Delano, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0618394, place: Delano city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,599 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 591 (5.1%)
Kindergarten: 711 (6.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,759 (49.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,059 (26.37%)
College or graduate school: 1,479 (12.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 21,789 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7,061 (32.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,124 (18.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,810 (26.66%)
Some college, no degree: 2,883 (13.23%)
Associate degree: 717 (3.29%)
Bachelor's degree: 906 (4.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 288 (1.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 48.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 28,209 (100%)
Never married: 6,967 (24.7%)
Now married, except separated: 16,973 (60.17%)
Separated: 971 (3.44%)
Total Widowed: 2,189 (7.76%)
Widowed Female: 1,101 (3.9%)
Total Divorced: 1,109 (3.93%)
Divorced Female: 632 (2.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,771 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 591 (33.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 26,323 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,519 (5.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,664 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,081 (10.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,918 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,850 (28.67%)
----Percent employed: 44.5%
--No disability: 12,068 (71.33%)
----Percent employed: 50.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,869 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,447 (50.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 35,402 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 16,790 (47.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 16,308 (46.07%)
--Same county: 10,797 (30.5%)
--Different county: 5,511 (15.57%)
----Same state: 5,137 (14.51%)
----Different state: 374 (1.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,304 (6.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 38,981 (100%)
Native: 24,088 (61.79%)
--Born in United States: 22,634 (100%)
----State of residence: 20,332 (52.16%)
----Different state: 2,302 (5.91%)
--Born outside United States: 1,454 (3.73%)
Foreign born: 14,893 (38.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,067 (13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,097 (13.08%)
--Not a citizen: 9,796 (25.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14,893 (100%)
Europe: 82 (0.55%)
Asia: 4,406 (29.58%)
Africa: 12 (0.08%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 10,367 (69.61%)
Northern America: 26 (0.17%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 35,402 (100%)
English only: 9,724 (27.47%)
Language other than English: 25,678 (72.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14,413 (40.71%)
--Spanish: 20,067 (56.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11,182 (31.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 335 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 143 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5,220 (14.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,057 (8.64%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 38,981 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 31,453% (80.69%)
Arab: 83 (0.21%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 52 (0.13%)
Dutch: 48 (0.12%)
English: 300 (0.77%)
French (except Basque): 90 (0.23%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.04%)
German: 287 (0.74%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 28 (0.07%)
Irish: 440 (1.13%)
Italian: 125 (0.32%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 28 (0.07%)
Portuguese: 49 (0.13%)
Russian: 37 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 68 (0.17%)
Scottish: 151 (0.39%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 16 (0.04%)
Swedish: 14 (0.04%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 497 (1.27%)
Welsh: 14 (0.04%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 29,109 (74.67%)

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