Cudahy, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0617498, place: Cudahy city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,730 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 314 (3.6%)
Kindergarten: 558 (6.39%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,564 (52.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,135 (24.46%)
College or graduate school: 1,159 (13.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,453 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,533 (39.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,182 (27.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,969 (17.19%)
Some college, no degree: 1,185 (10.35%)
Associate degree: 236 (2.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 225 (1.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 123 (1.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 32.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,873 (100%)
Never married: 5,855 (36.89%)
Now married, except separated: 7,894 (49.73%)
Separated: 793 (5%)
Total Widowed: 569 (3.58%)
Widowed Female: 498 (3.14%)
Total Divorced: 762 (4.8%)
Divorced Female: 464 (2.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,075 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 250 (23.26%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,590 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 276 (1.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,019 (100%)
--With a disability: 852 (10.62%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,391 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,277 (26.45%)
----Percent employed: 51.1%
--No disability: 9,114 (73.55%)
----Percent employed: 56.4%
Population 65 years and over: 912 (100%)
--With a disability: 484 (53.07%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,322 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,251 (43.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,700 (50.18%)
--Same county: 10,083 (47.29%)
--Different county: 617 (2.89%)
----Same state: 519 (2.43%)
----Different state: 98 (0.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,371 (6.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 24,208 (100%)
Native: 11,346 (46.87%)
--Born in United States: 11,150 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,374 (42.85%)
----Different state: 776 (3.21%)
--Born outside United States: 196 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 12,862 (53.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,370 (18.05%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,779 (11.48%)
--Not a citizen: 10,083 (41.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12,862 (100%)
Europe: 41 (0.32%)
Asia: 192 (1.49%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 4 (0.03%)
Latin America: 12,625 (98.16%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,322 (100%)
English only: 2,080 (9.76%)
Language other than English: 19,242 (90.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11,254 (52.78%)
--Spanish: 19,017 (89.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11,173 (52.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 89 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 126 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 24,208 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,224% (91.8%)
Arab: 15 (0.06%)
Czech: 22 (0.09%)
Danish: 27 (0.11%)
Dutch: 76 (0.31%)
English: 69 (0.29%)
French (except Basque): 25 (0.1%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.02%)
German: 154 (0.64%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 35 (0.14%)
Irish: 134 (0.55%)
Italian: 97 (0.4%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 25 (0.1%)
Polish: 14 (0.06%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.02%)
Russian: 4 (0.02%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (0.05%)
Scottish: 10 (0.04%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 10 (0.04%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 474 (1.96%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 21,010 (86.79%)

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