Barstow, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0604030, place: Barstow city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,670 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 362 (5.43%)
Kindergarten: 484 (7.26%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,984 (44.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,505 (22.56%)
College or graduate school: 1,335 (20.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,407 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,088 (8.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,692 (13.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,883 (31.3%)
Some college, no degree: 3,336 (26.89%)
Associate degree: 1,276 (10.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 720 (5.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 412 (3.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,657 (100%)
Never married: 4,241 (27.09%)
Now married, except separated: 7,705 (49.21%)
Separated: 528 (3.37%)
Total Widowed: 1,215 (7.76%)
Widowed Female: 862 (5.51%)
Total Divorced: 1,968 (12.57%)
Divorced Female: 1,108 (7.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 532 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 254 (47.74%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,312 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,081 (21.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,761 (100%)
--With a disability: 500 (8.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,670 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,534 (23.75%)
----Percent employed: 50.4%
--No disability: 8,136 (76.25%)
----Percent employed: 69.2%
Population 65 years and over: 2,349 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,072 (45.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,335 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,972 (46.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,516 (49.22%)
--Same county: 6,995 (36.18%)
--Different county: 2,521 (13.04%)
----Same state: 1,235 (6.39%)
----Different state: 1,286 (6.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 847 (4.38%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,988 (100%)
Native: 18,473 (88.02%)
--Born in United States: 17,692 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,471 (54.66%)
----Different state: 6,221 (29.64%)
--Born outside United States: 781 (3.72%)
Foreign born: 2,515 (11.98%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 881 (4.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,011 (4.82%)
--Not a citizen: 1,504 (7.17%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,515 (100%)
Europe: 252 (10.02%)
Asia: 590 (23.46%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 23 (0.91%)
Latin America: 1,628 (64.73%)
Northern America: 22 (0.87%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,335 (100%)
English only: 14,084 (72.84%)
Language other than English: 5,251 (27.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,964 (10.16%)
--Spanish: 3,978 (20.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,626 (8.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 361 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (0.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 708 (3.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 235 (1.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,988 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,328% (96.86%)
Arab: 151 (0.72%)
Czech: 52 (0.25%)
Danish: 53 (0.25%)
Dutch: 191 (0.91%)
English: 1,180 (5.62%)
French (except Basque): 480 (2.29%)
French Canadian: 115 (0.55%)
German: 2,220 (10.58%)
Greek: 11 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 38 (0.18%)
Irish: 1,129 (5.38%)
Italian: 352 (1.68%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 150 (0.71%)
Polish: 180 (0.86%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.05%)
Russian: 23 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 287 (1.37%)
Scottish: 206 (0.98%)
Slovak: 9 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 46 (0.22%)
Swedish: 287 (1.37%)
Swiss: 37 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 32 (0.15%)
United States or American: 1,047 (4.99%)
Welsh: 145 (0.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 11,892 (56.66%)

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