Berkeley, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0606000, place: Berkeley city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 39,353 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,328 (3.37%)
Kindergarten: 763 (1.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,703 (17.03%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,543 (9%)
College or graduate school: 27,016 (68.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 66,133 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,257 (3.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,877 (4.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,693 (8.61%)
Some college, no degree: 9,903 (14.97%)
Associate degree: 2,912 (4.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 19,805 (29.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22,686 (34.3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 64.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 90,762 (100%)
Never married: 46,144 (50.84%)
Now married, except separated: 30,150 (33.22%)
Separated: 1,619 (1.78%)
Total Widowed: 4,192 (4.62%)
Widowed Female: 3,459 (3.81%)
Total Divorced: 8,657 (9.54%)
Divorced Female: 5,332 (5.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,194 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 361 (30.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 88,305 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,634 (6.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 20,201 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,344 (6.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 68,079 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,212 (13.53%)
----Percent employed: 54.4%
--No disability: 58,867 (86.47%)
----Percent employed: 76%
Population 65 years and over: 10,366 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,191 (40.43%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 98,889 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 44,922 (45.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 48,163 (48.7%)
--Same county: 16,858 (17.05%)
--Different county: 31,305 (31.66%)
----Same state: 21,886 (22.13%)
----Different state: 9,419 (9.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5,804 (5.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 102,743 (100%)
Native: 81,820 (79.64%)
--Born in United States: 80,253 (100%)
----State of residence: 44,668 (43.48%)
----Different state: 35,585 (34.63%)
--Born outside United States: 1,567 (1.53%)
Foreign born: 20,923 (20.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9,103 (8.86%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8,916 (8.68%)
--Not a citizen: 12,007 (11.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 20,923 (100%)
Europe: 4,835 (23.11%)
Asia: 9,968 (47.64%)
Africa: 668 (3.19%)
Oceania: 362 (1.73%)
Latin America: 4,352 (20.8%)
Northern America: 738 (3.53%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 98,889 (100%)
English only: 71,676 (72.48%)
Language other than English: 27,213 (27.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,552 (7.64%)
--Spanish: 8,120 (8.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,067 (3.1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7,243 (7.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,108 (1.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10,442 (10.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,161 (3.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 102,743 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 119,011% (115.83%)
Arab: 760 (0.74%)
Czech: 693 (0.67%)
Danish: 710 (0.69%)
Dutch: 1,317 (1.28%)
English: 10,322 (10.05%)
French (except Basque): 2,754 (2.68%)
French Canadian: 528 (0.51%)
German: 11,402 (11.1%)
Greek: 587 (0.57%)
Hungarian: 683 (0.66%)
Irish: 9,293 (9.04%)
Italian: 4,329 (4.21%)
Lithuanian: 508 (0.49%)
Norwegian: 1,492 (1.45%)
Polish: 2,984 (2.9%)
Portuguese: 588 (0.57%)
Russian: 4,359 (4.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,654 (1.61%)
Scottish: 2,731 (2.66%)
Slovak: 127 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 1,667 (1.62%)
Swedish: 1,795 (1.75%)
Swiss: 568 (0.55%)
Ukrainian: 389 (0.38%)
United States or American: 1,379 (1.34%)
Welsh: 866 (0.84%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 342 (0.33%)
Other ancestries: 54,184 (52.74%)

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