Elk Grove, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0622020, place: Elk Grove CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 20,721 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 981 (4.73%)
Kindergarten: 1,041 (5.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 9,654 (46.59%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,766 (23%)
College or graduate school: 4,279 (20.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 35,569 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,884 (5.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,835 (7.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,691 (21.62%)
Some college, no degree: 10,735 (30.18%)
Associate degree: 3,840 (10.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,355 (17.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,229 (6.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 43,819 (100%)
Never married: 10,849 (24.76%)
Now married, except separated: 26,548 (60.59%)
Separated: 705 (1.61%)
Total Widowed: 1,658 (3.78%)
Widowed Female: 1,427 (3.26%)
Total Divorced: 4,059 (9.26%)
Divorced Female: 2,438 (5.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,741 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 696 (39.98%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 40,503 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,978 (12.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 17,641 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,114 (6.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 34,073 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,297 (15.55%)
----Percent employed: 58.3%
--No disability: 28,776 (84.45%)
----Percent employed: 80.2%
Population 65 years and over: 3,648 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,534 (42.05%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 55,555 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 26,600 (47.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 27,894 (50.21%)
--Same county: 19,944 (35.9%)
--Different county: 7,950 (14.31%)
----Same state: 5,825 (10.49%)
----Different state: 2,125 (3.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,061 (1.91%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 60,255 (100%)
Native: 50,412 (83.66%)
--Born in United States: 49,523 (100%)
----State of residence: 36,847 (61.15%)
----Different state: 12,676 (21.04%)
--Born outside United States: 889 (1.48%)
Foreign born: 9,843 (16.34%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,989 (4.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6,162 (10.23%)
--Not a citizen: 3,681 (6.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9,843 (100%)
Europe: 898 (9.12%)
Asia: 6,617 (67.23%)
Africa: 203 (2.06%)
Oceania: 324 (3.29%)
Latin America: 1,640 (16.66%)
Northern America: 161 (1.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 55,555 (100%)
English only: 41,388 (74.5%)
Language other than English: 14,167 (25.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,619 (10.11%)
--Spanish: 4,239 (7.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,345 (2.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,865 (5.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,109 (2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6,797 (12.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,126 (5.63%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 60,255 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 66,432% (110.25%)
Arab: 134 (0.22%)
Czech: 224 (0.37%)
Danish: 428 (0.71%)
Dutch: 809 (1.34%)
English: 4,612 (7.65%)
French (except Basque): 1,619 (2.69%)
French Canadian: 379 (0.63%)
German: 7,980 (13.24%)
Greek: 335 (0.56%)
Hungarian: 268 (0.44%)
Irish: 5,787 (9.6%)
Italian: 3,262 (5.41%)
Lithuanian: 37 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 1,057 (1.75%)
Polish: 783 (1.3%)
Portuguese: 1,342 (2.23%)
Russian: 366 (0.61%)
Scotch-Irish: 739 (1.23%)
Scottish: 849 (1.41%)
Slovak: 13 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 585 (0.97%)
Swedish: 848 (1.41%)
Swiss: 299 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 249 (0.41%)
United States or American: 2,209 (3.67%)
Welsh: 406 (0.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.01%)
Other ancestries: 30,809 (51.13%)

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