Arcata, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0602476, place: Arcata city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,069 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 150 (1.86%)
Kindergarten: 140 (1.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,170 (14.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 581 (7.2%)
College or graduate school: 6,028 (74.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,813 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 430 (4.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 666 (7.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,262 (14.32%)
Some college, no degree: 2,096 (23.78%)
Associate degree: 692 (7.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,465 (27.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,202 (13.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 41.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,647 (100%)
Never married: 8,368 (57.13%)
Now married, except separated: 4,317 (29.47%)
Separated: 232 (1.58%)
Total Widowed: 508 (3.47%)
Widowed Female: 404 (2.76%)
Total Divorced: 1,222 (8.34%)
Divorced Female: 746 (5.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 90 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,209 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,241 (8.73%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,794 (100%)
--With a disability: 378 (9.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,831 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,550 (14.31%)
----Percent employed: 50.1%
--No disability: 9,281 (85.69%)
----Percent employed: 72.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,433 (100%)
--With a disability: 665 (46.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,058 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,333 (33.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,322 (64.28%)
--Same county: 3,903 (24.31%)
--Different county: 6,419 (39.97%)
----Same state: 4,976 (30.99%)
----Different state: 1,443 (8.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 403 (2.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,714 (100%)
Native: 15,604 (93.36%)
--Born in United States: 15,432 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,322 (61.76%)
----Different state: 5,110 (30.57%)
--Born outside United States: 172 (1.03%)
Foreign born: 1,110 (6.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 397 (2.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 515 (3.08%)
--Not a citizen: 595 (3.56%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,110 (100%)
Europe: 403 (36.31%)
Asia: 185 (16.67%)
Africa: 10 (0.9%)
Oceania: 16 (1.44%)
Latin America: 387 (34.86%)
Northern America: 109 (9.82%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,058 (100%)
English only: 14,099 (87.8%)
Language other than English: 1,959 (12.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 745 (4.64%)
--Spanish: 969 (6.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 445 (2.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 757 (4.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 241 (1.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 131 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,714 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,018% (119.77%)
Arab: 82 (0.49%)
Czech: 96 (0.57%)
Danish: 209 (1.25%)
Dutch: 371 (2.22%)
English: 2,177 (13.03%)
French (except Basque): 628 (3.76%)
French Canadian: 147 (0.88%)
German: 3,034 (18.15%)
Greek: 46 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 62 (0.37%)
Irish: 2,593 (15.51%)
Italian: 1,028 (6.15%)
Lithuanian: 44 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 490 (2.93%)
Polish: 463 (2.77%)
Portuguese: 518 (3.1%)
Russian: 316 (1.89%)
Scotch-Irish: 496 (2.97%)
Scottish: 771 (4.61%)
Slovak: 15 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 74 (0.44%)
Swedish: 555 (3.32%)
Swiss: 176 (1.05%)
Ukrainian: 68 (0.41%)
United States or American: 693 (4.15%)
Welsh: 186 (1.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 13 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 4,667 (27.92%)

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