Atwater, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0603162, place: Atwater city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,905 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 321 (4.06%)
Kindergarten: 381 (4.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,967 (50.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,739 (22%)
College or graduate school: 1,497 (18.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,440 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,098 (16.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,595 (12.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,834 (22.78%)
Some college, no degree: 3,316 (26.66%)
Associate degree: 1,072 (8.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,033 (8.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 492 (3.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,069 (100%)
Never married: 4,473 (27.84%)
Now married, except separated: 8,426 (52.44%)
Separated: 368 (2.29%)
Total Widowed: 819 (5.1%)
Widowed Female: 689 (4.29%)
Total Divorced: 1,983 (12.34%)
Divorced Female: 1,184 (7.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 593 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 228 (38.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,806 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,317 (15.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,018 (100%)
--With a disability: 607 (8.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,826 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,865 (24.23%)
----Percent employed: 51.2%
--No disability: 8,961 (75.77%)
----Percent employed: 72.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,978 (100%)
--With a disability: 896 (45.3%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,822 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,673 (46.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,644 (51.12%)
--Same county: 7,646 (36.72%)
--Different county: 2,998 (14.4%)
----Same state: 2,622 (12.59%)
----Different state: 376 (1.81%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 505 (2.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,896 (100%)
Native: 18,079 (78.96%)
--Born in United States: 17,603 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,623 (55.13%)
----Different state: 4,980 (21.75%)
--Born outside United States: 476 (2.08%)
Foreign born: 4,817 (21.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,726 (7.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,651 (7.21%)
--Not a citizen: 3,166 (13.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,817 (100%)
Europe: 283 (5.88%)
Asia: 788 (16.36%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,727 (77.37%)
Northern America: 19 (0.39%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,822 (100%)
English only: 12,542 (60.23%)
Language other than English: 8,280 (39.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,129 (19.83%)
--Spanish: 6,952 (33.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,500 (16.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 489 (2.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 186 (0.89%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 816 (3.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 428 (2.06%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,896 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,588% (103.02%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 41 (0.18%)
Danish: 58 (0.25%)
Dutch: 357 (1.56%)
English: 1,312 (5.73%)
French (except Basque): 381 (1.66%)
French Canadian: 233 (1.02%)
German: 2,045 (8.93%)
Greek: 23 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 44 (0.19%)
Irish: 1,663 (7.26%)
Italian: 466 (2.04%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 307 (1.34%)
Polish: 173 (0.76%)
Portuguese: 740 (3.23%)
Russian: 9 (0.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 162 (0.71%)
Scottish: 189 (0.83%)
Slovak: 33 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 84 (0.37%)
Swedish: 192 (0.84%)
Swiss: 19 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,223 (5.34%)
Welsh: 58 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 13,769 (60.14%)

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