General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0601360, place: Alta Sierra CDP, California)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,579 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 82 (5.19%)
Kindergarten: 36 (2.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 685 (43.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 451 (28.56%)
College or graduate school: 325 (20.58%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 4,849 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 104 (2.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 265 (5.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,156 (23.84%)
Some college, no degree: 1,539 (31.74%)
Associate degree: 527 (10.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 858 (17.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 400 (8.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 5,464 (100%)
Never married: 885 (16.2%)
Now married, except separated: 3,753 (68.69%)
Separated: 34 (0.62%)
Total Widowed: 366 (6.7%)
Widowed Female: 280 (5.12%)
Total Divorced: 426 (7.8%)
Divorced Female: 241 (4.41%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 67 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (31.34%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 5,172 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,078 (20.84%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,327 (100%)
--With a disability: 133 (10.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,413 (100%)
--With a disability: 489 (14.33%)
----Percent employed: 57.3%
--No disability: 2,924 (85.67%)
----Percent employed: 71.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,544 (100%)
--With a disability: 454 (29.4%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 6,292 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,240 (51.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,020 (48%)
--Same county: 1,503 (23.89%)
--Different county: 1,517 (24.11%)
----Same state: 1,122 (17.83%)
----Different state: 395 (6.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 32 (0.51%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 6,529 (100%)
Native: 6,129 (93.87%)
--Born in United States: 6,088 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,698 (56.64%)
----Different state: 2,390 (36.61%)
--Born outside United States: 41 (0.63%)
Foreign born: 400 (6.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 324 (4.96%)
--Not a citizen: 76 (1.16%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 400 (100%)
Europe: 263 (65.75%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 15 (3.75%)
Latin America: 13 (3.25%)
Northern America: 109 (27.25%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 6,292 (100%)
English only: 5,844 (92.88%)
Language other than English: 448 (7.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 81 (1.29%)
--Spanish: 215 (3.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 225 (3.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.73%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 6,529 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,554% (115.7%)
Arab: 10 (0.15%)
Czech: 70 (1.07%)
Danish: 85 (1.3%)
Dutch: 183 (2.8%)
English: 1,285 (19.68%)
French (except Basque): 382 (5.85%)
French Canadian: 78 (1.19%)
German: 1,280 (19.6%)
Greek: 21 (0.32%)
Hungarian: 30 (0.46%)
Irish: 856 (13.11%)
Italian: 606 (9.28%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.17%)
Norwegian: 171 (2.62%)
Polish: 213 (3.26%)
Portuguese: 73 (1.12%)
Russian: 86 (1.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 205 (3.14%)
Scottish: 206 (3.16%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 219 (3.35%)
Swiss: 43 (0.66%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.29%)
United States or American: 436 (6.68%)
Welsh: 121 (1.85%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 865 (13.25%)
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