Galt, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0628112, place: Galt city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,069 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 284 (4.68%)
Kindergarten: 399 (6.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,154 (51.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,456 (23.99%)
College or graduate school: 776 (12.79%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,413 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,430 (12.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,399 (12.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,355 (29.4%)
Some college, no degree: 2,717 (23.81%)
Associate degree: 912 (7.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,292 (11.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 308 (2.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,921 (100%)
Never married: 3,224 (23.16%)
Now married, except separated: 8,466 (60.81%)
Separated: 255 (1.83%)
Total Widowed: 668 (4.8%)
Widowed Female: 552 (3.97%)
Total Divorced: 1,308 (9.4%)
Divorced Female: 863 (6.2%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 316 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 146 (46.2%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,863 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,335 (10.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,648 (100%)
--With a disability: 405 (7.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,519 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,977 (18.79%)
----Percent employed: 55.7%
--No disability: 8,542 (81.21%)
----Percent employed: 74%
Population 65 years and over: 1,541 (100%)
--With a disability: 737 (47.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,825 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,023 (50.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,329 (46.73%)
--Same county: 3,788 (21.25%)
--Different county: 4,541 (25.48%)
----Same state: 4,011 (22.5%)
----Different state: 530 (2.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 473 (2.65%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 19,525 (100%)
Native: 16,214 (83.04%)
--Born in United States: 16,022 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,518 (64.11%)
----Different state: 3,504 (17.95%)
--Born outside United States: 192 (0.98%)
Foreign born: 3,311 (16.96%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,099 (5.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,238 (6.34%)
--Not a citizen: 2,073 (10.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,311 (100%)
Europe: 270 (8.15%)
Asia: 248 (7.49%)
Africa: 6 (0.18%)
Oceania: 48 (1.45%)
Latin America: 2,675 (80.79%)
Northern America: 64 (1.93%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,825 (100%)
English only: 12,518 (70.23%)
Language other than English: 5,307 (29.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,485 (13.94%)
--Spanish: 4,650 (26.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,331 (13.08%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 401 (2.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (0.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 256 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 87 (0.49%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 19,525 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,537% (105.18%)
Arab: 11 (0.06%)
Czech: 27 (0.14%)
Danish: 124 (0.64%)
Dutch: 277 (1.42%)
English: 1,630 (8.35%)
French (except Basque): 606 (3.1%)
French Canadian: 123 (0.63%)
German: 3,241 (16.6%)
Greek: 42 (0.22%)
Hungarian: 36 (0.18%)
Irish: 1,720 (8.81%)
Italian: 672 (3.44%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 330 (1.69%)
Polish: 203 (1.04%)
Portuguese: 668 (3.42%)
Russian: 133 (0.68%)
Scotch-Irish: 193 (0.99%)
Scottish: 312 (1.6%)
Slovak: 46 (0.24%)
Subsaharan African: 82 (0.42%)
Swedish: 493 (2.52%)
Swiss: 100 (0.51%)
Ukrainian: 40 (0.2%)
United States or American: 734 (3.76%)
Welsh: 97 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 8,582 (43.95%)

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