General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0629000, place: Garden Grove city, California)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 51,277 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,253 (4.39%)
Kindergarten: 3,057 (5.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 22,167 (43.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 10,734 (20.93%)
College or graduate school: 13,066 (25.48%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 103,456 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 16,398 (15.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 16,922 (16.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 23,393 (22.61%)
Some college, no degree: 23,756 (22.96%)
Associate degree: 7,465 (7.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 11,429 (11.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,093 (3.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 125,124 (100%)
Never married: 36,671 (29.31%)
Now married, except separated: 69,290 (55.38%)
Separated: 3,025 (2.42%)
Total Widowed: 6,536 (5.22%)
Widowed Female: 5,450 (4.36%)
Total Divorced: 9,602 (7.67%)
Divorced Female: 5,533 (4.42%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6,018 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,558 (25.89%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 118,485 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 9,193 (7.76%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 40,712 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,057 (7.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 95,904 (100%)
--With a disability: 23,609 (24.62%)
----Percent employed: 55.6%
--No disability: 72,295 (75.38%)
----Percent employed: 69.7%
Population 65 years and over: 15,132 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,496 (42.93%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 152,628 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 75,979 (49.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 68,078 (44.6%)
--Same county: 56,874 (37.26%)
--Different county: 11,204 (7.34%)
----Same state: 8,516 (5.58%)
----Different state: 2,688 (1.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8,571 (5.62%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 165,710 (100%)
Native: 94,359 (56.94%)
--Born in United States: 93,049 (100%)
----State of residence: 67,931 (40.99%)
----Different state: 25,118 (15.16%)
--Born outside United States: 1,310 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 71,351 (43.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 31,885 (19.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29,909 (18.05%)
--Not a citizen: 41,442 (25.01%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 71,351 (100%)
Europe: 1,930 (2.7%)
Asia: 40,976 (57.43%)
Africa: 134 (0.19%)
Oceania: 355 (0.5%)
Latin America: 27,365 (38.35%)
Northern America: 591 (0.83%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 152,628 (100%)
English only: 62,198 (40.75%)
Language other than English: 90,430 (59.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57,313 (37.55%)
--Spanish: 41,151 (26.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23,800 (15.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,544 (2.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,404 (0.92%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 45,028 (29.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31,862 (20.88%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 165,710 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 165,233% (99.71%)
Arab: 749 (0.45%)
Czech: 530 (0.32%)
Danish: 631 (0.38%)
Dutch: 1,586 (0.96%)
English: 9,159 (5.53%)
French (except Basque): 2,647 (1.6%)
French Canadian: 739 (0.45%)
German: 12,105 (7.3%)
Greek: 403 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 307 (0.19%)
Irish: 8,927 (5.39%)
Italian: 4,226 (2.55%)
Lithuanian: 190 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 1,377 (0.83%)
Polish: 1,716 (1.04%)
Portuguese: 291 (0.18%)
Russian: 548 (0.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,326 (0.8%)
Scottish: 1,901 (1.15%)
Slovak: 109 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 242 (0.15%)
Swedish: 1,465 (0.88%)
Swiss: 211 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 112 (0.07%)
United States or American: 5,176 (3.12%)
Welsh: 700 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 217 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 107,643 (64.96%)
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