Artesia, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0602896, place: Artesia city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,840 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 186 (3.84%)
Kindergarten: 311 (6.43%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,981 (40.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,175 (24.28%)
College or graduate school: 1,187 (24.52%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,301 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,933 (18.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,573 (15.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,407 (23.37%)
Some college, no degree: 1,899 (18.44%)
Associate degree: 554 (5.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,401 (13.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 534 (5.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,749 (100%)
Never married: 3,973 (31.16%)
Now married, except separated: 6,756 (52.99%)
Separated: 250 (1.96%)
Total Widowed: 938 (7.36%)
Widowed Female: 805 (6.31%)
Total Divorced: 832 (6.53%)
Divorced Female: 520 (4.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 659 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 230 (34.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,946 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 684 (5.73%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,052 (100%)
--With a disability: 194 (4.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,996 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,511 (16.8%)
----Percent employed: 49.5%
--No disability: 7,485 (83.2%)
----Percent employed: 71.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,762 (100%)
--With a disability: 773 (43.87%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,206 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,336 (61.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,872 (32.04%)
--Same county: 3,742 (24.61%)
--Different county: 1,130 (7.43%)
----Same state: 911 (5.99%)
----Different state: 219 (1.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 998 (6.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,380 (100%)
Native: 8,872 (54.16%)
--Born in United States: 8,764 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,033 (42.94%)
----Different state: 1,731 (10.57%)
--Born outside United States: 108 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 7,508 (45.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,704 (16.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,377 (20.62%)
--Not a citizen: 4,131 (25.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,508 (100%)
Europe: 939 (12.51%)
Asia: 3,678 (48.99%)
Africa: 22 (0.29%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,846 (37.91%)
Northern America: 23 (0.31%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,206 (100%)
English only: 5,360 (35.25%)
Language other than English: 9,846 (64.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,239 (34.45%)
--Spanish: 4,293 (28.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,422 (15.93%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,981 (13.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 816 (5.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3,498 (23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,981 (13.03%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,380 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,027% (97.84%)
Arab: 51 (0.31%)
Czech: 4 (0.02%)
Danish: 40 (0.24%)
Dutch: 747 (4.56%)
English: 406 (2.48%)
French (except Basque): 143 (0.87%)
French Canadian: 61 (0.37%)
German: 496 (3.03%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 400 (2.44%)
Italian: 194 (1.18%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 35 (0.21%)
Polish: 37 (0.23%)
Portuguese: 1,539 (9.4%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 54 (0.33%)
Scottish: 100 (0.61%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 60 (0.37%)
Swedish: 85 (0.52%)
Swiss: 15 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.09%)
United States or American: 237 (1.45%)
Welsh: 63 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 11,239 (68.61%)

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