El Segundo, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0622412, place: El Segundo city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,236 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 271 (6.4%)
Kindergarten: 194 (4.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,628 (38.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 748 (17.66%)
College or graduate school: 1,395 (32.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,420 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 121 (1.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 698 (6.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,771 (15.51%)
Some college, no degree: 3,117 (27.29%)
Associate degree: 1,050 (9.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,176 (27.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,487 (13.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,932 (100%)
Never married: 3,939 (30.46%)
Now married, except separated: 6,089 (47.08%)
Separated: 259 (2%)
Total Widowed: 729 (5.64%)
Widowed Female: 576 (4.45%)
Total Divorced: 1,916 (14.82%)
Divorced Female: 1,034 (8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 141 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 83 (58.87%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,350 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,406 (11.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,098 (100%)
--With a disability: 204 (6.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,365 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,305 (12.59%)
----Percent employed: 71.6%
--No disability: 9,060 (87.41%)
----Percent employed: 84.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,510 (100%)
--With a disability: 482 (31.92%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,000 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,353 (49.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,302 (48.68%)
--Same county: 4,962 (33.08%)
--Different county: 2,340 (15.6%)
----Same state: 975 (6.5%)
----Different state: 1,365 (9.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 345 (2.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,970 (100%)
Native: 13,997 (87.65%)
--Born in United States: 13,835 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,868 (55.53%)
----Different state: 4,967 (31.1%)
--Born outside United States: 162 (1.01%)
Foreign born: 1,973 (12.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 626 (3.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,020 (6.39%)
--Not a citizen: 953 (5.97%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,973 (100%)
Europe: 434 (22%)
Asia: 747 (37.86%)
Africa: 52 (2.64%)
Oceania: 105 (5.32%)
Latin America: 390 (19.77%)
Northern America: 245 (12.42%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,000 (100%)
English only: 12,952 (86.35%)
Language other than English: 2,048 (13.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 666 (4.44%)
--Spanish: 821 (5.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 248 (1.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 680 (4.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 143 (0.95%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 498 (3.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 233 (1.55%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,970 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 19,483% (122%)
Arab: 33 (0.21%)
Czech: 177 (1.11%)
Danish: 104 (0.65%)
Dutch: 280 (1.75%)
English: 2,233 (13.98%)
French (except Basque): 656 (4.11%)
French Canadian: 90 (0.56%)
German: 2,823 (17.68%)
Greek: 141 (0.88%)
Hungarian: 124 (0.78%)
Irish: 2,604 (16.31%)
Italian: 1,064 (6.66%)
Lithuanian: 67 (0.42%)
Norwegian: 354 (2.22%)
Polish: 497 (3.11%)
Portuguese: 87 (0.54%)
Russian: 181 (1.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 442 (2.77%)
Scottish: 523 (3.27%)
Slovak: 46 (0.29%)
Subsaharan African: 45 (0.28%)
Swedish: 403 (2.52%)
Swiss: 81 (0.51%)
Ukrainian: 45 (0.28%)
United States or American: 855 (5.35%)
Welsh: 114 (0.71%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 31 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 5,383 (33.71%)

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