Benicia, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0605290, place: Benicia city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,494 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 353 (4.16%)
Kindergarten: 464 (5.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,856 (45.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,909 (22.47%)
College or graduate school: 1,912 (22.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,930 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 469 (2.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,020 (5.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,160 (17.62%)
Some college, no degree: 4,841 (27%)
Associate degree: 1,751 (9.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,366 (24.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,323 (12.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,038 (100%)
Never married: 5,058 (24.04%)
Now married, except separated: 11,855 (56.35%)
Separated: 557 (2.65%)
Total Widowed: 1,102 (5.24%)
Widowed Female: 900 (4.28%)
Total Divorced: 2,466 (11.72%)
Divorced Female: 1,441 (6.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 314 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 141 (44.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,587 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,825 (14.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,899 (100%)
--With a disability: 436 (6.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,193 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,681 (16.56%)
----Percent employed: 67.1%
--No disability: 13,512 (83.44%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 2,483 (100%)
--With a disability: 930 (37.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,626 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,351 (56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,908 (42.57%)
--Same county: 5,512 (21.51%)
--Different county: 5,396 (21.06%)
----Same state: 4,049 (15.8%)
----Different state: 1,347 (5.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 367 (1.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,967 (100%)
Native: 24,437 (90.62%)
--Born in United States: 24,166 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,193 (60.05%)
----Different state: 7,973 (29.57%)
--Born outside United States: 271 (1%)
Foreign born: 2,530 (9.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 569 (2.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,529 (5.67%)
--Not a citizen: 1,001 (3.71%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,530 (100%)
Europe: 516 (20.4%)
Asia: 1,221 (48.26%)
Africa: 49 (1.94%)
Oceania: 5 (0.2%)
Latin America: 603 (23.83%)
Northern America: 136 (5.38%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,626 (100%)
English only: 22,393 (87.38%)
Language other than English: 3,233 (12.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,096 (4.28%)
--Spanish: 1,282 (5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 447 (1.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 697 (2.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 158 (0.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,149 (4.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 445 (1.74%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,967 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 33,361% (123.71%)
Arab: 134 (0.5%)
Czech: 173 (0.64%)
Danish: 303 (1.12%)
Dutch: 352 (1.31%)
English: 3,836 (14.22%)
French (except Basque): 973 (3.61%)
French Canadian: 288 (1.07%)
German: 4,743 (17.59%)
Greek: 222 (0.82%)
Hungarian: 153 (0.57%)
Irish: 4,266 (15.82%)
Italian: 2,211 (8.2%)
Lithuanian: 78 (0.29%)
Norwegian: 791 (2.93%)
Polish: 710 (2.63%)
Portuguese: 942 (3.49%)
Russian: 408 (1.51%)
Scotch-Irish: 699 (2.59%)
Scottish: 961 (3.56%)
Slovak: 131 (0.49%)
Subsaharan African: 93 (0.34%)
Swedish: 735 (2.73%)
Swiss: 58 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.02%)
United States or American: 830 (3.08%)
Welsh: 207 (0.77%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 44 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 9,014 (33.43%)

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