Fortuna, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0625296, place: Fortuna city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,772 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 109 (3.93%)
Kindergarten: 132 (4.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,214 (43.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 722 (26.05%)
College or graduate school: 595 (21.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,800 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 378 (5.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 891 (13.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,005 (29.49%)
Some college, no degree: 2,015 (29.63%)
Associate degree: 554 (8.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 719 (10.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 238 (3.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,208 (100%)
Never married: 1,694 (20.64%)
Now married, except separated: 4,481 (54.59%)
Separated: 192 (2.34%)
Total Widowed: 895 (10.9%)
Widowed Female: 693 (8.44%)
Total Divorced: 946 (11.53%)
Divorced Female: 507 (6.18%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 152 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 90 (59.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,715 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,216 (15.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,451 (100%)
--With a disability: 197 (8.04%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,382 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,478 (27.46%)
----Percent employed: 47.4%
--No disability: 3,904 (72.54%)
----Percent employed: 77.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,736 (100%)
--With a disability: 777 (44.76%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,694 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,133 (52.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,383 (45.21%)
--Same county: 3,024 (31.19%)
--Different county: 1,359 (14.02%)
----Same state: 938 (9.68%)
----Different state: 421 (4.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 178 (1.84%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,363 (100%)
Native: 9,680 (93.41%)
--Born in United States: 9,649 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,076 (68.28%)
----Different state: 2,573 (24.83%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 683 (6.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 364 (3.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 289 (2.79%)
--Not a citizen: 394 (3.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 683 (100%)
Europe: 63 (9.22%)
Asia: 26 (3.81%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 576 (84.33%)
Northern America: 18 (2.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,694 (100%)
English only: 8,765 (90.42%)
Language other than English: 929 (9.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 422 (4.35%)
--Spanish: 808 (8.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 403 (4.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 96 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.06%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,363 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,369% (109.71%)
Arab: 24 (0.23%)
Czech: 51 (0.49%)
Danish: 179 (1.73%)
Dutch: 273 (2.63%)
English: 1,363 (13.15%)
French (except Basque): 396 (3.82%)
French Canadian: 67 (0.65%)
German: 1,799 (17.36%)
Greek: 32 (0.31%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.14%)
Irish: 1,112 (10.73%)
Italian: 804 (7.76%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 294 (2.84%)
Polish: 170 (1.64%)
Portuguese: 335 (3.23%)
Russian: 64 (0.62%)
Scotch-Irish: 169 (1.63%)
Scottish: 259 (2.5%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 355 (3.43%)
Swiss: 182 (1.76%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.06%)
United States or American: 807 (7.79%)
Welsh: 112 (1.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 2,498 (24.1%)

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