Beckwourth, CA

---

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0604772, place: Beckwourth CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 114 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 60 (52.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 47 (41.23%)
College or graduate school: 7 (6.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 286 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 20 (6.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 39 (13.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 80 (27.97%)
Some college, no degree: 93 (32.52%)
Associate degree: 31 (10.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 23 (8.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 325 (100%)
Never married: 47 (14.46%)
Now married, except separated: 207 (63.69%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 31 (9.54%)
Widowed Female: 15 (4.62%)
Total Divorced: 40 (12.31%)
Divorced Female: 13 (4%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 295 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 75 (25.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 107 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (22.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 182 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (29.12%)
----Percent employed: 11.3%
--No disability: 129 (70.88%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
Population 65 years and over: 104 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (26.92%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 393 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 243 (61.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 127 (32.32%)
--Same county: 46 (11.7%)
--Different county: 81 (20.61%)
----Same state: 49 (12.47%)
----Different state: 32 (8.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (5.85%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 419 (100%)
Native: 419 (100%)
--Born in United States: 419 (100%)
----State of residence: 201 (47.97%)
----Different state: 218 (52.03%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 393 (100%)
English only: 369 (93.89%)
Language other than English: 24 (6.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 8 (2.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (4.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 419 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 568% (135.56%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 76 (18.14%)
French (except Basque): 8 (1.91%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 48 (11.46%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 44 (10.5%)
Italian: 62 (14.8%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (1.19%)
Polish: 42 (10.02%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 26 (6.21%)
Scottish: 29 (6.92%)
Slovak: 8 (1.91%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 8 (1.91%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 32 (7.64%)
Welsh: 24 (5.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 156 (37.23%)

Return to Beckwourth,CA.

---

---

US Beacon Home