Avalon, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0603274, place: Avalon city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 865 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 56 (6.47%)
Kindergarten: 55 (6.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 483 (55.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 182 (21.04%)
College or graduate school: 89 (10.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,957 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 253 (12.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 225 (11.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 476 (24.32%)
Some college, no degree: 475 (24.27%)
Associate degree: 132 (6.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 273 (13.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 123 (6.29%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,346 (100%)
Never married: 701 (29.88%)
Now married, except separated: 1,186 (50.55%)
Separated: 45 (1.92%)
Total Widowed: 147 (6.27%)
Widowed Female: 133 (5.67%)
Total Divorced: 267 (11.38%)
Divorced Female: 172 (7.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 40 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (42.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,216 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 234 (10.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 852 (100%)
--With a disability: 39 (4.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,766 (100%)
--With a disability: 239 (13.53%)
----Percent employed: 77%
--No disability: 1,527 (86.47%)
----Percent employed: 82%
Population 65 years and over: 303 (100%)
--With a disability: 130 (42.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,931 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,512 (51.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,271 (43.36%)
--Same county: 957 (32.65%)
--Different county: 314 (10.71%)
----Same state: 212 (7.23%)
----Different state: 102 (3.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 148 (5.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,181 (100%)
Native: 2,399 (75.42%)
--Born in United States: 2,374 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,777 (55.86%)
----Different state: 597 (18.77%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 782 (24.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 286 (8.99%)
--Naturalized citizen: 174 (5.47%)
--Not a citizen: 608 (19.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 782 (100%)
Europe: 49 (6.27%)
Asia: 25 (3.2%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 705 (90.15%)
Northern America: 3 (0.38%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,931 (100%)
English only: 1,749 (59.67%)
Language other than English: 1,182 (40.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 595 (20.3%)
--Spanish: 1,144 (39.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 585 (19.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 24 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.34%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,181 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,710% (116.63%)
Arab: 8 (0.25%)
Czech: 10 (0.31%)
Danish: 31 (0.97%)
Dutch: 10 (0.31%)
English: 304 (9.56%)
French (except Basque): 125 (3.93%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.16%)
German: 471 (14.81%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 1 (0.03%)
Irish: 329 (10.34%)
Italian: 144 (4.53%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 37 (1.16%)
Polish: 57 (1.79%)
Portuguese: 25 (0.79%)
Russian: 28 (0.88%)
Scotch-Irish: 74 (2.33%)
Scottish: 94 (2.96%)
Slovak: 3 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 14 (0.44%)
Swedish: 30 (0.94%)
Swiss: 3 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 114 (3.58%)
Welsh: 17 (0.53%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,774 (55.77%)

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