Aptos, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0602378, place: Aptos CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,478 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 98 (3.95%)
Kindergarten: 94 (3.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 904 (36.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 538 (21.71%)
College or graduate school: 844 (34.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,858 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 96 (1.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 399 (5.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 863 (12.58%)
Some college, no degree: 2,033 (29.64%)
Associate degree: 634 (9.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,671 (24.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,162 (16.94%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 41.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,914 (100%)
Never married: 2,213 (27.96%)
Now married, except separated: 3,964 (50.09%)
Separated: 121 (1.53%)
Total Widowed: 436 (5.51%)
Widowed Female: 340 (4.3%)
Total Divorced: 1,180 (14.91%)
Divorced Female: 694 (8.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 82 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (37.8%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,461 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 903 (12.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,773 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (4.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,005 (100%)
--With a disability: 878 (14.62%)
----Percent employed: 64%
--No disability: 5,127 (85.38%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,126 (100%)
--With a disability: 392 (34.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,985 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,395 (48.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,463 (49.67%)
--Same county: 2,647 (29.46%)
--Different county: 1,816 (20.21%)
----Same state: 1,361 (15.15%)
----Different state: 455 (5.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 127 (1.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,374 (100%)
Native: 8,751 (93.35%)
--Born in United States: 8,657 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,792 (61.79%)
----Different state: 2,865 (30.56%)
--Born outside United States: 94 (1%)
Foreign born: 623 (6.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 162 (1.73%)
--Naturalized citizen: 293 (3.13%)
--Not a citizen: 330 (3.52%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 623 (100%)
Europe: 264 (42.38%)
Asia: 109 (17.5%)
Africa: 33 (5.3%)
Oceania: 26 (4.17%)
Latin America: 160 (25.68%)
Northern America: 31 (4.98%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,985 (100%)
English only: 8,245 (91.76%)
Language other than English: 740 (8.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 201 (2.24%)
--Spanish: 439 (4.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 115 (1.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 197 (2.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 85 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (0.47%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,374 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,900% (126.95%)
Arab: 72 (0.77%)
Czech: 61 (0.65%)
Danish: 117 (1.25%)
Dutch: 199 (2.12%)
English: 1,711 (18.25%)
French (except Basque): 509 (5.43%)
French Canadian: 61 (0.65%)
German: 1,818 (19.39%)
Greek: 29 (0.31%)
Hungarian: 26 (0.28%)
Irish: 1,551 (16.55%)
Italian: 907 (9.68%)
Lithuanian: 18 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 248 (2.65%)
Polish: 212 (2.26%)
Portuguese: 111 (1.18%)
Russian: 223 (2.38%)
Scotch-Irish: 266 (2.84%)
Scottish: 493 (5.26%)
Slovak: 25 (0.27%)
Subsaharan African: 44 (0.47%)
Swedish: 268 (2.86%)
Swiss: 69 (0.74%)
Ukrainian: 23 (0.25%)
United States or American: 279 (2.98%)
Welsh: 174 (1.86%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,386 (25.45%)

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