Calexico, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0609710, place: Calexico city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,520 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 512 (4.87%)
Kindergarten: 592 (5.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,627 (43.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,569 (24.42%)
College or graduate school: 2,220 (21.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,961 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5,416 (36.2%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,448 (16.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,456 (16.42%)
Some college, no degree: 2,579 (17.24%)
Associate degree: 707 (4.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 884 (5.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 471 (3.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 47.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,314 (100%)
Never married: 5,678 (29.4%)
Now married, except separated: 10,439 (54.05%)
Separated: 899 (4.65%)
Total Widowed: 1,377 (7.13%)
Widowed Female: 1,148 (5.94%)
Total Divorced: 921 (4.77%)
Divorced Female: 678 (3.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,888 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 306 (16.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,578 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 548 (3.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,757 (100%)
--With a disability: 391 (4.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,196 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,848 (21.58%)
----Percent employed: 50.1%
--No disability: 10,348 (78.42%)
----Percent employed: 58.5%
Population 65 years and over: 2,975 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,538 (51.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,952 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,276 (57.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,868 (35.54%)
--Same county: 7,177 (28.76%)
--Different county: 1,691 (6.78%)
----Same state: 1,373 (5.5%)
----Different state: 318 (1.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,808 (7.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 27,042 (100%)
Native: 13,185 (48.76%)
--Born in United States: 12,815 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,828 (43.74%)
----Different state: 987 (3.65%)
--Born outside United States: 370 (1.37%)
Foreign born: 13,857 (51.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,467 (16.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,452 (20.16%)
--Not a citizen: 8,405 (31.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13,857 (100%)
Europe: 11 (0.08%)
Asia: 324 (2.34%)
Africa: 15 (0.11%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13,507 (97.47%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,952 (100%)
English only: 1,462 (5.86%)
Language other than English: 23,490 (94.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13,992 (56.08%)
--Spanish: 22,984 (92.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13,576 (54.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 45 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 449 (1.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 392 (1.57%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 27,042 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 25,238% (93.33%)
Arab: 48 (0.18%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 40 (0.15%)
French (except Basque): 86 (0.32%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 105 (0.39%)
Greek: 29 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 60 (0.22%)
Italian: 137 (0.51%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 7 (0.03%)
Portuguese: 41 (0.15%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 12 (0.04%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.04%)
Swedish: 7 (0.03%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 248 (0.92%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 24,400 (90.23%)

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