Fountain Valley, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0625380, place: Fountain Valley city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 15,939 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,018 (6.39%)
Kindergarten: 701 (4.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,226 (39.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,977 (18.68%)
College or graduate school: 5,017 (31.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 37,554 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,508 (4.02%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,766 (7.37%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,893 (18.35%)
Some college, no degree: 9,713 (25.86%)
Associate degree: 3,771 (10.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 8,652 (23.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,251 (11.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 34.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 44,190 (100%)
Never married: 11,319 (25.61%)
Now married, except separated: 25,835 (58.46%)
Separated: 575 (1.3%)
Total Widowed: 2,528 (5.72%)
Widowed Female: 2,049 (4.64%)
Total Divorced: 3,933 (8.9%)
Divorced Female: 2,379 (5.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,696 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 489 (28.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 42,086 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,366 (10.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,752 (100%)
--With a disability: 680 (5.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 33,500 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,627 (13.81%)
----Percent employed: 60.1%
--No disability: 28,873 (86.19%)
----Percent employed: 77.4%
Population 65 years and over: 6,218 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,410 (38.76%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 51,658 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 30,779 (59.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 19,467 (37.68%)
--Same county: 13,929 (26.96%)
--Different county: 5,538 (10.72%)
----Same state: 3,573 (6.92%)
----Different state: 1,965 (3.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,412 (2.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 54,995 (100%)
Native: 39,822 (72.41%)
--Born in United States: 39,197 (100%)
----State of residence: 25,246 (45.91%)
----Different state: 13,951 (25.37%)
--Born outside United States: 625 (1.14%)
Foreign born: 15,173 (27.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,243 (7.72%)
--Naturalized citizen: 9,764 (17.75%)
--Not a citizen: 5,409 (9.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15,173 (100%)
Europe: 1,458 (9.61%)
Asia: 10,823 (71.33%)
Africa: 239 (1.58%)
Oceania: 84 (0.55%)
Latin America: 2,116 (13.95%)
Northern America: 453 (2.99%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 51,658 (100%)
English only: 33,348 (64.56%)
Language other than English: 18,310 (35.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9,301 (18%)
--Spanish: 3,981 (7.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,445 (2.8%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,421 (4.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 715 (1.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11,103 (21.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,883 (13.32%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 54,995 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 61,367% (111.59%)
Arab: 1,039 (1.89%)
Czech: 228 (0.41%)
Danish: 330 (0.6%)
Dutch: 915 (1.66%)
English: 5,817 (10.58%)
French (except Basque): 1,574 (2.86%)
French Canadian: 447 (0.81%)
German: 7,568 (13.76%)
Greek: 229 (0.42%)
Hungarian: 318 (0.58%)
Irish: 5,261 (9.57%)
Italian: 2,954 (5.37%)
Lithuanian: 55 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 956 (1.74%)
Polish: 870 (1.58%)
Portuguese: 236 (0.43%)
Russian: 536 (0.97%)
Scotch-Irish: 803 (1.46%)
Scottish: 1,213 (2.21%)
Slovak: 135 (0.25%)
Subsaharan African: 73 (0.13%)
Swedish: 840 (1.53%)
Swiss: 135 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 82 (0.15%)
United States or American: 2,498 (4.54%)
Welsh: 373 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 25,865 (47.03%)

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