Alturas, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0601444, place: Alturas city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 863 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 62 (7.18%)
Kindergarten: 26 (3.01%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 446 (51.68%)
High school (grades 9-12): 259 (30.01%)
College or graduate school: 70 (8.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,921 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 110 (5.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 330 (17.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 654 (34.04%)
Some college, no degree: 488 (25.4%)
Associate degree: 132 (6.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 134 (6.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 73 (3.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,276 (100%)
Never married: 440 (19.33%)
Now married, except separated: 1,146 (50.35%)
Separated: 28 (1.23%)
Total Widowed: 296 (13.01%)
Widowed Female: 227 (9.97%)
Total Divorced: 366 (16.08%)
Divorced Female: 196 (8.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (29.17%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,138 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 391 (18.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 789 (100%)
--With a disability: 76 (9.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,454 (100%)
--With a disability: 480 (33.01%)
----Percent employed: 32.7%
--No disability: 974 (66.99%)
----Percent employed: 71.9%
Population 65 years and over: 481 (100%)
--With a disability: 235 (48.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,804 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,611 (57.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,094 (39.02%)
--Same county: 691 (24.64%)
--Different county: 403 (14.37%)
----Same state: 333 (11.88%)
----Different state: 70 (2.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 99 (3.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,978 (100%)
Native: 2,755 (92.51%)
--Born in United States: 2,755 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,917 (64.37%)
----Different state: 838 (28.14%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 223 (7.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 74 (2.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 86 (2.89%)
--Not a citizen: 137 (4.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 223 (100%)
Europe: 19 (8.52%)
Asia: 33 (14.8%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 20 (8.97%)
Latin America: 116 (52.02%)
Northern America: 35 (15.7%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,804 (100%)
English only: 2,482 (88.52%)
Language other than English: 322 (11.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 118 (4.21%)
--Spanish: 255 (9.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 113 (4.03%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 55 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,978 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,018% (101.34%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 25 (0.84%)
Dutch: 123 (4.13%)
English: 431 (14.47%)
French (except Basque): 93 (3.12%)
French Canadian: 24 (0.81%)
German: 305 (10.24%)
Greek: 25 (0.84%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.17%)
Irish: 419 (14.07%)
Italian: 81 (2.72%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 53 (1.78%)
Polish: 16 (0.54%)
Portuguese: 32 (1.07%)
Russian: 28 (0.94%)
Scotch-Irish: 81 (2.72%)
Scottish: 80 (2.69%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 50 (1.68%)
Swiss: 6 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 393 (13.2%)
Welsh: 23 (0.77%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 725 (24.35%)

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