Gilroy, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0629504, place: Gilroy city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 12,788 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 773 (6.04%)
Kindergarten: 988 (7.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,116 (47.83%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,853 (22.31%)
College or graduate school: 2,058 (16.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 24,105 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,014 (16.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,198 (13.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,833 (20.05%)
Some college, no degree: 5,714 (23.7%)
Associate degree: 1,749 (7.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,209 (13.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,388 (5.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 30,015 (100%)
Never married: 8,335 (27.77%)
Now married, except separated: 17,015 (56.69%)
Separated: 722 (2.41%)
Total Widowed: 1,477 (4.92%)
Widowed Female: 1,144 (3.81%)
Total Divorced: 2,466 (8.22%)
Divorced Female: 1,493 (4.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,394 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 382 (27.4%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 28,015 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,575 (9.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,306 (100%)
--With a disability: 916 (8.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 23,463 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,215 (17.96%)
----Percent employed: 60.8%
--No disability: 19,248 (82.04%)
----Percent employed: 77.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,779 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,323 (47.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 37,774 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 16,661 (44.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 19,006 (50.32%)
--Same county: 14,908 (39.47%)
--Different county: 4,098 (10.85%)
----Same state: 3,040 (8.05%)
----Different state: 1,058 (2.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,107 (5.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 41,587 (100%)
Native: 31,545 (75.85%)
--Born in United States: 31,177 (100%)
----State of residence: 24,321 (58.48%)
----Different state: 6,856 (16.49%)
--Born outside United States: 368 (0.88%)
Foreign born: 10,042 (24.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,905 (11.79%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,575 (6.19%)
--Not a citizen: 7,467 (17.96%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10,042 (100%)
Europe: 441 (4.39%)
Asia: 1,020 (10.16%)
Africa: 64 (0.64%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8,365 (83.3%)
Northern America: 152 (1.51%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 37,774 (100%)
English only: 21,318 (56.44%)
Language other than English: 16,456 (43.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,722 (23.09%)
--Spanish: 14,800 (39.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,124 (21.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 620 (1.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 134 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 917 (2.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 443 (1.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 41,587 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 44,387% (106.73%)
Arab: 104 (0.25%)
Czech: 122 (0.29%)
Danish: 280 (0.67%)
Dutch: 483 (1.16%)
English: 2,559 (6.15%)
French (except Basque): 836 (2.01%)
French Canadian: 186 (0.45%)
German: 3,614 (8.69%)
Greek: 60 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 28 (0.07%)
Irish: 2,980 (7.17%)
Italian: 2,840 (6.83%)
Lithuanian: 20 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 421 (1.01%)
Polish: 594 (1.43%)
Portuguese: 1,080 (2.6%)
Russian: 164 (0.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 395 (0.95%)
Scottish: 480 (1.15%)
Slovak: 7 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 147 (0.35%)
Swedish: 539 (1.3%)
Swiss: 165 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 81 (0.19%)
United States or American: 903 (2.17%)
Welsh: 163 (0.39%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 35 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 25,101 (60.36%)

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