Corte Madera, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0616462, place: Corte Madera town, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,353 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 255 (10.84%)
Kindergarten: 132 (5.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 952 (40.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 435 (18.49%)
College or graduate school: 579 (24.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,738 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 108 (1.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 203 (3.01%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 695 (10.31%)
Some college, no degree: 1,107 (16.43%)
Associate degree: 362 (5.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,692 (39.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,571 (23.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 63.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,347 (100%)
Never married: 1,727 (23.51%)
Now married, except separated: 4,339 (59.06%)
Separated: 70 (0.95%)
Total Widowed: 371 (5.05%)
Widowed Female: 253 (3.44%)
Total Divorced: 840 (11.43%)
Divorced Female: 589 (8.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 29 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (41.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,028 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 740 (10.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,660 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (3.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,652 (100%)
--With a disability: 525 (9.29%)
----Percent employed: 77.7%
--No disability: 5,127 (90.71%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,207 (100%)
--With a disability: 300 (24.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,527 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,112 (59.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,180 (37.29%)
--Same county: 1,610 (18.88%)
--Different county: 1,570 (18.41%)
----Same state: 1,033 (12.11%)
----Different state: 537 (6.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 235 (2.76%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,144 (100%)
Native: 7,756 (84.82%)
--Born in United States: 7,630 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,589 (50.19%)
----Different state: 3,041 (33.26%)
--Born outside United States: 126 (1.38%)
Foreign born: 1,388 (15.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 375 (4.1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 727 (7.95%)
--Not a citizen: 661 (7.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,388 (100%)
Europe: 554 (39.91%)
Asia: 409 (29.47%)
Africa: 36 (2.59%)
Oceania: 18 (1.3%)
Latin America: 296 (21.33%)
Northern America: 75 (5.4%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,527 (100%)
English only: 7,039 (82.55%)
Language other than English: 1,488 (17.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 467 (5.48%)
--Spanish: 382 (4.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 119 (1.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 746 (8.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 226 (2.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 308 (3.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 100 (1.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,144 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,346% (124.08%)
Arab: 60 (0.66%)
Czech: 147 (1.61%)
Danish: 164 (1.79%)
Dutch: 209 (2.29%)
English: 1,401 (15.32%)
French (except Basque): 391 (4.28%)
French Canadian: 82 (0.9%)
German: 1,344 (14.7%)
Greek: 68 (0.74%)
Hungarian: 115 (1.26%)
Irish: 1,117 (12.22%)
Italian: 914 (10%)
Lithuanian: 63 (0.69%)
Norwegian: 229 (2.5%)
Polish: 229 (2.5%)
Portuguese: 58 (0.63%)
Russian: 443 (4.84%)
Scotch-Irish: 255 (2.79%)
Scottish: 368 (4.02%)
Slovak: 10 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.11%)
Swedish: 274 (3%)
Swiss: 140 (1.53%)
Ukrainian: 57 (0.62%)
United States or American: 549 (6%)
Welsh: 80 (0.87%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,569 (28.09%)

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