Bellflower, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0604982, place: Bellflower city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 23,732 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,119 (4.72%)
Kindergarten: 1,435 (6.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 11,083 (46.7%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,501 (18.97%)
College or graduate school: 5,594 (23.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 42,270 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5,180 (12.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7,143 (16.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,260 (26.64%)
Some college, no degree: 10,391 (24.58%)
Associate degree: 2,853 (6.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,140 (9.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,303 (3.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 52,644 (100%)
Never married: 16,579 (31.49%)
Now married, except separated: 25,603 (48.63%)
Separated: 1,842 (3.5%)
Total Widowed: 2,910 (5.53%)
Widowed Female: 2,447 (4.65%)
Total Divorced: 5,710 (10.85%)
Divorced Female: 3,415 (6.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,395 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 720 (30.06%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 49,693 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,717 (9.49%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 19,302 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,400 (7.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 40,688 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,933 (21.95%)
----Percent employed: 52.4%
--No disability: 31,755 (78.05%)
----Percent employed: 69.4%
Population 65 years and over: 5,815 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,997 (51.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 66,112 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 30,002 (45.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 33,140 (50.13%)
--Same county: 28,931 (43.76%)
--Different county: 4,209 (6.37%)
----Same state: 2,815 (4.26%)
----Different state: 1,394 (2.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,970 (4.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 72,829 (100%)
Native: 52,150 (71.61%)
--Born in United States: 51,490 (100%)
----State of residence: 39,163 (53.77%)
----Different state: 12,327 (16.93%)
--Born outside United States: 660 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 20,679 (28.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,852 (9.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8,188 (11.24%)
--Not a citizen: 12,491 (17.15%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 20,679 (100%)
Europe: 860 (4.16%)
Asia: 5,543 (26.8%)
Africa: 632 (3.06%)
Oceania: 159 (0.77%)
Latin America: 13,333 (64.48%)
Northern America: 152 (0.74%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 66,112 (100%)
English only: 35,511 (53.71%)
Language other than English: 30,601 (46.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14,710 (22.25%)
--Spanish: 22,622 (34.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11,145 (16.86%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,578 (2.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 531 (0.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5,629 (8.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,844 (4.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 72,829 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 73,044% (100.3%)
Arab: 771 (1.06%)
Czech: 147 (0.2%)
Danish: 241 (0.33%)
Dutch: 2,410 (3.31%)
English: 3,200 (4.39%)
French (except Basque): 1,161 (1.59%)
French Canadian: 192 (0.26%)
German: 4,686 (6.43%)
Greek: 118 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 227 (0.31%)
Irish: 3,583 (4.92%)
Italian: 1,613 (2.21%)
Lithuanian: 34 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 591 (0.81%)
Polish: 536 (0.74%)
Portuguese: 353 (0.48%)
Russian: 254 (0.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 538 (0.74%)
Scottish: 413 (0.57%)
Slovak: 104 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 692 (0.95%)
Swedish: 273 (0.37%)
Swiss: 68 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.02%)
United States or American: 2,624 (3.6%)
Welsh: 222 (0.3%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 244 (0.34%)
Other ancestries: 47,732 (65.54%)

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