El Centro, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0621782, place: El Centro city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 13,531 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 780 (5.76%)
Kindergarten: 701 (5.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,947 (43.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,453 (25.52%)
College or graduate school: 2,650 (19.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 21,582 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,836 (22.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,179 (14.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,100 (19%)
Some college, no degree: 4,790 (22.19%)
Associate degree: 1,652 (7.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,806 (8.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,219 (5.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 27,327 (100%)
Never married: 7,780 (28.47%)
Now married, except separated: 14,788 (54.11%)
Separated: 1,046 (3.83%)
Total Widowed: 1,758 (6.43%)
Widowed Female: 1,422 (5.2%)
Total Divorced: 1,955 (7.15%)
Divorced Female: 1,166 (4.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,657 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 539 (32.53%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 25,064 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,281 (9.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,188 (100%)
--With a disability: 816 (7.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,095 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,446 (23.28%)
----Percent employed: 45.3%
--No disability: 14,649 (76.72%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
Population 65 years and over: 3,486 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,803 (51.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 34,635 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 17,173 (49.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,432 (44.56%)
--Same county: 11,195 (32.32%)
--Different county: 4,237 (12.23%)
----Same state: 3,342 (9.65%)
----Different state: 895 (2.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,030 (5.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 37,801 (100%)
Native: 24,784 (65.56%)
--Born in United States: 24,325 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,465 (51.49%)
----Different state: 4,860 (12.86%)
--Born outside United States: 459 (1.21%)
Foreign born: 13,017 (34.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,294 (11.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,317 (14.07%)
--Not a citizen: 7,700 (20.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13,017 (100%)
Europe: 120 (0.92%)
Asia: 833 (6.4%)
Africa: 26 (0.2%)
Oceania: 6 (0.05%)
Latin America: 11,981 (92.04%)
Northern America: 51 (0.39%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 34,635 (100%)
English only: 9,823 (28.36%)
Language other than English: 24,812 (71.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11,853 (34.22%)
--Spanish: 23,773 (68.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11,289 (32.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 257 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 78 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 759 (2.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 479 (1.38%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 37,801 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 36,232% (95.85%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 31 (0.08%)
Danish: 102 (0.27%)
Dutch: 257 (0.68%)
English: 1,095 (2.9%)
French (except Basque): 389 (1.03%)
French Canadian: 70 (0.19%)
German: 1,452 (3.84%)
Greek: 8 (0.02%)
Hungarian: 34 (0.09%)
Irish: 1,337 (3.54%)
Italian: 426 (1.13%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 144 (0.38%)
Polish: 157 (0.42%)
Portuguese: 16 (0.04%)
Russian: 63 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 197 (0.52%)
Scottish: 214 (0.57%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 84 (0.22%)
Swedish: 118 (0.31%)
Swiss: 129 (0.34%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 884 (2.34%)
Welsh: 35 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 28,980 (76.66%)

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