Blythe, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0607218, place: Blythe city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,842 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 247 (6.43%)
Kindergarten: 280 (7.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,880 (48.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 817 (21.26%)
College or graduate school: 618 (16.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,761 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,058 (15.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,098 (16.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,806 (26.71%)
Some college, no degree: 1,709 (25.28%)
Associate degree: 479 (7.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 389 (5.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 222 (3.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,407 (100%)
Never married: 2,353 (27.99%)
Now married, except separated: 4,439 (52.8%)
Separated: 221 (2.63%)
Total Widowed: 517 (6.15%)
Widowed Female: 393 (4.67%)
Total Divorced: 877 (10.43%)
Divorced Female: 437 (5.2%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 362 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 174 (48.07%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,903 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,084 (13.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,501 (100%)
--With a disability: 321 (9.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,973 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,365 (22.85%)
----Percent employed: 48.5%
--No disability: 4,608 (77.15%)
----Percent employed: 69.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,132 (100%)
--With a disability: 524 (46.29%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,744 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,185 (48.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,477 (50.98%)
--Same county: 3,951 (36.77%)
--Different county: 1,526 (14.2%)
----Same state: 778 (7.24%)
----Different state: 748 (6.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 82 (0.76%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,825 (100%)
Native: 10,479 (88.62%)
--Born in United States: 10,442 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,981 (59.04%)
----Different state: 3,461 (29.27%)
--Born outside United States: 37 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 1,346 (11.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 236 (2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 627 (5.3%)
--Not a citizen: 719 (6.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,346 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 16 (1.19%)
Africa: 10 (0.74%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,320 (98.07%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,744 (100%)
English only: 7,009 (65.24%)
Language other than English: 3,735 (34.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,601 (14.9%)
--Spanish: 3,663 (34.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,580 (14.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 49 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,825 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,541% (97.6%)
Arab: 12 (0.1%)
Czech: 53 (0.45%)
Danish: 34 (0.29%)
Dutch: 146 (1.23%)
English: 715 (6.05%)
French (except Basque): 266 (2.25%)
French Canadian: 44 (0.37%)
German: 1,055 (8.92%)
Greek: 18 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.05%)
Irish: 629 (5.32%)
Italian: 276 (2.33%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 121 (1.02%)
Polish: 94 (0.79%)
Portuguese: 28 (0.24%)
Russian: 7 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 65 (0.55%)
Scottish: 114 (0.96%)
Slovak: 10 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 95 (0.8%)
Swiss: 35 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 18 (0.15%)
United States or American: 540 (4.57%)
Welsh: 65 (0.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 7,095 (60%)

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