Ashland, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0602980, place: Ashland CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,184 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 376 (6.08%)
Kindergarten: 498 (8.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,513 (40.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,240 (20.05%)
College or graduate school: 1,557 (25.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,838 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,365 (10.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,127 (16.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,630 (28.28%)
Some college, no degree: 3,133 (24.4%)
Associate degree: 776 (6.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,306 (10.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 501 (3.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,685 (100%)
Never married: 5,383 (34.32%)
Now married, except separated: 7,157 (45.63%)
Separated: 364 (2.32%)
Total Widowed: 975 (6.22%)
Widowed Female: 790 (5.04%)
Total Divorced: 1,806 (11.51%)
Divorced Female: 1,068 (6.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 645 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 191 (29.61%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,889 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,316 (8.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,890 (100%)
--With a disability: 429 (8.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,122 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,691 (22.2%)
----Percent employed: 57.6%
--No disability: 9,431 (77.8%)
----Percent employed: 73.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,772 (100%)
--With a disability: 931 (52.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,015 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,628 (45.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,472 (49.81%)
--Same county: 6,279 (33.02%)
--Different county: 3,193 (16.79%)
----Same state: 2,579 (13.56%)
----Different state: 614 (3.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 915 (4.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,766 (100%)
Native: 14,631 (70.46%)
--Born in United States: 14,445 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,177 (53.82%)
----Different state: 3,268 (15.74%)
--Born outside United States: 186 (0.9%)
Foreign born: 6,135 (29.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,940 (14.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,320 (11.17%)
--Not a citizen: 3,815 (18.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,135 (100%)
Europe: 295 (4.81%)
Asia: 2,662 (43.39%)
Africa: 82 (1.34%)
Oceania: 137 (2.23%)
Latin America: 2,946 (48.02%)
Northern America: 13 (0.21%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,015 (100%)
English only: 11,023 (57.97%)
Language other than English: 7,992 (42.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,091 (21.51%)
--Spanish: 4,435 (23.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,444 (12.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 762 (4.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 272 (1.43%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,551 (13.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,317 (6.93%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,766 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,072% (101.47%)
Arab: 206 (0.99%)
Czech: 9 (0.04%)
Danish: 41 (0.2%)
Dutch: 55 (0.26%)
English: 581 (2.8%)
French (except Basque): 235 (1.13%)
French Canadian: 60 (0.29%)
German: 1,108 (5.34%)
Greek: 84 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.1%)
Irish: 893 (4.3%)
Italian: 672 (3.24%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 156 (0.75%)
Polish: 71 (0.34%)
Portuguese: 607 (2.92%)
Russian: 35 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 214 (1.03%)
Scottish: 200 (0.96%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 300 (1.44%)
Swedish: 103 (0.5%)
Swiss: 26 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.05%)
United States or American: 497 (2.39%)
Welsh: 60 (0.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 37 (0.18%)
Other ancestries: 14,791 (71.23%)

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