Alum Rock, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0601458, place: Alum Rock CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,938 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 160 (4.06%)
Kindergarten: 253 (6.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,985 (50.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 877 (22.27%)
College or graduate school: 663 (16.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,186 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,669 (20.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,571 (19.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,320 (28.34%)
Some college, no degree: 1,524 (18.62%)
Associate degree: 455 (5.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 449 (5.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 198 (2.42%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,211 (100%)
Never married: 3,238 (31.71%)
Now married, except separated: 5,396 (52.84%)
Separated: 305 (2.99%)
Total Widowed: 472 (4.62%)
Widowed Female: 402 (3.94%)
Total Divorced: 800 (7.83%)
Divorced Female: 517 (5.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 947 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 192 (20.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,544 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 578 (6.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,709 (100%)
--With a disability: 274 (7.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,770 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,651 (21.25%)
----Percent employed: 49.2%
--No disability: 6,119 (78.75%)
----Percent employed: 69.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,190 (100%)
--With a disability: 533 (44.79%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,711 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,575 (59.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,618 (36.33%)
--Same county: 4,091 (32.18%)
--Different county: 527 (4.15%)
----Same state: 431 (3.39%)
----Different state: 96 (0.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 518 (4.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,779 (100%)
Native: 9,053 (65.7%)
--Born in United States: 8,990 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,483 (54.31%)
----Different state: 1,507 (10.94%)
--Born outside United States: 63 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 4,726 (34.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,805 (13.1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,763 (12.79%)
--Not a citizen: 2,963 (21.5%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,726 (100%)
Europe: 344 (7.28%)
Asia: 850 (17.99%)
Africa: 14 (0.3%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,504 (74.14%)
Northern America: 14 (0.3%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,711 (100%)
English only: 4,856 (38.2%)
Language other than English: 7,855 (61.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,629 (28.55%)
--Spanish: 6,405 (50.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,830 (22.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 432 (3.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 232 (1.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 967 (7.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 567 (4.46%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,779 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,434% (97.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 18 (0.13%)
Dutch: 66 (0.48%)
English: 394 (2.86%)
French (except Basque): 137 (0.99%)
French Canadian: 40 (0.29%)
German: 455 (3.3%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.09%)
Irish: 331 (2.4%)
Italian: 432 (3.14%)
Lithuanian: 28 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 25 (0.18%)
Polish: 89 (0.65%)
Portuguese: 556 (4.04%)
Russian: 13 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 37 (0.27%)
Scottish: 84 (0.61%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 14 (0.1%)
Swedish: 48 (0.35%)
Swiss: 9 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 134 (0.97%)
Welsh: 25 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 25 (0.18%)
Other ancestries: 10,462 (75.93%)

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