Avocado Heights, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0603344, place: Avocado Heights CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,718 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 269 (5.7%)
Kindergarten: 238 (5.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,282 (48.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,012 (21.45%)
College or graduate school: 917 (19.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,864 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,047 (23.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,705 (19.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,863 (21.02%)
Some college, no degree: 1,831 (20.66%)
Associate degree: 588 (6.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 588 (6.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 242 (2.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 57.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,131 (100%)
Never married: 3,717 (33.39%)
Now married, except separated: 5,984 (53.76%)
Separated: 251 (2.25%)
Total Widowed: 529 (4.75%)
Widowed Female: 428 (3.85%)
Total Divorced: 650 (5.84%)
Divorced Female: 387 (3.48%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,047 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 219 (20.92%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,445 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 786 (7.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,171 (100%)
--With a disability: 396 (9.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,406 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,153 (25.61%)
----Percent employed: 55.2%
--No disability: 6,253 (74.39%)
----Percent employed: 59.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,353 (100%)
--With a disability: 474 (35.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,930 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,480 (68.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,828 (27.48%)
--Same county: 3,523 (25.29%)
--Different county: 305 (2.19%)
----Same state: 213 (1.53%)
----Different state: 92 (0.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 622 (4.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,140 (100%)
Native: 9,569 (63.2%)
--Born in United States: 9,399 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,350 (55.15%)
----Different state: 1,049 (6.93%)
--Born outside United States: 170 (1.12%)
Foreign born: 5,571 (36.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,229 (8.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,468 (16.3%)
--Not a citizen: 3,103 (20.5%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,571 (100%)
Europe: 162 (2.91%)
Asia: 823 (14.77%)
Africa: 26 (0.47%)
Oceania: 8 (0.14%)
Latin America: 4,524 (81.21%)
Northern America: 28 (0.5%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,930 (100%)
English only: 4,035 (28.97%)
Language other than English: 9,895 (71.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,653 (33.4%)
--Spanish: 8,675 (62.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,070 (29.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 232 (1.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (0.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 973 (6.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 506 (3.63%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,140 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,850% (98.08%)
Arab: 61 (0.4%)
Czech: 28 (0.18%)
Danish: 38 (0.25%)
Dutch: 30 (0.2%)
English: 135 (0.89%)
French (except Basque): 133 (0.88%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.08%)
German: 359 (2.37%)
Greek: 40 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 222 (1.47%)
Italian: 266 (1.76%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.07%)
Polish: 45 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 49 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 45 (0.3%)
Scottish: 28 (0.18%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 16 (0.11%)
Swedish: 43 (0.28%)
Swiss: 45 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 21 (0.14%)
United States or American: 318 (2.1%)
Welsh: 20 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 12,885 (85.11%)

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