General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0608848, place: Buena Vista CDP, California)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 549 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (4.74%)
Kindergarten: 69 (12.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 209 (38.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 161 (29.33%)
College or graduate school: 84 (15.3%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,018 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 393 (38.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 84 (8.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 271 (26.62%)
Some college, no degree: 122 (11.98%)
Associate degree: 57 (5.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 73 (7.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 18 (1.77%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 53.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,312 (100%)
Never married: 553 (42.15%)
Now married, except separated: 521 (39.71%)
Separated: 43 (3.28%)
Total Widowed: 78 (5.95%)
Widowed Female: 71 (5.41%)
Total Divorced: 117 (8.92%)
Divorced Female: 73 (5.56%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 55 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (12.73%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,209 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 26 (2.15%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 549 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (10.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,033 (100%)
--With a disability: 345 (33.4%)
----Percent employed: 48.7%
--No disability: 688 (66.6%)
----Percent employed: 73.5%
Population 65 years and over: 68 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (67.65%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,650 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 660 (40%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 757 (45.88%)
--Same county: 602 (36.48%)
--Different county: 155 (9.39%)
----Same state: 124 (7.52%)
----Different state: 31 (1.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 233 (14.12%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,789 (100%)
Native: 895 (50.03%)
--Born in United States: 884 (100%)
----State of residence: 703 (39.3%)
----Different state: 181 (10.12%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 894 (49.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 509 (28.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 169 (9.45%)
--Not a citizen: 725 (40.53%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 894 (100%)
Europe: 25 (2.8%)
Asia: 85 (9.51%)
Africa: 61 (6.82%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 723 (80.87%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,650 (100%)
English only: 451 (27.33%)
Language other than English: 1,199 (72.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 809 (49.03%)
--Spanish: 1,059 (64.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 712 (43.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 96 (5.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (3.7%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.73%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,789 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,639% (91.62%)
Arab: 8 (0.45%)
Czech: 12 (0.67%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 15 (0.84%)
English: 47 (2.63%)
French (except Basque): 17 (0.95%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 25 (1.4%)
Greek: 12 (0.67%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 79 (4.42%)
Italian: 111 (6.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 66 (3.69%)
Russian: 14 (0.78%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 61 (3.41%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 38 (2.12%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,134 (63.39%)
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