Arroyo Grande, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0602868, place: Arroyo Grande city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,888 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 183 (4.71%)
Kindergarten: 222 (5.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,829 (47.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 911 (23.43%)
College or graduate school: 743 (19.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,120 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 403 (3.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,022 (9.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,438 (21.92%)
Some college, no degree: 3,131 (28.16%)
Associate degree: 994 (8.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,249 (20.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 883 (7.94%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,985 (100%)
Never married: 2,568 (19.78%)
Now married, except separated: 7,664 (59.02%)
Separated: 133 (1.02%)
Total Widowed: 1,133 (8.73%)
Widowed Female: 984 (7.58%)
Total Divorced: 1,487 (11.45%)
Divorced Female: 907 (6.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 143 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 51 (35.66%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,331 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,054 (16.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,498 (100%)
--With a disability: 260 (7.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,534 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,393 (16.32%)
----Percent employed: 55.8%
--No disability: 7,141 (83.68%)
----Percent employed: 78.1%
Population 65 years and over: 3,020 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,223 (40.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,228 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,414 (48.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,693 (50.52%)
--Same county: 4,929 (32.37%)
--Different county: 2,764 (18.15%)
----Same state: 1,939 (12.73%)
----Different state: 825 (5.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 121 (0.79%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,050 (100%)
Native: 15,128 (94.26%)
--Born in United States: 14,993 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,910 (61.74%)
----Different state: 5,083 (31.67%)
--Born outside United States: 135 (0.84%)
Foreign born: 922 (5.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 167 (1.04%)
--Naturalized citizen: 543 (3.38%)
--Not a citizen: 379 (2.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 922 (100%)
Europe: 200 (21.69%)
Asia: 209 (22.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 399 (43.28%)
Northern America: 114 (12.36%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,228 (100%)
English only: 13,829 (90.81%)
Language other than English: 1,399 (9.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 400 (2.63%)
--Spanish: 905 (5.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 292 (1.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 271 (1.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 223 (1.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (0.41%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,050 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 18,098% (112.76%)
Arab: 38 (0.24%)
Czech: 189 (1.18%)
Danish: 252 (1.57%)
Dutch: 302 (1.88%)
English: 2,326 (14.49%)
French (except Basque): 545 (3.4%)
French Canadian: 130 (0.81%)
German: 2,874 (17.91%)
Greek: 23 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 38 (0.24%)
Irish: 2,273 (14.16%)
Italian: 798 (4.97%)
Lithuanian: 21 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 514 (3.2%)
Polish: 313 (1.95%)
Portuguese: 460 (2.87%)
Russian: 184 (1.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 386 (2.4%)
Scottish: 410 (2.55%)
Slovak: 6 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 454 (2.83%)
Swiss: 127 (0.79%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.06%)
United States or American: 952 (5.93%)
Welsh: 225 (1.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 4,241 (26.42%)

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