Buena Park, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0608786, place: Buena Park city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 24,501 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,306 (5.33%)
Kindergarten: 1,591 (6.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 10,880 (44.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,698 (19.17%)
College or graduate school: 6,026 (24.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 48,066 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5,401 (11.24%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,239 (12.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,769 (24.49%)
Some college, no degree: 11,723 (24.39%)
Associate degree: 3,480 (7.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,986 (14.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,468 (5.13%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 58,711 (100%)
Never married: 17,210 (29.31%)
Now married, except separated: 31,466 (53.59%)
Separated: 1,390 (2.37%)
Total Widowed: 3,292 (5.61%)
Widowed Female: 2,648 (4.51%)
Total Divorced: 5,353 (9.12%)
Divorced Female: 3,280 (5.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,293 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 839 (25.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 55,337 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,010 (9.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 19,929 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,133 (5.69%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 44,949 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,890 (19.78%)
----Percent employed: 59%
--No disability: 36,059 (80.22%)
----Percent employed: 72.5%
Population 65 years and over: 6,841 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,907 (42.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 72,135 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 36,661 (50.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 31,173 (43.21%)
--Same county: 19,322 (26.79%)
--Different county: 11,851 (16.43%)
----Same state: 10,326 (14.31%)
----Different state: 1,525 (2.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,301 (5.96%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 78,358 (100%)
Native: 52,521 (67.03%)
--Born in United States: 51,718 (100%)
----State of residence: 37,885 (48.35%)
----Different state: 13,833 (17.65%)
--Born outside United States: 803 (1.02%)
Foreign born: 25,837 (32.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9,985 (12.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10,678 (13.63%)
--Not a citizen: 15,159 (19.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 25,837 (100%)
Europe: 1,258 (4.87%)
Asia: 12,935 (50.06%)
Africa: 417 (1.61%)
Oceania: 185 (0.72%)
Latin America: 10,781 (41.73%)
Northern America: 261 (1.01%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 72,135 (100%)
English only: 37,272 (51.67%)
Language other than English: 34,863 (48.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17,136 (23.76%)
--Spanish: 17,934 (24.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9,035 (12.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,602 (4.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,330 (1.84%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12,411 (17.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,412 (8.89%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 78,358 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 80,678% (102.96%)
Arab: 813 (1.04%)
Czech: 188 (0.24%)
Danish: 269 (0.34%)
Dutch: 1,005 (1.28%)
English: 4,527 (5.78%)
French (except Basque): 1,370 (1.75%)
French Canadian: 264 (0.34%)
German: 6,214 (7.93%)
Greek: 196 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 198 (0.25%)
Irish: 5,193 (6.63%)
Italian: 2,873 (3.67%)
Lithuanian: 26 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 735 (0.94%)
Polish: 1,169 (1.49%)
Portuguese: 291 (0.37%)
Russian: 272 (0.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 797 (1.02%)
Scottish: 868 (1.11%)
Slovak: 48 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 313 (0.4%)
Swedish: 981 (1.25%)
Swiss: 100 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 77 (0.1%)
United States or American: 2,741 (3.5%)
Welsh: 318 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 173 (0.22%)
Other ancestries: 48,659 (62.1%)

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