Costa Mesa, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0616532, place: Costa Mesa city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 30,752 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,767 (5.75%)
Kindergarten: 1,734 (5.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 11,273 (36.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,300 (17.23%)
College or graduate school: 10,678 (34.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 71,622 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 8,318 (11.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,662 (9.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 12,211 (17.05%)
Some college, no degree: 17,372 (24.26%)
Associate degree: 6,222 (8.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 14,864 (20.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,973 (8.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 87,017 (100%)
Never married: 31,093 (35.73%)
Now married, except separated: 40,276 (46.29%)
Separated: 1,970 (2.26%)
Total Widowed: 3,653 (4.2%)
Widowed Female: 2,981 (3.43%)
Total Divorced: 10,025 (11.52%)
Divorced Female: 5,813 (6.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,590 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 414 (26.04%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 83,705 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 7,163 (8.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 21,868 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,484 (6.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 69,131 (100%)
--With a disability: 11,248 (16.27%)
----Percent employed: 61%
--No disability: 57,883 (83.73%)
----Percent employed: 77.5%
Population 65 years and over: 8,885 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,371 (37.94%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 101,202 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 44,372 (43.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 50,192 (49.6%)
--Same county: 36,506 (36.07%)
--Different county: 13,686 (13.52%)
----Same state: 8,660 (8.56%)
----Different state: 5,026 (4.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6,638 (6.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 108,785 (100%)
Native: 77,063 (70.84%)
--Born in United States: 76,064 (100%)
----State of residence: 50,033 (45.99%)
----Different state: 26,031 (23.93%)
--Born outside United States: 999 (0.92%)
Foreign born: 31,722 (29.16%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14,964 (13.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8,665 (7.97%)
--Not a citizen: 23,057 (21.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 31,722 (100%)
Europe: 2,333 (7.35%)
Asia: 6,745 (21.26%)
Africa: 447 (1.41%)
Oceania: 506 (1.6%)
Latin America: 20,997 (66.19%)
Northern America: 694 (2.19%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 101,202 (100%)
English only: 63,219 (62.47%)
Language other than English: 37,983 (37.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21,852 (21.59%)
--Spanish: 27,514 (27.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17,712 (17.5%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,487 (3.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 785 (0.78%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6,290 (6.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,185 (3.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 108,785 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 117,938% (108.41%)
Arab: 799 (0.73%)
Czech: 437 (0.4%)
Danish: 714 (0.66%)
Dutch: 1,696 (1.56%)
English: 10,252 (9.42%)
French (except Basque): 3,319 (3.05%)
French Canadian: 510 (0.47%)
German: 13,468 (12.38%)
Greek: 444 (0.41%)
Hungarian: 516 (0.47%)
Irish: 10,272 (9.44%)
Italian: 5,436 (5%)
Lithuanian: 262 (0.24%)
Norwegian: 2,084 (1.92%)
Polish: 1,984 (1.82%)
Portuguese: 398 (0.37%)
Russian: 1,239 (1.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,520 (1.4%)
Scottish: 2,876 (2.64%)
Slovak: 79 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 228 (0.21%)
Swedish: 2,267 (2.08%)
Swiss: 354 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 178 (0.16%)
United States or American: 4,177 (3.84%)
Welsh: 788 (0.72%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 129 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 51,512 (47.35%)

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