Grover Beach, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0631393, place: Grover Beach city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,660 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 200 (5.46%)
Kindergarten: 184 (5.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,541 (42.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 811 (22.16%)
College or graduate school: 924 (25.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,522 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 395 (4.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,074 (12.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,036 (23.89%)
Some college, no degree: 2,563 (30.08%)
Associate degree: 793 (9.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,111 (13.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 550 (6.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,239 (100%)
Never married: 2,684 (26.21%)
Now married, except separated: 4,857 (47.44%)
Separated: 240 (2.34%)
Total Widowed: 674 (6.58%)
Widowed Female: 569 (5.56%)
Total Divorced: 1,784 (17.42%)
Divorced Female: 1,063 (10.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 306 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 101 (33.01%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,651 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,334 (13.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,884 (100%)
--With a disability: 275 (9.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,701 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,448 (18.8%)
----Percent employed: 50.6%
--No disability: 6,253 (81.2%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,472 (100%)
--With a disability: 632 (42.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,074 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,671 (38.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,107 (58.86%)
--Same county: 4,115 (34.08%)
--Different county: 2,992 (24.78%)
----Same state: 2,344 (19.41%)
----Different state: 648 (5.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 296 (2.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,006 (100%)
Native: 11,492 (88.36%)
--Born in United States: 11,255 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,708 (59.26%)
----Different state: 3,547 (27.27%)
--Born outside United States: 237 (1.82%)
Foreign born: 1,514 (11.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 617 (4.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 539 (4.14%)
--Not a citizen: 975 (7.5%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,514 (100%)
Europe: 155 (10.24%)
Asia: 380 (25.1%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 924 (61.03%)
Northern America: 55 (3.63%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,074 (100%)
English only: 9,609 (79.58%)
Language other than English: 2,465 (20.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,236 (10.24%)
--Spanish: 1,775 (14.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 975 (8.08%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 291 (2.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 381 (3.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 216 (1.79%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,006 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,948% (114.93%)
Arab: 32 (0.25%)
Czech: 29 (0.22%)
Danish: 133 (1.02%)
Dutch: 146 (1.12%)
English: 1,654 (12.72%)
French (except Basque): 494 (3.8%)
French Canadian: 68 (0.52%)
German: 2,225 (17.11%)
Greek: 17 (0.13%)
Hungarian: 32 (0.25%)
Irish: 1,734 (13.33%)
Italian: 688 (5.29%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 323 (2.48%)
Polish: 127 (0.98%)
Portuguese: 245 (1.88%)
Russian: 93 (0.72%)
Scotch-Irish: 228 (1.75%)
Scottish: 340 (2.61%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.05%)
Swedish: 206 (1.58%)
Swiss: 94 (0.72%)
Ukrainian: 26 (0.2%)
United States or American: 466 (3.58%)
Welsh: 113 (0.87%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 32 (0.25%)
Other ancestries: 5,383 (41.39%)

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