Desert Hot Springs, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0618996, place: Desert Hot Springs city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,819 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 171 (3.55%)
Kindergarten: 304 (6.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,523 (52.36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,109 (23.01%)
College or graduate school: 712 (14.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,537 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,052 (11.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,725 (18.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,727 (28.59%)
Some college, no degree: 2,586 (27.12%)
Associate degree: 597 (6.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 619 (6.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 231 (2.42%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,831 (100%)
Never married: 3,134 (26.49%)
Now married, except separated: 5,584 (47.2%)
Separated: 469 (3.96%)
Total Widowed: 729 (6.16%)
Widowed Female: 535 (4.52%)
Total Divorced: 1,915 (16.19%)
Divorced Female: 1,041 (8.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 274 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 142 (51.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,113 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,582 (14.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,605 (100%)
--With a disability: 500 (10.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,272 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,820 (34.09%)
----Percent employed: 51.1%
--No disability: 5,452 (65.91%)
----Percent employed: 68.7%
Population 65 years and over: 2,035 (100%)
--With a disability: 972 (47.76%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,920 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,877 (39.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,270 (55.43%)
--Same county: 5,498 (36.85%)
--Different county: 2,772 (18.58%)
----Same state: 1,899 (12.73%)
----Different state: 873 (5.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 773 (5.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,459 (100%)
Native: 13,048 (79.28%)
--Born in United States: 12,882 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,626 (52.41%)
----Different state: 4,256 (25.86%)
--Born outside United States: 166 (1.01%)
Foreign born: 3,411 (20.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,369 (8.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 905 (5.5%)
--Not a citizen: 2,506 (15.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,411 (100%)
Europe: 331 (9.7%)
Asia: 303 (8.88%)
Africa: 29 (0.85%)
Oceania: 20 (0.59%)
Latin America: 2,611 (76.55%)
Northern America: 117 (3.43%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,920 (100%)
English only: 9,362 (62.75%)
Language other than English: 5,558 (37.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,325 (15.58%)
--Spanish: 4,764 (31.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,013 (13.49%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 339 (2.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 137 (0.92%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 370 (2.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 164 (1.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,459 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,525% (106.48%)
Arab: 78 (0.47%)
Czech: 163 (0.99%)
Danish: 69 (0.42%)
Dutch: 125 (0.76%)
English: 1,206 (7.33%)
French (except Basque): 430 (2.61%)
French Canadian: 100 (0.61%)
German: 1,948 (11.84%)
Greek: 66 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 131 (0.8%)
Irish: 1,588 (9.65%)
Italian: 585 (3.55%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 113 (0.69%)
Polish: 256 (1.56%)
Portuguese: 65 (0.39%)
Russian: 119 (0.72%)
Scotch-Irish: 223 (1.35%)
Scottish: 279 (1.7%)
Slovak: 8 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 106 (0.64%)
Swedish: 197 (1.2%)
Swiss: 38 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.04%)
United States or American: 621 (3.77%)
Welsh: 81 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 8,915 (54.16%)

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