East Los Angeles, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0620802, place: East Los Angeles CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 41,356 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,321 (5.61%)
Kindergarten: 2,847 (6.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 20,032 (48.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 9,911 (23.97%)
College or graduate school: 6,245 (15.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 65,491 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 28,355 (43.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 15,097 (23.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,406 (17.42%)
Some college, no degree: 6,472 (9.88%)
Associate degree: 1,803 (2.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,699 (2.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 659 (1.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 33.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 87,475 (100%)
Never married: 34,000 (38.87%)
Now married, except separated: 40,699 (46.53%)
Separated: 3,429 (3.92%)
Total Widowed: 4,713 (5.39%)
Widowed Female: 3,666 (4.19%)
Total Divorced: 4,634 (5.3%)
Divorced Female: 2,816 (3.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6,417 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,757 (27.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 81,298 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,659 (3.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 36,760 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,242 (8.82%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 64,850 (100%)
--With a disability: 17,162 (26.46%)
----Percent employed: 48.2%
--No disability: 47,688 (73.54%)
----Percent employed: 55.5%
Population 65 years and over: 9,989 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,297 (53.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 111,766 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 64,437 (57.65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 40,101 (35.88%)
--Same county: 37,544 (33.59%)
--Different county: 2,557 (2.29%)
----Same state: 1,861 (1.67%)
----Different state: 696 (0.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7,228 (6.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 124,366 (100%)
Native: 63,761 (51.27%)
--Born in United States: 62,914 (100%)
----State of residence: 58,529 (47.06%)
----Different state: 4,385 (3.53%)
--Born outside United States: 847 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 60,605 (48.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21,089 (16.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16,059 (12.91%)
--Not a citizen: 44,546 (35.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 60,605 (100%)
Europe: 173 (0.29%)
Asia: 463 (0.76%)
Africa: 39 (0.06%)
Oceania: 36 (0.06%)
Latin America: 59,869 (98.79%)
Northern America: 25 (0.04%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 111,766 (100%)
English only: 14,121 (12.63%)
Language other than English: 97,645 (87.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57,966 (51.86%)
--Spanish: 96,525 (86.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57,265 (51.24%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 308 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 157 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 707 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 444 (0.4%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 124,366 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 113,911% (91.59%)
Arab: 60 (0.05%)
Czech: 22 (0.02%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 98 (0.08%)
English: 115 (0.09%)
French (except Basque): 238 (0.19%)
French Canadian: 6 (0%)
German: 280 (0.23%)
Greek: 25 (0.02%)
Hungarian: 13 (0.01%)
Irish: 210 (0.17%)
Italian: 340 (0.27%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.01%)
Polish: 45 (0.04%)
Portuguese: 47 (0.04%)
Russian: 128 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (0.01%)
Scottish: 28 (0.02%)
Slovak: 5 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 52 (0.04%)
Swedish: 33 (0.03%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 21 (0.02%)
United States or American: 1,686 (1.36%)
Welsh: 9 (0.01%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 16 (0.01%)
Other ancestries: 110,403 (88.77%)

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