Chester, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0612930, place: Chester CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 570 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 46 (8.07%)
Kindergarten: 4 (0.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 305 (53.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 134 (23.51%)
College or graduate school: 81 (14.21%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,600 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 91 (5.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 116 (7.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 468 (29.25%)
Some college, no degree: 539 (33.69%)
Associate degree: 179 (11.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 170 (10.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 37 (2.31%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,815 (100%)
Never married: 314 (17.3%)
Now married, except separated: 1,103 (60.77%)
Separated: 29 (1.6%)
Total Widowed: 124 (6.83%)
Widowed Female: 77 (4.24%)
Total Divorced: 245 (13.5%)
Divorced Female: 102 (5.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (42.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,705 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 357 (20.94%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 496 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (10.69%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,250 (100%)
--With a disability: 257 (20.56%)
----Percent employed: 68.1%
--No disability: 993 (79.44%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 369 (100%)
--With a disability: 207 (56.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,154 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,304 (60.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 850 (39.46%)
--Same county: 366 (16.99%)
--Different county: 484 (22.47%)
----Same state: 376 (17.46%)
----Different state: 108 (5.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,239 (100%)
Native: 2,169 (96.87%)
--Born in United States: 2,148 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,449 (64.72%)
----Different state: 699 (31.22%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (0.94%)
Foreign born: 70 (3.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.27%)
--Naturalized citizen: 42 (1.88%)
--Not a citizen: 28 (1.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 70 (100%)
Europe: 43 (61.43%)
Asia: 11 (15.71%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (5.71%)
Northern America: 12 (17.14%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,154 (100%)
English only: 2,030 (94.24%)
Language other than English: 124 (5.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (1.62%)
--Spanish: 90 (4.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (1.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,239 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,557% (114.2%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 19 (0.85%)
Danish: 34 (1.52%)
Dutch: 59 (2.64%)
English: 432 (19.29%)
French (except Basque): 135 (6.03%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.85%)
German: 539 (24.07%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 27 (1.21%)
Irish: 243 (10.85%)
Italian: 120 (5.36%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 27 (1.21%)
Polish: 28 (1.25%)
Portuguese: 34 (1.52%)
Russian: 12 (0.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 44 (1.97%)
Scottish: 53 (2.37%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.36%)
Swedish: 106 (4.73%)
Swiss: 14 (0.63%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 153 (6.83%)
Welsh: 39 (1.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 412 (18.4%)

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