Bell, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0604870, place: Bell city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 12,232 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 506 (4.14%)
Kindergarten: 716 (5.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,081 (49.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,923 (23.9%)
College or graduate school: 2,006 (16.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 19,045 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7,358 (38.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,996 (26.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,401 (17.86%)
Some college, no degree: 1,954 (10.26%)
Associate degree: 575 (3.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 517 (2.71%)
Graduate or professional degree: 244 (1.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 35.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 25,600 (100%)
Never married: 9,367 (36.59%)
Now married, except separated: 12,662 (49.46%)
Separated: 1,222 (4.77%)
Total Widowed: 1,081 (4.22%)
Widowed Female: 896 (3.5%)
Total Divorced: 1,268 (4.95%)
Divorced Female: 769 (3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,565 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 348 (22.24%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 23,811 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 747 (3.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,990 (100%)
--With a disability: 913 (8.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,913 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,167 (25.95%)
----Percent employed: 45.5%
--No disability: 14,746 (74.05%)
----Percent employed: 60%
Population 65 years and over: 1,790 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,108 (61.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 32,800 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,663 (47.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,446 (47.09%)
--Same county: 14,380 (43.84%)
--Different county: 1,066 (3.25%)
----Same state: 674 (2.05%)
----Different state: 392 (1.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,691 (5.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 36,667 (100%)
Native: 17,137 (46.74%)
--Born in United States: 16,881 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,388 (41.97%)
----Different state: 1,493 (4.07%)
--Born outside United States: 256 (0.7%)
Foreign born: 19,530 (53.26%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,160 (16.8%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,918 (13.41%)
--Not a citizen: 14,612 (39.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 19,530 (100%)
Europe: 133 (0.68%)
Asia: 668 (3.42%)
Africa: 16 (0.08%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18,694 (95.72%)
Northern America: 19 (0.1%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 32,800 (100%)
English only: 3,871 (11.8%)
Language other than English: 28,929 (88.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17,919 (54.63%)
--Spanish: 27,965 (85.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17,369 (52.95%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 139 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (0.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 278 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 196 (0.6%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 36,667 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 34,074% (92.93%)
Arab: 603 (1.64%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 14 (0.04%)
Dutch: 122 (0.33%)
English: 248 (0.68%)
French (except Basque): 107 (0.29%)
French Canadian: 33 (0.09%)
German: 180 (0.49%)
Greek: 14 (0.04%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.03%)
Irish: 262 (0.71%)
Italian: 197 (0.54%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 29 (0.08%)
Polish: 14 (0.04%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 50 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 94 (0.26%)
Scottish: 9 (0.02%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 41 (0.11%)
Swedish: 46 (0.13%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 866 (2.36%)
Welsh: 17 (0.05%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 31,118 (84.87%)

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