East Compton, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0620550, place: East Compton CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,214 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 137 (4.26%)
Kindergarten: 267 (8.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,648 (51.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 746 (23.21%)
College or graduate school: 416 (12.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,091 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,700 (41.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 831 (20.31%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 626 (15.3%)
Some college, no degree: 599 (14.64%)
Associate degree: 184 (4.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 88 (2.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 63 (1.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 38.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,879 (100%)
Never married: 2,338 (39.77%)
Now married, except separated: 2,783 (47.34%)
Separated: 265 (4.51%)
Total Widowed: 211 (3.59%)
Widowed Female: 156 (2.65%)
Total Divorced: 282 (4.8%)
Divorced Female: 171 (2.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 499 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 218 (43.69%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,388 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 190 (3.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,156 (100%)
--With a disability: 296 (9.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,536 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,303 (28.73%)
----Percent employed: 53%
--No disability: 3,233 (71.27%)
----Percent employed: 52.3%
Population 65 years and over: 269 (100%)
--With a disability: 177 (65.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,961 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,645 (58.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,767 (34.76%)
--Same county: 2,635 (33.1%)
--Different county: 132 (1.66%)
----Same state: 112 (1.41%)
----Different state: 20 (0.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 549 (6.9%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,080 (100%)
Native: 5,293 (58.29%)
--Born in United States: 5,227 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,661 (51.33%)
----Different state: 566 (6.23%)
--Born outside United States: 66 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 3,787 (41.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,354 (14.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 909 (10.01%)
--Not a citizen: 2,878 (31.7%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,787 (100%)
Europe: 4 (0.11%)
Asia: 36 (0.95%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 22 (0.58%)
Latin America: 3,725 (98.36%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,961 (100%)
English only: 2,148 (26.98%)
Language other than English: 5,813 (73.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,291 (41.34%)
--Spanish: 5,741 (72.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,274 (41.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 72 (0.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,080 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,201% (90.32%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 16 (0.18%)
French (except Basque): 50 (0.55%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 17 (0.19%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 4 (0.04%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 66 (0.73%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 152 (1.67%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 7,888 (86.87%)

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