Arvin, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0602924, place: Arvin city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,438 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 220 (4.96%)
Kindergarten: 148 (3.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,447 (55.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,354 (30.51%)
College or graduate school: 269 (6.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,047 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,533 (58.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,146 (18.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 808 (13.36%)
Some college, no degree: 309 (5.11%)
Associate degree: 119 (1.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 85 (1.41%)
Graduate or professional degree: 47 (0.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 22.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 2.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,595 (100%)
Never married: 2,761 (32.12%)
Now married, except separated: 4,854 (56.47%)
Separated: 215 (2.5%)
Total Widowed: 411 (4.78%)
Widowed Female: 288 (3.35%)
Total Divorced: 354 (4.12%)
Divorced Female: 221 (2.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 398 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 95 (23.87%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,744 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 219 (2.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,588 (100%)
--With a disability: 485 (10.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,387 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,245 (35.15%)
----Percent employed: 42.9%
--No disability: 4,142 (64.85%)
----Percent employed: 45.3%
Population 65 years and over: 520 (100%)
--With a disability: 279 (53.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,565 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,027 (52.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,748 (41.05%)
--Same county: 4,170 (36.06%)
--Different county: 578 (5%)
----Same state: 483 (4.18%)
----Different state: 95 (0.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 790 (6.83%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,944 (100%)
Native: 6,416 (49.57%)
--Born in United States: 6,340 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,490 (42.41%)
----Different state: 850 (6.57%)
--Born outside United States: 76 (0.59%)
Foreign born: 6,528 (50.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,801 (21.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,254 (9.69%)
--Not a citizen: 5,274 (40.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,528 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 278 (4.26%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6,243 (95.63%)
Northern America: 7 (0.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,565 (100%)
English only: 2,227 (19.26%)
Language other than English: 9,338 (80.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,616 (57.21%)
--Spanish: 8,919 (77.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,283 (54.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 140 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 109 (0.94%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,944 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,467% (88.59%)
Arab: 64 (0.49%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 15 (0.12%)
English: 100 (0.77%)
French (except Basque): 13 (0.1%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 105 (0.81%)
Greek: 20 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 129 (1%)
Italian: 50 (0.39%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.05%)
Polish: 7 (0.05%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 7 (0.05%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 15 (0.12%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 332 (2.56%)
Welsh: 11 (0.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 10,584 (81.77%)

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