Belmont, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0605108, place: Belmont city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,850 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 451 (7.71%)
Kindergarten: 339 (5.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,154 (36.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 890 (15.21%)
College or graduate school: 2,016 (34.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,793 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 344 (1.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 746 (3.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,620 (13.94%)
Some college, no degree: 3,964 (21.09%)
Associate degree: 1,400 (7.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,726 (30.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,993 (21.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 51.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,927 (100%)
Never married: 5,454 (26.06%)
Now married, except separated: 12,104 (57.84%)
Separated: 241 (1.15%)
Total Widowed: 1,037 (4.96%)
Widowed Female: 847 (4.05%)
Total Divorced: 2,091 (9.99%)
Divorced Female: 1,281 (6.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 243 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 29 (11.93%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 20,318 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,199 (10.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,940 (100%)
--With a disability: 191 (4.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,212 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,879 (11.59%)
----Percent employed: 67.9%
--No disability: 14,333 (88.41%)
----Percent employed: 82.8%
Population 65 years and over: 3,349 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,204 (35.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,670 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 13,265 (56.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,029 (38.15%)
--Same county: 4,969 (20.99%)
--Different county: 4,060 (17.15%)
----Same state: 2,605 (11.01%)
----Different state: 1,455 (6.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,376 (5.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,138 (100%)
Native: 19,465 (77.43%)
--Born in United States: 19,127 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,489 (49.68%)
----Different state: 6,638 (26.41%)
--Born outside United States: 338 (1.34%)
Foreign born: 5,673 (22.57%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,179 (8.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,996 (11.92%)
--Not a citizen: 2,677 (10.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,673 (100%)
Europe: 1,375 (24.24%)
Asia: 2,916 (51.4%)
Africa: 128 (2.26%)
Oceania: 179 (3.16%)
Latin America: 838 (14.77%)
Northern America: 237 (4.18%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,670 (100%)
English only: 17,439 (73.68%)
Language other than English: 6,231 (26.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,034 (8.59%)
--Spanish: 1,478 (6.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 593 (2.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,350 (9.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 603 (2.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,120 (8.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 766 (3.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,138 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 30,372% (120.82%)
Arab: 332 (1.32%)
Czech: 130 (0.52%)
Danish: 288 (1.15%)
Dutch: 399 (1.59%)
English: 2,633 (10.47%)
French (except Basque): 921 (3.66%)
French Canadian: 97 (0.39%)
German: 3,839 (15.27%)
Greek: 281 (1.12%)
Hungarian: 215 (0.86%)
Irish: 3,591 (14.29%)
Italian: 2,283 (9.08%)
Lithuanian: 80 (0.32%)
Norwegian: 390 (1.55%)
Polish: 506 (2.01%)
Portuguese: 276 (1.1%)
Russian: 690 (2.74%)
Scotch-Irish: 444 (1.77%)
Scottish: 735 (2.92%)
Slovak: 37 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 70 (0.28%)
Swedish: 588 (2.34%)
Swiss: 184 (0.73%)
Ukrainian: 166 (0.66%)
United States or American: 721 (2.87%)
Welsh: 219 (0.87%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 10,257 (40.8%)

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