Dos Palos, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0619612, place: Dos Palos city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,707 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 96 (5.62%)
Kindergarten: 68 (3.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 876 (51.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 515 (30.17%)
College or graduate school: 152 (8.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,636 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 521 (19.76%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 618 (23.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 695 (26.37%)
Some college, no degree: 534 (20.26%)
Associate degree: 154 (5.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 64 (2.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 50 (1.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 56.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,269 (100%)
Never married: 779 (23.83%)
Now married, except separated: 1,886 (57.69%)
Separated: 82 (2.51%)
Total Widowed: 189 (5.78%)
Widowed Female: 189 (5.78%)
Total Divorced: 333 (10.19%)
Divorced Female: 190 (5.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 247 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 154 (62.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,986 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 233 (7.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,363 (100%)
--With a disability: 57 (4.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,440 (100%)
--With a disability: 544 (22.3%)
----Percent employed: 35.3%
--No disability: 1,896 (77.7%)
----Percent employed: 59.5%
Population 65 years and over: 440 (100%)
--With a disability: 243 (55.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,268 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,386 (55.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,781 (41.73%)
--Same county: 1,076 (25.21%)
--Different county: 705 (16.52%)
----Same state: 637 (14.93%)
----Different state: 68 (1.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 101 (2.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,647 (100%)
Native: 3,793 (81.62%)
--Born in United States: 3,778 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,090 (66.49%)
----Different state: 688 (14.81%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 854 (18.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 265 (5.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 252 (5.42%)
--Not a citizen: 602 (12.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 854 (100%)
Europe: 53 (6.21%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 801 (93.79%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,268 (100%)
English only: 2,402 (56.28%)
Language other than English: 1,866 (43.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 872 (20.43%)
--Spanish: 1,769 (41.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 864 (20.24%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 97 (2.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,647 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,155% (89.41%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 19 (0.41%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 10 (0.22%)
English: 103 (2.22%)
French (except Basque): 29 (0.62%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 223 (4.8%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 267 (5.75%)
Italian: 226 (4.86%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 60 (1.29%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 83 (1.79%)
Russian: 25 (0.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 52 (1.12%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 74 (1.59%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 158 (3.4%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 2,820 (60.68%)

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