia: 32,138 (73.66%)
Africa: 176 (0.4%)
Oceania: 43 (0.1%)
Latin America: 10,275 (23.55%)
Northern America: 144 (0.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 80,794 (100%)
English only: 22,404 (27.73%)
Language other than English: 58,390 (72.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33,837 (41.88%)
--Spanish: 21,230 (26.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,763 (10.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,448 (1.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 445 (0.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 35,455 (43.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24,584 (30.43%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 85,961 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 86,650% (100.8%)
Arab: 317 (0.37%)
Czech: 92 (0.11%)
Danish: 129 (0.15%)
Dutch: 315 (0.37%)
English: 1,871 (2.18%)
French (except Basque): 786 (0.91%)
French Canadian: 111 (0.13%)
German: 2,588 (3.01%)
Greek: 51 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 157 (0.18%)
Irish: 2,157 (2.51%)
Italian: 1,770 (2.06%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 266 (0.31%)
Polish: 316 (0.37%)
Portuguese: 50 (0.06%)
Russian: 199 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 503 (0.59%)
Scottish: 437 (0.51%)
Slovak: 4 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 327 (0.38%)
Swedish: 303 (0.35%)
Swiss: 70 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 78 (0.09%)
United States or American: 993 (1.16%)
Welsh: 110 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 62 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 72,572 (84.42%)

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