Cottonwood, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0616630, place: Cottonwood CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 886 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (2.37%)
Kindergarten: 67 (7.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 476 (53.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 204 (23.02%)
College or graduate school: 118 (13.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,745 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 104 (5.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 448 (25.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 478 (27.39%)
Some college, no degree: 395 (22.64%)
Associate degree: 175 (10.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 100 (5.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 45 (2.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,132 (100%)
Never married: 411 (19.28%)
Now married, except separated: 1,170 (54.88%)
Separated: 26 (1.22%)
Total Widowed: 165 (7.74%)
Widowed Female: 154 (7.22%)
Total Divorced: 360 (16.89%)
Divorced Female: 216 (10.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 108 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 37 (34.26%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,985 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 285 (14.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 841 (100%)
--With a disability: 83 (9.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,557 (100%)
--With a disability: 340 (21.84%)
----Percent employed: 52.1%
--No disability: 1,217 (78.16%)
----Percent employed: 74.5%
Population 65 years and over: 313 (100%)
--With a disability: 153 (48.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,711 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,445 (53.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,222 (45.08%)
--Same county: 782 (28.85%)
--Different county: 440 (16.23%)
----Same state: 317 (11.69%)
----Different state: 123 (4.54%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 44 (1.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,942 (100%)
Native: 2,692 (91.5%)
--Born in United States: 2,685 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,999 (67.95%)
----Different state: 686 (23.32%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.24%)
Foreign born: 250 (8.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 121 (4.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 98 (3.33%)
--Not a citizen: 152 (5.17%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 250 (100%)
Europe: 50 (20%)
Asia: 19 (7.6%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 174 (69.6%)
Northern America: 7 (2.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,711 (100%)
English only: 2,395 (88.34%)
Language other than English: 316 (11.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 174 (6.42%)
--Spanish: 263 (9.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 156 (5.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 30 (1.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 23 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.66%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,942 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,122% (106.12%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.14%)
Danish: 24 (0.82%)
Dutch: 58 (1.97%)
English: 231 (7.85%)
French (except Basque): 90 (3.06%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 427 (14.51%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 456 (15.5%)
Italian: 196 (6.66%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 22 (0.75%)
Polish: 20 (0.68%)
Portuguese: 66 (2.24%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 50 (1.7%)
Scottish: 85 (2.89%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 57 (1.94%)
Swiss: 6 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.65%)
United States or American: 294 (9.99%)
Welsh: 5 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,012 (34.4%)

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