Fontana, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0624680, place: Fontana city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 45,302 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,180 (4.81%)
Kindergarten: 3,370 (7.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 23,243 (51.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 9,959 (21.98%)
College or graduate school: 6,550 (14.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 66,706 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 10,715 (16.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 12,346 (18.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 16,667 (24.99%)
Some college, no degree: 15,933 (23.89%)
Associate degree: 4,203 (6.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,856 (7.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,986 (2.98%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 86,187 (100%)
Never married: 24,915 (28.91%)
Now married, except separated: 49,584 (57.53%)
Separated: 2,391 (2.77%)
Total Widowed: 3,045 (3.53%)
Widowed Female: 2,338 (2.71%)
Total Divorced: 6,252 (7.25%)
Divorced Female: 3,957 (4.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4,922 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,625 (33.02%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 79,412 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,237 (7.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 41,626 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,951 (7.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 67,746 (100%)
--With a disability: 16,026 (23.66%)
----Percent employed: 55.6%
--No disability: 51,720 (76.34%)
----Percent employed: 66.5%
Population 65 years and over: 5,799 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,869 (49.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 115,378 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 51,741 (44.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 60,177 (52.16%)
--Same county: 34,086 (29.54%)
--Different county: 26,091 (22.61%)
----Same state: 23,440 (20.32%)
----Different state: 2,651 (2.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,460 (3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 128,174 (100%)
Native: 93,684 (73.09%)
--Born in United States: 92,399 (100%)
----State of residence: 74,680 (58.26%)
----Different state: 17,719 (13.82%)
--Born outside United States: 1,285 (1%)
Foreign born: 34,490 (26.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9,576 (7.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12,337 (9.63%)
--Not a citizen: 22,153 (17.28%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 34,490 (100%)
Europe: 648 (1.88%)
Asia: 4,255 (12.34%)
Africa: 373 (1.08%)
Oceania: 197 (0.57%)
Latin America: 28,820 (83.56%)
Northern America: 197 (0.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 115,378 (100%)
English only: 57,265 (49.63%)
Language other than English: 58,113 (50.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27,368 (23.72%)
--Spanish: 51,914 (44.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25,152 (21.8%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,342 (1.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 384 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,040 (3.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,577 (1.37%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 128,174 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 127,239% (99.27%)
Arab: 551 (0.43%)
Czech: 203 (0.16%)
Danish: 286 (0.22%)
Dutch: 1,063 (0.83%)
English: 4,778 (3.73%)
French (except Basque): 1,795 (1.4%)
French Canadian: 232 (0.18%)
German: 6,900 (5.38%)
Greek: 223 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 211 (0.16%)
Irish: 5,152 (4.02%)
Italian: 3,495 (2.73%)
Lithuanian: 69 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 560 (0.44%)
Polish: 672 (0.52%)
Portuguese: 278 (0.22%)
Russian: 386 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 459 (0.36%)
Scottish: 742 (0.58%)
Slovak: 158 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 1,322 (1.03%)
Swedish: 734 (0.57%)
Swiss: 130 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 46 (0.04%)
United States or American: 2,943 (2.3%)
Welsh: 215 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 424 (0.33%)
Other ancestries: 93,212 (72.72%)

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