Bostonia, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0607624, place: Bostonia CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,077 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 248 (6.08%)
Kindergarten: 227 (5.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,754 (43.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 897 (22%)
College or graduate school: 951 (23.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,229 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 514 (5.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,236 (13.39%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,023 (32.76%)
Some college, no degree: 2,885 (31.26%)
Associate degree: 593 (6.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 788 (8.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 190 (2.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,496 (100%)
Never married: 3,129 (27.22%)
Now married, except separated: 5,788 (50.35%)
Separated: 193 (1.68%)
Total Widowed: 879 (7.65%)
Widowed Female: 727 (6.32%)
Total Divorced: 1,507 (13.11%)
Divorced Female: 840 (7.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 273 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 77 (28.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,614 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,952 (18.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,457 (100%)
--With a disability: 259 (7.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,056 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,718 (21.33%)
----Percent employed: 52.3%
--No disability: 6,338 (78.67%)
----Percent employed: 73.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,901 (100%)
--With a disability: 894 (47.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,664 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,784 (42.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,409 (54.22%)
--Same county: 5,998 (43.9%)
--Different county: 1,411 (10.33%)
----Same state: 560 (4.1%)
----Different state: 851 (6.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 471 (3.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,868 (100%)
Native: 13,132 (88.32%)
--Born in United States: 12,955 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,945 (53.44%)
----Different state: 5,010 (33.7%)
--Born outside United States: 177 (1.19%)
Foreign born: 1,736 (11.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 746 (5.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 824 (5.54%)
--Not a citizen: 912 (6.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,736 (100%)
Europe: 249 (14.34%)
Asia: 812 (46.77%)
Africa: 10 (0.58%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 620 (35.71%)
Northern America: 45 (2.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,664 (100%)
English only: 11,321 (82.85%)
Language other than English: 2,343 (17.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 863 (6.32%)
--Spanish: 1,239 (9.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 476 (3.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 422 (3.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 184 (1.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 156 (1.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (0.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,868 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,809% (106.33%)
Arab: 188 (1.26%)
Czech: 40 (0.27%)
Danish: 143 (0.96%)
Dutch: 225 (1.51%)
English: 1,479 (9.95%)
French (except Basque): 553 (3.72%)
French Canadian: 96 (0.65%)
German: 2,330 (15.67%)
Greek: 136 (0.91%)
Hungarian: 92 (0.62%)
Irish: 1,918 (12.9%)
Italian: 658 (4.43%)
Lithuanian: 38 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 225 (1.51%)
Polish: 266 (1.79%)
Portuguese: 70 (0.47%)
Russian: 47 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 262 (1.76%)
Scottish: 274 (1.84%)
Slovak: 7 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 64 (0.43%)
Swedish: 205 (1.38%)
Swiss: 42 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.09%)
United States or American: 938 (6.31%)
Welsh: 50 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 41 (0.28%)
Other ancestries: 5,408 (36.37%)

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