California City, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0609780, place: California City city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,665 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 107 (4.02%)
Kindergarten: 173 (6.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,220 (45.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 583 (21.88%)
College or graduate school: 582 (21.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,227 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 280 (5.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 617 (11.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,339 (25.62%)
Some college, no degree: 1,856 (35.51%)
Associate degree: 503 (9.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 391 (7.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 241 (4.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,310 (100%)
Never married: 1,231 (19.51%)
Now married, except separated: 3,820 (60.54%)
Separated: 159 (2.52%)
Total Widowed: 405 (6.42%)
Widowed Female: 263 (4.17%)
Total Divorced: 695 (11.01%)
Divorced Female: 366 (5.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 218 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 78 (35.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,677 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,700 (29.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,182 (100%)
--With a disability: 223 (10.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,529 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,097 (24.22%)
----Percent employed: 42.2%
--No disability: 3,432 (75.78%)
----Percent employed: 74.7%
Population 65 years and over: 892 (100%)
--With a disability: 463 (51.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,799 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,770 (48.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,958 (50.75%)
--Same county: 2,302 (29.52%)
--Different county: 1,656 (21.23%)
----Same state: 1,020 (13.08%)
----Different state: 636 (8.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 71 (0.91%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,321 (100%)
Native: 7,714 (92.71%)
--Born in United States: 7,502 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,843 (46.18%)
----Different state: 3,659 (43.97%)
--Born outside United States: 212 (2.55%)
Foreign born: 607 (7.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 83 (1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 337 (4.05%)
--Not a citizen: 270 (3.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 607 (100%)
Europe: 168 (27.68%)
Asia: 188 (30.97%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 210 (34.6%)
Northern America: 41 (6.75%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,799 (100%)
English only: 6,604 (84.68%)
Language other than English: 1,195 (15.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 297 (3.81%)
--Spanish: 795 (10.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 219 (2.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 214 (2.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 168 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.49%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,321 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,853% (106.39%)
Arab: 9 (0.11%)
Czech: 40 (0.48%)
Danish: 47 (0.56%)
Dutch: 206 (2.48%)
English: 792 (9.52%)
French (except Basque): 373 (4.48%)
French Canadian: 105 (1.26%)
German: 1,353 (16.26%)
Greek: 34 (0.41%)
Hungarian: 45 (0.54%)
Irish: 789 (9.48%)
Italian: 290 (3.49%)
Lithuanian: 18 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 61 (0.73%)
Polish: 146 (1.75%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.18%)
Russian: 17 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 114 (1.37%)
Scottish: 165 (1.98%)
Slovak: 45 (0.54%)
Subsaharan African: 68 (0.82%)
Swedish: 141 (1.69%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 16 (0.19%)
United States or American: 521 (6.26%)
Welsh: 101 (1.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 3,328 (40%)

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