Ceres, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0612524, place: Ceres city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,041 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 582 (5.27%)
Kindergarten: 704 (6.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,577 (50.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,807 (25.42%)
College or graduate school: 1,371 (12.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 19,149 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,711 (14.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,606 (18.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,809 (30.34%)
Some college, no degree: 4,374 (22.84%)
Associate degree: 1,065 (5.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,099 (5.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 485 (2.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 24,516 (100%)
Never married: 6,560 (26.76%)
Now married, except separated: 13,746 (56.07%)
Separated: 569 (2.32%)
Total Widowed: 1,218 (4.97%)
Widowed Female: 1,062 (4.33%)
Total Divorced: 2,423 (9.88%)
Divorced Female: 1,373 (5.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,090 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 505 (46.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 22,531 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,527 (11.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,439 (100%)
--With a disability: 911 (8.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 17,987 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,852 (26.98%)
----Percent employed: 51.2%
--No disability: 13,135 (73.02%)
----Percent employed: 70.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,827 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,490 (52.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 31,360 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,900 (50.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,745 (47.02%)
--Same county: 10,936 (34.87%)
--Different county: 3,809 (12.15%)
----Same state: 3,296 (10.51%)
----Different state: 513 (1.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 715 (2.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 34,534 (100%)
Native: 27,974 (81%)
--Born in United States: 27,725 (100%)
----State of residence: 22,344 (64.7%)
----Different state: 5,381 (15.58%)
--Born outside United States: 249 (0.72%)
Foreign born: 6,560 (19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,985 (5.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,582 (7.48%)
--Not a citizen: 3,978 (11.52%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,560 (100%)
Europe: 288 (4.39%)
Asia: 1,441 (21.97%)
Africa: 23 (0.35%)
Oceania: 104 (1.59%)
Latin America: 4,695 (71.57%)
Northern America: 9 (0.14%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 31,360 (100%)
English only: 20,025 (63.86%)
Language other than English: 11,335 (36.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,322 (16.97%)
--Spanish: 8,957 (28.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,127 (13.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,316 (4.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 647 (2.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 703 (2.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 377 (1.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 34,534 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 33,779% (97.81%)
Arab: 52 (0.15%)
Czech: 99 (0.29%)
Danish: 137 (0.4%)
Dutch: 329 (0.95%)
English: 2,034 (5.89%)
French (except Basque): 683 (1.98%)
French Canadian: 101 (0.29%)
German: 2,628 (7.61%)
Greek: 126 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.03%)
Irish: 2,479 (7.18%)
Italian: 868 (2.51%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 241 (0.7%)
Polish: 264 (0.76%)
Portuguese: 1,425 (4.13%)
Russian: 122 (0.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 360 (1.04%)
Scottish: 433 (1.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 17 (0.05%)
Swedish: 378 (1.09%)
Swiss: 116 (0.34%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,153 (6.23%)
Welsh: 88 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 27 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 18,610 (53.89%)

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