Grass Valley, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0630798, place: Grass Valley city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,961 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 176 (5.94%)
Kindergarten: 139 (4.69%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,250 (42.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 609 (20.57%)
College or graduate school: 787 (26.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,303 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 230 (3.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 747 (10.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,483 (34%)
Some college, no degree: 2,096 (28.7%)
Associate degree: 478 (6.55%)
Bachelor's degree: 887 (12.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 382 (5.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,900 (100%)
Never married: 2,368 (26.61%)
Now married, except separated: 3,406 (38.27%)
Separated: 221 (2.48%)
Total Widowed: 1,230 (13.82%)
Widowed Female: 1,047 (11.76%)
Total Divorced: 1,675 (18.82%)
Divorced Female: 1,031 (11.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 92 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 59 (64.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,493 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,127 (13.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,462 (100%)
--With a disability: 203 (8.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,606 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,191 (21.25%)
----Percent employed: 42.1%
--No disability: 4,415 (78.75%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,108 (100%)
--With a disability: 904 (42.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,443 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,857 (36.93%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,485 (62.1%)
--Same county: 4,091 (39.17%)
--Different county: 2,394 (22.92%)
----Same state: 1,843 (17.65%)
----Different state: 551 (5.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 101 (0.97%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,161 (100%)
Native: 10,803 (96.79%)
--Born in United States: 10,712 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,264 (65.08%)
----Different state: 3,448 (30.89%)
--Born outside United States: 91 (0.82%)
Foreign born: 358 (3.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 115 (1.03%)
--Naturalized citizen: 165 (1.48%)
--Not a citizen: 193 (1.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 358 (100%)
Europe: 106 (29.61%)
Asia: 17 (4.75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 171 (47.77%)
Northern America: 64 (17.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,443 (100%)
English only: 9,986 (95.62%)
Language other than English: 457 (4.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 206 (1.97%)
--Spanish: 344 (3.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 188 (1.8%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 94 (0.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,161 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,131% (117.65%)
Arab: 7 (0.06%)
Czech: 19 (0.17%)
Danish: 138 (1.24%)
Dutch: 212 (1.9%)
English: 2,045 (18.32%)
French (except Basque): 515 (4.61%)
French Canadian: 107 (0.96%)
German: 1,962 (17.58%)
Greek: 22 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 44 (0.39%)
Irish: 1,967 (17.62%)
Italian: 1,151 (10.31%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 411 (3.68%)
Polish: 117 (1.05%)
Portuguese: 337 (3.02%)
Russian: 60 (0.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 448 (4.01%)
Scottish: 312 (2.8%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 16 (0.14%)
Swedish: 335 (3%)
Swiss: 31 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 64 (0.57%)
United States or American: 538 (4.82%)
Welsh: 150 (1.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 2,096 (18.78%)

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