Altadena, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0601290, place: Altadena CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 12,502 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 993 (7.94%)
Kindergarten: 749 (5.99%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,320 (42.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,602 (20.81%)
College or graduate school: 2,838 (22.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 28,489 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,910 (6.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,456 (8.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,369 (15.34%)
Some college, no degree: 6,298 (22.11%)
Associate degree: 2,385 (8.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,198 (21.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,873 (17.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 38.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 33,105 (100%)
Never married: 9,409 (28.42%)
Now married, except separated: 17,582 (53.11%)
Separated: 826 (2.5%)
Total Widowed: 1,982 (5.99%)
Widowed Female: 1,633 (4.93%)
Total Divorced: 3,306 (9.99%)
Divorced Female: 2,204 (6.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,342 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 341 (25.41%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 31,309 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,083 (9.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,750 (100%)
--With a disability: 934 (9.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 24,837 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,806 (19.35%)
----Percent employed: 60.5%
--No disability: 20,031 (80.65%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 4,900 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,866 (38.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 39,813 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 23,429 (58.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,483 (38.89%)
--Same county: 12,952 (32.53%)
--Different county: 2,531 (6.36%)
----Same state: 1,273 (3.2%)
----Different state: 1,258 (3.16%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 901 (2.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 42,550 (100%)
Native: 34,584 (81.28%)
--Born in United States: 34,237 (100%)
----State of residence: 21,719 (51.04%)
----Different state: 12,518 (29.42%)
--Born outside United States: 347 (0.82%)
Foreign born: 7,966 (18.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,983 (4.66%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,070 (9.57%)
--Not a citizen: 3,896 (9.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,966 (100%)
Europe: 985 (12.37%)
Asia: 2,573 (32.3%)
Africa: 262 (3.29%)
Oceania: 43 (0.54%)
Latin America: 3,869 (48.57%)
Northern America: 234 (2.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 39,813 (100%)
English only: 28,854 (72.47%)
Language other than English: 10,959 (27.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,623 (11.61%)
--Spanish: 6,787 (17.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,080 (7.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,837 (7.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,054 (2.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,017 (2.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 428 (1.08%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 42,550 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 46,054% (108.24%)
Arab: 453 (1.06%)
Czech: 85 (0.2%)
Danish: 265 (0.62%)
Dutch: 528 (1.24%)
English: 3,158 (7.42%)
French (except Basque): 714 (1.68%)
French Canadian: 105 (0.25%)
German: 3,338 (7.84%)
Greek: 123 (0.29%)
Hungarian: 195 (0.46%)
Irish: 3,144 (7.39%)
Italian: 1,446 (3.4%)
Lithuanian: 38 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 496 (1.17%)
Polish: 430 (1.01%)
Portuguese: 75 (0.18%)
Russian: 369 (0.87%)
Scotch-Irish: 543 (1.28%)
Scottish: 806 (1.89%)
Slovak: 22 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 868 (2.04%)
Swedish: 642 (1.51%)
Swiss: 154 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.03%)
United States or American: 1,174 (2.76%)
Welsh: 303 (0.71%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 247 (0.58%)
Other ancestries: 26,322 (61.86%)

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