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Capitola, CA

Santa Cruz County, California

Latitude: 36.976250     Longitude: -121.954750
Population 9,553 (2005)
Elevation of Capitola, California: 50 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0611040, place: Capitola city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,343 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 144 (6.15%)
Kindergarten: 122 (5.21%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 772 (32.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 409 (17.46%)
College or graduate school: 896 (38.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,468 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 192 (2.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 458 (6.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,344 (18%)
Some college, no degree: 2,213 (29.63%)
Associate degree: 675 (9.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,669 (22.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 917 (12.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 34.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,729 (100%)
Never married: 2,832 (32.44%)
Now married, except separated: 3,613 (41.39%)
Separated: 84 (0.96%)
Total Widowed: 591 (6.77%)
Widowed Female: 497 (5.69%)
Total Divorced: 1,609 (18.43%)
Divorced Female: 1,024 (11.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 103 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 42 (40.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,449 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 886 (10.49%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,732 (100%)
--With a disability: 73 (4.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,578 (100%)
--With a disability: 995 (15.13%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
--No disability: 5,583 (84.87%)
----Percent employed: 83.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,323 (100%)
--With a disability: 551 (41.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,762 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,382 (44.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,140 (52.65%)
--Same county: 2,905 (29.76%)
--Different county: 2,235 (22.89%)
----Same state: 1,545 (15.83%)
----Different state: 690 (7.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 240 (2.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,204 (100%)
Native: 8,985 (88.05%)
--Born in United States: 8,757 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,650 (55.37%)
----Different state: 3,107 (30.45%)
--Born outside United States: 228 (2.23%)
Foreign born: 1,219 (11.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 447 (4.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 519 (5.09%)
--Not a citizen: 700 (6.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,219 (100%)
Europe: 256 (21%)
Asia: 346 (28.38%)
Africa: 74 (6.07%)
Oceania: 42 (3.45%)
Latin America: 432 (35.44%)
Northern America: 69 (5.66%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,762 (100%)
English only: 8,044 (82.4%)
Language other than English: 1,718 (17.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 624 (6.39%)
--Spanish: 908 (9.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 387 (3.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 415 (4.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 349 (3.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 164 (1.68%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,204 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,443% (121.94%)
Arab: 61 (0.6%)
Czech: 17 (0.17%)
Danish: 164 (1.61%)
Dutch: 138 (1.35%)
English: 1,350 (13.23%)
French (except Basque): 450 (4.41%)
French Canadian: 64 (0.63%)
German: 1,717 (16.83%)
Greek: 63 (0.62%)
Hungarian: 89 (0.87%)
Irish: 1,662 (16.29%)
Italian: 870 (8.53%)
Lithuanian: 41 (0.4%)
Norwegian: 263 (2.58%)
Polish: 387 (3.79%)
Portuguese: 176 (1.72%)
Russian: 149 (1.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 259 (2.54%)
Scottish: 330 (3.23%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.09%)
Swedish: 138 (1.35%)
Swiss: 99 (0.97%)
Ukrainian: 47 (0.46%)
United States or American: 316 (3.1%)
Welsh: 210 (2.06%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 3,364 (32.97%)

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