Arcadia, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0602462, place: Arcadia city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 15,995 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 814 (5.09%)
Kindergarten: 514 (3.21%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,007 (37.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,842 (24.02%)
College or graduate school: 4,818 (30.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 36,799 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,578 (4.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,229 (6.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,150 (16.71%)
Some college, no degree: 7,108 (19.32%)
Associate degree: 3,379 (9.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 9,979 (27.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6,376 (17.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 44.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 43,401 (100%)
Never married: 11,299 (26.03%)
Now married, except separated: 24,953 (57.49%)
Separated: 612 (1.41%)
Total Widowed: 3,063 (7.06%)
Widowed Female: 2,590 (5.97%)
Total Divorced: 3,474 (8%)
Divorced Female: 2,300 (5.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,593 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 393 (24.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 40,673 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,266 (8.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,817 (100%)
--With a disability: 530 (4.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 30,471 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,927 (12.89%)
----Percent employed: 61.8%
--No disability: 26,544 (87.11%)
----Percent employed: 71.9%
Population 65 years and over: 7,864 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,775 (35.29%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 50,627 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 28,193 (55.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 17,620 (34.8%)
--Same county: 14,630 (28.9%)
--Different county: 2,990 (5.91%)
----Same state: 1,371 (2.71%)
----Different state: 1,619 (3.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,814 (9.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 52,951 (100%)
Native: 29,877 (56.42%)
--Born in United States: 29,487 (100%)
----State of residence: 20,227 (38.2%)
----Different state: 9,260 (17.49%)
--Born outside United States: 390 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 23,074 (43.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9,685 (18.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11,540 (21.79%)
--Not a citizen: 11,534 (21.78%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 23,074 (100%)
Europe: 1,141 (4.94%)
Asia: 19,228 (83.33%)
Africa: 311 (1.35%)
Oceania: 85 (0.37%)
Latin America: 2,034 (8.82%)
Northern America: 275 (1.19%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 50,627 (100%)
English only: 23,081 (45.59%)
Language other than English: 27,546 (54.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14,771 (29.18%)
--Spanish: 3,744 (7.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,388 (2.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,083 (4.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 604 (1.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 21,168 (41.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12,659 (25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 52,951 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 57,677% (108.93%)
Arab: 639 (1.21%)
Czech: 150 (0.28%)
Danish: 273 (0.52%)
Dutch: 491 (0.93%)
English: 4,281 (8.08%)
French (except Basque): 1,086 (2.05%)
French Canadian: 154 (0.29%)
German: 4,634 (8.75%)
Greek: 193 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 122 (0.23%)
Irish: 3,362 (6.35%)
Italian: 2,697 (5.09%)
Lithuanian: 115 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 602 (1.14%)
Polish: 821 (1.55%)
Portuguese: 41 (0.08%)
Russian: 431 (0.81%)
Scotch-Irish: 757 (1.43%)
Scottish: 902 (1.7%)
Slovak: 31 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 34 (0.06%)
Swedish: 710 (1.34%)
Swiss: 157 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 173 (0.33%)
United States or American: 1,045 (1.97%)
Welsh: 245 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 49 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 33,482 (63.23%)

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