Atherton, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0603092, place: Atherton town, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,122 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 229 (10.79%)
Kindergarten: 66 (3.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 856 (40.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 358 (16.87%)
College or graduate school: 613 (28.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,961 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 67 (1.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 97 (1.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 267 (5.38%)
Some college, no degree: 560 (11.29%)
Associate degree: 190 (3.83%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,785 (35.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,995 (40.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 76.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,808 (100%)
Never married: 1,236 (21.28%)
Now married, except separated: 3,853 (66.34%)
Separated: 40 (0.69%)
Total Widowed: 386 (6.65%)
Widowed Female: 324 (5.58%)
Total Divorced: 293 (5.04%)
Divorced Female: 200 (3.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 95 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (18.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,535 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 630 (11.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,684 (100%)
--With a disability: 124 (7.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,769 (100%)
--With a disability: 197 (5.23%)
----Percent employed: 62.4%
--No disability: 3,572 (94.77%)
----Percent employed: 68.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,413 (100%)
--With a disability: 328 (23.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,887 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,675 (67.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,020 (29.33%)
--Same county: 865 (12.56%)
--Different county: 1,155 (16.77%)
----Same state: 775 (11.25%)
----Different state: 380 (5.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 192 (2.79%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,210 (100%)
Native: 6,178 (85.69%)
--Born in United States: 6,098 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,677 (51%)
----Different state: 2,421 (33.58%)
--Born outside United States: 80 (1.11%)
Foreign born: 1,032 (14.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 157 (2.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 684 (9.49%)
--Not a citizen: 348 (4.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,032 (100%)
Europe: 339 (32.85%)
Asia: 531 (51.45%)
Africa: 14 (1.36%)
Oceania: 6 (0.58%)
Latin America: 55 (5.33%)
Northern America: 87 (8.43%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,887 (100%)
English only: 5,699 (82.75%)
Language other than English: 1,188 (17.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 283 (4.11%)
--Spanish: 228 (3.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 72 (1.05%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 526 (7.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (0.89%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 393 (5.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 143 (2.08%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,210 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,825% (122.4%)
Arab: 113 (1.57%)
Czech: 5 (0.07%)
Danish: 91 (1.26%)
Dutch: 165 (2.29%)
English: 1,113 (15.44%)
French (except Basque): 240 (3.33%)
French Canadian: 22 (0.31%)
German: 1,293 (17.93%)
Greek: 31 (0.43%)
Hungarian: 57 (0.79%)
Irish: 840 (11.65%)
Italian: 681 (9.45%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 162 (2.25%)
Polish: 255 (3.54%)
Portuguese: 23 (0.32%)
Russian: 254 (3.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 153 (2.12%)
Scottish: 409 (5.67%)
Slovak: 11 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 271 (3.76%)
Swiss: 119 (1.65%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.24%)
United States or American: 263 (3.65%)
Welsh: 87 (1.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,142 (29.71%)

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