Cerritos, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0612552, place: Cerritos city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 17,168 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 741 (4.32%)
Kindergarten: 628 (3.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,194 (36.08%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,833 (22.33%)
College or graduate school: 5,772 (33.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 34,351 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,373 (4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,834 (5.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,539 (16.12%)
Some college, no degree: 7,165 (20.86%)
Associate degree: 3,445 (10.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 10,092 (29.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,903 (14.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 43.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 41,631 (100%)
Never married: 11,471 (27.55%)
Now married, except separated: 25,366 (60.93%)
Separated: 427 (1.03%)
Total Widowed: 2,007 (4.82%)
Widowed Female: 1,665 (4%)
Total Divorced: 2,360 (5.67%)
Divorced Female: 1,667 (4%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,372 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 512 (21.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 38,913 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,228 (8.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 12,205 (100%)
--With a disability: 584 (4.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 31,987 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,350 (13.6%)
----Percent employed: 59.4%
--No disability: 27,637 (86.4%)
----Percent employed: 73.2%
Population 65 years and over: 4,895 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,903 (38.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 49,135 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 32,062 (65.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,808 (30.14%)
--Same county: 11,259 (22.91%)
--Different county: 3,549 (7.22%)
----Same state: 2,591 (5.27%)
----Different state: 958 (1.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,265 (4.61%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 51,507 (100%)
Native: 28,052 (54.46%)
--Born in United States: 27,572 (100%)
----State of residence: 20,458 (39.72%)
----Different state: 7,114 (13.81%)
--Born outside United States: 480 (0.93%)
Foreign born: 23,455 (45.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,821 (11.3%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14,909 (28.95%)
--Not a citizen: 8,546 (16.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 23,455 (100%)
Europe: 564 (2.4%)
Asia: 20,411 (87.02%)
Africa: 479 (2.04%)
Oceania: 9 (0.04%)
Latin America: 1,840 (7.84%)
Northern America: 152 (0.65%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 49,135 (100%)
English only: 19,663 (40.02%)
Language other than English: 29,472 (59.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12,849 (26.15%)
--Spanish: 3,540 (7.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,025 (2.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,282 (6.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 752 (1.53%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 21,876 (44.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10,836 (22.05%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 51,507 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 53,756% (104.37%)
Arab: 501 (0.97%)
Czech: 79 (0.15%)
Danish: 142 (0.28%)
Dutch: 610 (1.18%)
English: 1,780 (3.46%)
French (except Basque): 426 (0.83%)
French Canadian: 134 (0.26%)
German: 2,440 (4.74%)
Greek: 97 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 99 (0.19%)
Irish: 1,913 (3.71%)
Italian: 826 (1.6%)
Lithuanian: 38 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 219 (0.43%)
Polish: 189 (0.37%)
Portuguese: 399 (0.77%)
Russian: 166 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 483 (0.94%)
Scottish: 326 (0.63%)
Slovak: 37 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 409 (0.79%)
Swedish: 480 (0.93%)
Swiss: 104 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 22 (0.04%)
United States or American: 775 (1.5%)
Welsh: 103 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 80 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 40,879 (79.37%)

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