Avenal, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0603302, place: Avenal city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,347 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 109 (3.26%)
Kindergarten: 218 (6.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,534 (45.83%)
High school (grades 9-12): 937 (28%)
College or graduate school: 549 (16.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,415 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,276 (24.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,858 (19.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,847 (30.24%)
Some college, no degree: 1,447 (15.37%)
Associate degree: 601 (6.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 292 (3.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 94 (1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 56.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,976 (100%)
Never married: 1,726 (14.41%)
Now married, except separated: 9,393 (78.43%)
Separated: 356 (2.97%)
Total Widowed: 206 (1.72%)
Widowed Female: 134 (1.12%)
Total Divorced: 295 (2.46%)
Divorced Female: 159 (1.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 345 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 189 (54.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,522 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,073 (9.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,782 (100%)
--With a disability: 185 (6.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,132 (100%)
--With a disability: 993 (24.03%)
----Percent employed: 47.3%
--No disability: 3,139 (75.97%)
----Percent employed: 57.7%
Population 65 years and over: 337 (100%)
--With a disability: 193 (57.27%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,821 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,675 (26.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,161 (59.05%)
--Same county: 1,893 (13.7%)
--Different county: 6,268 (45.35%)
----Same state: 6,060 (43.85%)
----Different state: 208 (1.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,985 (14.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,711 (100%)
Native: 11,001 (74.78%)
--Born in United States: 9,486 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,479 (57.64%)
----Different state: 1,007 (6.85%)
--Born outside United States: 1,515 (10.3%)
Foreign born: 3,710 (25.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,811 (12.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 558 (3.79%)
--Not a citizen: 3,152 (21.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,710 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 42 (1.13%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,668 (98.87%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,821 (100%)
English only: 5,711 (41.32%)
Language other than English: 8,110 (58.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,523 (32.73%)
--Spanish: 7,317 (52.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,196 (30.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 24 (0.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 769 (5.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 303 (2.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,711 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,017% (47.7%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 21 (0.14%)
Dutch: 7 (0.05%)
English: 100 (0.68%)
French (except Basque): 9 (0.06%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 199 (1.35%)
Greek: 7 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 200 (1.36%)
Italian: 34 (0.23%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.02%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 61 (0.41%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (0.12%)
Scottish: 5 (0.03%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.05%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 6 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 220 (1.5%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 6,120 (41.6%)

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