American Canyon, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0601640, place: American Canyon city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,106 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 192 (6.18%)
Kindergarten: 162 (5.22%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,591 (51.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 616 (19.83%)
College or graduate school: 545 (17.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,207 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 450 (7.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 855 (13.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,671 (26.92%)
Some college, no degree: 1,731 (27.89%)
Associate degree: 462 (7.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 792 (12.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 246 (3.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,330 (100%)
Never married: 1,690 (23.06%)
Now married, except separated: 4,313 (58.84%)
Separated: 96 (1.31%)
Total Widowed: 527 (7.19%)
Widowed Female: 452 (6.17%)
Total Divorced: 704 (9.6%)
Divorced Female: 384 (5.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 354 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 113 (31.92%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,933 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,090 (15.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,541 (100%)
--With a disability: 135 (5.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,330 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,462 (27.43%)
----Percent employed: 62.6%
--No disability: 3,868 (72.57%)
----Percent employed: 76.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,204 (100%)
--With a disability: 594 (49.34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,123 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,256 (57.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,557 (38.99%)
--Same county: 1,519 (16.65%)
--Different county: 2,038 (22.34%)
----Same state: 1,869 (20.49%)
----Different state: 169 (1.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 310 (3.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,813 (100%)
Native: 7,764 (79.12%)
--Born in United States: 7,572 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,419 (55.22%)
----Different state: 2,153 (21.94%)
--Born outside United States: 192 (1.96%)
Foreign born: 2,049 (20.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 708 (7.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,188 (12.11%)
--Not a citizen: 861 (8.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,049 (100%)
Europe: 101 (4.93%)
Asia: 1,104 (53.88%)
Africa: 29 (1.42%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 779 (38.02%)
Northern America: 36 (1.76%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,123 (100%)
English only: 6,405 (70.21%)
Language other than English: 2,718 (29.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,044 (11.44%)
--Spanish: 1,248 (13.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 670 (7.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 339 (3.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 86 (0.94%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 990 (10.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 247 (2.71%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,813 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,552% (107.53%)
Arab: 34 (0.35%)
Czech: 65 (0.66%)
Danish: 90 (0.92%)
Dutch: 127 (1.29%)
English: 959 (9.77%)
French (except Basque): 359 (3.66%)
French Canadian: 44 (0.45%)
German: 1,008 (10.27%)
Greek: 23 (0.23%)
Hungarian: 35 (0.36%)
Irish: 1,124 (11.45%)
Italian: 372 (3.79%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 98 (1%)
Polish: 107 (1.09%)
Portuguese: 343 (3.5%)
Russian: 36 (0.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 138 (1.41%)
Scottish: 77 (0.78%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 90 (0.92%)
Swedish: 164 (1.67%)
Swiss: 31 (0.32%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 382 (3.89%)
Welsh: 17 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 4,805 (48.97%)

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