Downey, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0619766, place: Downey city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 34,387 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,624 (4.72%)
Kindergarten: 1,813 (5.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 14,390 (41.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 8,006 (23.28%)
College or graduate school: 8,554 (24.88%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 65,773 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 8,345 (12.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 9,865 (15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 16,403 (24.94%)
Some college, no degree: 15,216 (23.13%)
Associate degree: 4,581 (6.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 7,842 (11.92%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,521 (5.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 81,123 (100%)
Never married: 24,708 (30.46%)
Now married, except separated: 41,736 (51.45%)
Separated: 2,352 (2.9%)
Total Widowed: 5,209 (6.42%)
Widowed Female: 4,223 (5.21%)
Total Divorced: 7,118 (8.77%)
Divorced Female: 4,466 (5.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,611 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,130 (31.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 75,972 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,014 (7.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 26,717 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,096 (7.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 59,074 (100%)
--With a disability: 12,750 (21.58%)
----Percent employed: 56%
--No disability: 46,324 (78.42%)
----Percent employed: 71.3%
Population 65 years and over: 11,621 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,115 (44.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 98,790 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 49,704 (50.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 45,562 (46.12%)
--Same county: 40,854 (41.35%)
--Different county: 4,708 (4.77%)
----Same state: 3,133 (3.17%)
----Different state: 1,575 (1.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,524 (3.57%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 107,323 (100%)
Native: 69,398 (64.66%)
--Born in United States: 68,313 (100%)
----State of residence: 53,782 (50.11%)
----Different state: 14,531 (13.54%)
--Born outside United States: 1,085 (1.01%)
Foreign born: 37,925 (35.34%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9,690 (9.03%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17,241 (16.06%)
--Not a citizen: 20,684 (19.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 37,925 (100%)
Europe: 1,793 (4.73%)
Asia: 6,252 (16.49%)
Africa: 824 (2.17%)
Oceania: 65 (0.17%)
Latin America: 28,514 (75.19%)
Northern America: 477 (1.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 98,790 (100%)
English only: 39,224 (39.7%)
Language other than English: 59,566 (60.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25,978 (26.3%)
--Spanish: 48,826 (49.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20,720 (20.97%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,118 (3.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,211 (1.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6,158 (6.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,532 (3.58%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 107,323 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 109,598% (102.12%)
Arab: 1,724 (1.61%)
Czech: 219 (0.2%)
Danish: 308 (0.29%)
Dutch: 888 (0.83%)
English: 4,545 (4.23%)
French (except Basque): 1,635 (1.52%)
French Canadian: 805 (0.75%)
German: 6,199 (5.78%)
Greek: 541 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 325 (0.3%)
Irish: 4,383 (4.08%)
Italian: 3,323 (3.1%)
Lithuanian: 23 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 739 (0.69%)
Polish: 678 (0.63%)
Portuguese: 217 (0.2%)
Russian: 703 (0.66%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,038 (0.97%)
Scottish: 1,007 (0.94%)
Slovak: 52 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 424 (0.4%)
Swedish: 678 (0.63%)
Swiss: 118 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 145 (0.14%)
United States or American: 2,869 (2.67%)
Welsh: 353 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 98 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 75,561 (70.41%)

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