Covina, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0616742, place: Covina city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 14,763 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 773 (5.24%)
Kindergarten: 744 (5.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,361 (43.09%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,937 (19.89%)
College or graduate school: 3,948 (26.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 29,422 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,659 (5.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,676 (12.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,808 (26.54%)
Some college, no degree: 8,229 (27.97%)
Associate degree: 2,508 (8.52%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,931 (13.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,611 (5.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 35,957 (100%)
Never married: 10,682 (29.71%)
Now married, except separated: 17,994 (50.04%)
Separated: 1,144 (3.18%)
Total Widowed: 2,238 (6.22%)
Widowed Female: 1,804 (5.02%)
Total Divorced: 3,899 (10.84%)
Divorced Female: 2,485 (6.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,403 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 419 (29.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 33,946 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,484 (10.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,564 (100%)
--With a disability: 808 (6.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 26,918 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,446 (20.23%)
----Percent employed: 58.8%
--No disability: 21,472 (79.77%)
----Percent employed: 75.6%
Population 65 years and over: 4,795 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,972 (41.13%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 43,579 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 22,104 (50.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 20,077 (46.07%)
--Same county: 16,848 (38.66%)
--Different county: 3,229 (7.41%)
----Same state: 2,292 (5.26%)
----Different state: 937 (2.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,398 (3.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 47,144 (100%)
Native: 37,693 (79.95%)
--Born in United States: 37,166 (100%)
----State of residence: 27,685 (58.72%)
----Different state: 9,481 (20.11%)
--Born outside United States: 527 (1.12%)
Foreign born: 9,451 (20.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,672 (5.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,776 (10.13%)
--Not a citizen: 4,675 (9.92%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9,451 (100%)
Europe: 565 (5.98%)
Asia: 3,506 (37.1%)
Africa: 271 (2.87%)
Oceania: 25 (0.26%)
Latin America: 4,937 (52.24%)
Northern America: 147 (1.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 43,579 (100%)
English only: 28,067 (64.4%)
Language other than English: 15,512 (35.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,746 (13.19%)
--Spanish: 10,877 (24.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,618 (8.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 938 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 243 (0.56%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3,282 (7.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,755 (4.03%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 47,144 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 52,004% (110.31%)
Arab: 298 (0.63%)
Czech: 178 (0.38%)
Danish: 138 (0.29%)
Dutch: 711 (1.51%)
English: 3,572 (7.58%)
French (except Basque): 1,453 (3.08%)
French Canadian: 359 (0.76%)
German: 4,998 (10.6%)
Greek: 130 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 111 (0.24%)
Irish: 3,961 (8.4%)
Italian: 2,035 (4.32%)
Lithuanian: 57 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 695 (1.47%)
Polish: 506 (1.07%)
Portuguese: 82 (0.17%)
Russian: 243 (0.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 730 (1.55%)
Scottish: 687 (1.46%)
Slovak: 58 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 173 (0.37%)
Swedish: 792 (1.68%)
Swiss: 85 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 33 (0.07%)
United States or American: 1,483 (3.15%)
Welsh: 202 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 57 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 28,177 (59.77%)

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