General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0603526, place: Bakersfield city, California)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 81,155 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4,213 (5.19%)
Kindergarten: 4,357 (5.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 37,907 (46.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 18,445 (22.73%)
College or graduate school: 16,233 (20%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 142,060 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 14,163 (9.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 20,100 (14.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 33,165 (23.35%)
Some college, no degree: 36,813 (25.91%)
Associate degree: 10,332 (7.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 18,339 (12.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9,148 (6.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 179,497 (100%)
Never married: 48,515 (27.03%)
Now married, except separated: 97,742 (54.45%)
Separated: 4,486 (2.5%)
Total Widowed: 9,448 (5.26%)
Widowed Female: 7,625 (4.25%)
Total Divorced: 19,306 (10.76%)
Divorced Female: 11,695 (6.52%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5,998 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2,684 (44.75%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 166,739 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 18,680 (11.2%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 70,017 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,340 (7.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 133,386 (100%)
--With a disability: 29,689 (22.26%)
----Percent employed: 51.5%
--No disability: 103,697 (77.74%)
----Percent employed: 74%
Population 65 years and over: 20,493 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,415 (45.94%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 226,174 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 99,264 (43.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 121,633 (53.78%)
--Same county: 91,269 (40.35%)
--Different county: 30,364 (13.43%)
----Same state: 21,187 (9.37%)
----Different state: 9,177 (4.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5,277 (2.33%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 247,385 (100%)
Native: 213,754 (86.41%)
--Born in United States: 211,499 (100%)
----State of residence: 158,479 (64.06%)
----Different state: 53,020 (21.43%)
--Born outside United States: 2,255 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 33,631 (13.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12,785 (5.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11,229 (4.54%)
--Not a citizen: 22,402 (9.06%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 33,631 (100%)
Europe: 1,582 (4.7%)
Asia: 7,436 (22.11%)
Africa: 524 (1.56%)
Oceania: 154 (0.46%)
Latin America: 23,330 (69.37%)
Northern America: 605 (1.8%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 226,174 (100%)
English only: 164,979 (72.94%)
Language other than English: 61,195 (27.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26,897 (11.89%)
--Spanish: 49,986 (22.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22,332 (9.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,778 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,906 (0.84%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5,183 (2.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,284 (1.01%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 247,385 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 241,323% (97.55%)
Arab: 1,161 (0.47%)
Czech: 435 (0.18%)
Danish: 1,261 (0.51%)
Dutch: 3,070 (1.24%)
English: 17,663 (7.14%)
French (except Basque): 5,147 (2.08%)
French Canadian: 898 (0.36%)
German: 25,541 (10.32%)
Greek: 716 (0.29%)
Hungarian: 313 (0.13%)
Irish: 19,115 (7.73%)
Italian: 7,400 (2.99%)
Lithuanian: 101 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 2,294 (0.93%)
Polish: 1,746 (0.71%)
Portuguese: 1,330 (0.54%)
Russian: 729 (0.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,809 (1.14%)
Scottish: 3,546 (1.43%)
Slovak: 46 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 1,722 (0.7%)
Swedish: 2,679 (1.08%)
Swiss: 623 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 192 (0.08%)
United States or American: 13,935 (5.63%)
Welsh: 1,434 (0.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 120 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 125,297 (50.65%)
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