Colma, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0614736, place: Colma town, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 330 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (3.33%)
Kindergarten: 11 (3.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 159 (48.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 66 (20%)
College or graduate school: 83 (25.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 770 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 128 (16.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 72 (9.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 240 (31.17%)
Some college, no degree: 184 (23.9%)
Associate degree: 43 (5.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 78 (10.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 25 (3.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 930 (100%)
Never married: 304 (32.69%)
Now married, except separated: 481 (51.72%)
Separated: 11 (1.18%)
Total Widowed: 78 (8.39%)
Widowed Female: 65 (6.99%)
Total Divorced: 56 (6.02%)
Divorced Female: 27 (2.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 47 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (10.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 864 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 59 (6.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 289 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (7.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 641 (100%)
--With a disability: 156 (24.34%)
----Percent employed: 57.1%
--No disability: 485 (75.66%)
----Percent employed: 76.3%
Population 65 years and over: 135 (100%)
--With a disability: 67 (49.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,114 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 679 (60.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 359 (32.23%)
--Same county: 214 (19.21%)
--Different county: 145 (13.02%)
----Same state: 117 (10.5%)
----Different state: 28 (2.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 76 (6.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,165 (100%)
Native: 644 (55.28%)
--Born in United States: 634 (100%)
----State of residence: 548 (47.04%)
----Different state: 86 (7.38%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.86%)
Foreign born: 521 (44.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 187 (16.05%)
--Naturalized citizen: 230 (19.74%)
--Not a citizen: 291 (24.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 521 (100%)
Europe: 21 (4.03%)
Asia: 197 (37.81%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 6 (1.15%)
Latin America: 293 (56.24%)
Northern America: 4 (0.77%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,114 (100%)
English only: 408 (36.62%)
Language other than English: 706 (63.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 327 (29.35%)
--Spanish: 461 (41.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 214 (19.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (3.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 196 (17.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 91 (8.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,165 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,212% (104.03%)
Arab: 14 (1.2%)
Czech: 2 (0.17%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (0.43%)
English: 32 (2.75%)
French (except Basque): 23 (1.97%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 54 (4.64%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 76 (6.52%)
Italian: 93 (7.98%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.43%)
Polish: 9 (0.77%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.77%)
Russian: 4 (0.34%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 13 (1.12%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 3 (0.26%)
Swiss: 11 (0.94%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 11 (0.94%)
Welsh: 2 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 846 (72.62%)

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