Eureka, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0623042, place: Eureka city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,818 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 366 (5.37%)
Kindergarten: 329 (4.83%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,664 (39.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,358 (19.92%)
College or graduate school: 2,101 (30.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,033 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 919 (5.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,192 (12.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,563 (26.79%)
Some college, no degree: 5,012 (29.43%)
Associate degree: 1,475 (8.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,937 (11.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 935 (5.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,055 (100%)
Never married: 6,901 (32.78%)
Now married, except separated: 8,643 (41.05%)
Separated: 658 (3.13%)
Total Widowed: 1,610 (7.65%)
Widowed Female: 1,335 (6.34%)
Total Divorced: 3,243 (15.4%)
Divorced Female: 1,852 (8.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 362 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 188 (51.93%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 20,163 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,210 (15.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,492 (100%)
--With a disability: 453 (8.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,887 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,416 (29.66%)
----Percent employed: 38.2%
--No disability: 10,471 (70.34%)
----Percent employed: 74.3%
Population 65 years and over: 3,530 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,697 (48.07%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,421 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,611 (43.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,539 (55.44%)
--Same county: 8,745 (35.81%)
--Different county: 4,794 (19.63%)
----Same state: 3,336 (13.66%)
----Different state: 1,458 (5.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 271 (1.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,929 (100%)
Native: 24,499 (94.48%)
--Born in United States: 24,305 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,142 (66.11%)
----Different state: 7,163 (27.63%)
--Born outside United States: 194 (0.75%)
Foreign born: 1,430 (5.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 536 (2.07%)
--Naturalized citizen: 654 (2.52%)
--Not a citizen: 776 (2.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,430 (100%)
Europe: 273 (19.09%)
Asia: 481 (33.64%)
Africa: 38 (2.66%)
Oceania: 42 (2.94%)
Latin America: 543 (37.97%)
Northern America: 53 (3.71%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,421 (100%)
English only: 22,124 (90.59%)
Language other than English: 2,297 (9.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,101 (4.51%)
--Spanish: 1,155 (4.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 539 (2.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 506 (2.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 109 (0.45%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 547 (2.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 412 (1.69%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,929 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 29,974% (115.6%)
Arab: 40 (0.15%)
Czech: 83 (0.32%)
Danish: 397 (1.53%)
Dutch: 595 (2.29%)
English: 3,404 (13.13%)
French (except Basque): 1,060 (4.09%)
French Canadian: 195 (0.75%)
German: 4,362 (16.82%)
Greek: 87 (0.34%)
Hungarian: 55 (0.21%)
Irish: 3,886 (14.99%)
Italian: 1,459 (5.63%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 971 (3.74%)
Polish: 505 (1.95%)
Portuguese: 506 (1.95%)
Russian: 163 (0.63%)
Scotch-Irish: 574 (2.21%)
Scottish: 686 (2.65%)
Slovak: 19 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 40 (0.15%)
Swedish: 765 (2.95%)
Swiss: 258 (1%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.05%)
United States or American: 1,395 (5.38%)
Welsh: 409 (1.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 36 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 8,003 (30.87%)

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