Atascadero, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0603064, place: Atascadero city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,838 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 341 (4.35%)
Kindergarten: 330 (4.21%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,373 (43.03%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,067 (26.37%)
College or graduate school: 1,727 (22.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,412 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 476 (2.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,539 (8.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,498 (25.83%)
Some college, no degree: 5,662 (32.52%)
Associate degree: 1,696 (9.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,583 (14.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 958 (5.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,051 (100%)
Never married: 4,629 (21.99%)
Now married, except separated: 12,171 (57.82%)
Separated: 445 (2.11%)
Total Widowed: 1,276 (6.06%)
Widowed Female: 874 (4.15%)
Total Divorced: 2,530 (12.02%)
Divorced Female: 1,360 (6.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 430 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 213 (49.53%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,545 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,148 (16.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,553 (100%)
--With a disability: 491 (7.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,321 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,683 (18.73%)
----Percent employed: 57.4%
--No disability: 11,638 (81.27%)
----Percent employed: 80.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,939 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,263 (42.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,100 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,925 (51.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,998 (47.8%)
--Same county: 8,237 (32.82%)
--Different county: 3,761 (14.98%)
----Same state: 3,045 (12.13%)
----Different state: 716 (2.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 177 (0.71%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,431 (100%)
Native: 25,257 (95.56%)
--Born in United States: 25,021 (100%)
----State of residence: 18,082 (68.41%)
----Different state: 6,939 (26.25%)
--Born outside United States: 236 (0.89%)
Foreign born: 1,174 (4.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 316 (1.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 641 (2.43%)
--Not a citizen: 533 (2.02%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,174 (100%)
Europe: 276 (23.51%)
Asia: 233 (19.85%)
Africa: 18 (1.53%)
Oceania: 9 (0.77%)
Latin America: 485 (41.31%)
Northern America: 153 (13.03%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,100 (100%)
English only: 23,257 (92.66%)
Language other than English: 1,843 (7.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 586 (2.33%)
--Spanish: 1,283 (5.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 408 (1.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 310 (1.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 220 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 114 (0.45%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,431 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 29,913% (113.17%)
Arab: 34 (0.13%)
Czech: 177 (0.67%)
Danish: 418 (1.58%)
Dutch: 585 (2.21%)
English: 4,324 (16.36%)
French (except Basque): 970 (3.67%)
French Canadian: 182 (0.69%)
German: 4,528 (17.13%)
Greek: 206 (0.78%)
Hungarian: 127 (0.48%)
Irish: 3,757 (14.21%)
Italian: 1,763 (6.67%)
Lithuanian: 52 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 664 (2.51%)
Polish: 367 (1.39%)
Portuguese: 455 (1.72%)
Russian: 286 (1.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 606 (2.29%)
Scottish: 753 (2.85%)
Slovak: 14 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.03%)
Swedish: 651 (2.46%)
Swiss: 250 (0.95%)
Ukrainian: 25 (0.09%)
United States or American: 1,578 (5.97%)
Welsh: 337 (1.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 13 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 6,782 (25.66%)

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