Fair Oaks, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0623294, place: Fair Oaks CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,633 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 502 (6.58%)
Kindergarten: 347 (4.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,031 (39.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,556 (20.39%)
College or graduate school: 2,197 (28.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 19,650 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 323 (1.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 881 (4.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,328 (16.94%)
Some college, no degree: 4,878 (24.82%)
Associate degree: 1,913 (9.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,076 (25.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,251 (16.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 42.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,765 (100%)
Never married: 5,004 (21.98%)
Now married, except separated: 13,504 (59.32%)
Separated: 396 (1.74%)
Total Widowed: 1,136 (4.99%)
Widowed Female: 941 (4.13%)
Total Divorced: 2,725 (11.97%)
Divorced Female: 1,608 (7.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 330 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 159 (48.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,590 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,570 (16.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,774 (100%)
--With a disability: 350 (6.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,838 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,669 (15.85%)
----Percent employed: 60.7%
--No disability: 14,169 (84.15%)
----Percent employed: 81.4%
Population 65 years and over: 3,646 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,113 (30.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 26,486 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,476 (54.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,268 (42.54%)
--Same county: 6,977 (26.34%)
--Different county: 4,291 (16.2%)
----Same state: 2,983 (11.26%)
----Different state: 1,308 (4.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 742 (2.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 28,008 (100%)
Native: 25,219 (90.04%)
--Born in United States: 24,890 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,785 (56.36%)
----Different state: 9,105 (32.51%)
--Born outside United States: 329 (1.17%)
Foreign born: 2,789 (9.96%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,353 (4.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,255 (4.48%)
--Not a citizen: 1,534 (5.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,789 (100%)
Europe: 1,300 (46.61%)
Asia: 1,000 (35.86%)
Africa: 56 (2.01%)
Oceania: 17 (0.61%)
Latin America: 316 (11.33%)
Northern America: 100 (3.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 26,486 (100%)
English only: 22,906 (86.48%)
Language other than English: 3,580 (13.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,507 (5.69%)
--Spanish: 1,046 (3.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 274 (1.03%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,815 (6.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 876 (3.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 616 (2.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 302 (1.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 28,008 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 33,104% (118.19%)
Arab: 117 (0.42%)
Czech: 142 (0.51%)
Danish: 426 (1.52%)
Dutch: 479 (1.71%)
English: 4,504 (16.08%)
French (except Basque): 1,248 (4.46%)
French Canadian: 170 (0.61%)
German: 5,263 (18.79%)
Greek: 128 (0.46%)
Hungarian: 156 (0.56%)
Irish: 3,947 (14.09%)
Italian: 1,941 (6.93%)
Lithuanian: 75 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 901 (3.22%)
Polish: 621 (2.22%)
Portuguese: 330 (1.18%)
Russian: 498 (1.78%)
Scotch-Irish: 750 (2.68%)
Scottish: 1,020 (3.64%)
Slovak: 32 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 100 (0.36%)
Swedish: 589 (2.1%)
Swiss: 181 (0.65%)
Ukrainian: 755 (2.7%)
United States or American: 1,286 (4.59%)
Welsh: 344 (1.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 20 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 7,081 (25.28%)

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