Gardena, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0628168, place: Gardena city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 16,631 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 978 (5.88%)
Kindergarten: 869 (5.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,220 (43.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,133 (18.84%)
College or graduate school: 4,431 (26.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 38,196 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,237 (11.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,700 (14.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,841 (25.76%)
Some college, no degree: 9,389 (24.58%)
Associate degree: 2,675 (7%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,904 (12.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,450 (3.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 44,848 (100%)
Never married: 14,503 (32.34%)
Now married, except separated: 21,716 (48.42%)
Separated: 1,526 (3.4%)
Total Widowed: 2,784 (6.21%)
Widowed Female: 2,305 (5.14%)
Total Divorced: 4,319 (9.63%)
Divorced Female: 2,553 (5.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,710 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 619 (36.2%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 43,073 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,198 (9.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 12,616 (100%)
--With a disability: 792 (6.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 33,380 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,930 (20.76%)
----Percent employed: 56.2%
--No disability: 26,450 (79.24%)
----Percent employed: 68%
Population 65 years and over: 6,820 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,913 (42.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 53,399 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 30,284 (56.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 21,344 (39.97%)
--Same county: 19,346 (36.23%)
--Different county: 1,998 (3.74%)
----Same state: 1,001 (1.87%)
----Different state: 997 (1.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,771 (3.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 57,818 (100%)
Native: 38,832 (67.16%)
--Born in United States: 38,324 (100%)
----State of residence: 27,853 (48.17%)
----Different state: 10,471 (18.11%)
--Born outside United States: 508 (0.88%)
Foreign born: 18,986 (32.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,001 (10.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8,106 (14.02%)
--Not a citizen: 10,880 (18.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 18,986 (100%)
Europe: 401 (2.11%)
Asia: 8,466 (44.59%)
Africa: 446 (2.35%)
Oceania: 28 (0.15%)
Latin America: 9,556 (50.33%)
Northern America: 89 (0.47%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 53,399 (100%)
English only: 27,691 (51.86%)
Language other than English: 25,708 (48.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14,520 (27.19%)
--Spanish: 14,348 (26.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,754 (14.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 873 (1.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 300 (0.56%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10,093 (18.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,360 (11.91%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 57,818 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 55,579% (96.13%)
Arab: 175 (0.3%)
Czech: 106 (0.18%)
Danish: 152 (0.26%)
Dutch: 257 (0.44%)
English: 940 (1.63%)
French (except Basque): 534 (0.92%)
French Canadian: 113 (0.2%)
German: 1,617 (2.8%)
Greek: 46 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 141 (0.24%)
Irish: 1,116 (1.93%)
Italian: 627 (1.08%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 188 (0.33%)
Polish: 172 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 184 (0.32%)
Russian: 97 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 190 (0.33%)
Scottish: 149 (0.26%)
Slovak: 5 (0.01%)
Subsaharan African: 961 (1.66%)
Swedish: 322 (0.56%)
Swiss: 60 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.03%)
United States or American: 769 (1.33%)
Welsh: 99 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 453 (0.78%)
Other ancestries: 46,091 (79.72%)

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