Hawthorne, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0632548, place: Hawthorne city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 26,943 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,741 (6.46%)
Kindergarten: 1,641 (6.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 12,331 (45.77%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,098 (18.92%)
College or graduate school: 6,132 (22.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 48,336 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7,232 (14.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 8,804 (18.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,448 (23.68%)
Some college, no degree: 11,536 (23.87%)
Associate degree: 3,193 (6.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,134 (8.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,989 (4.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 60,694 (100%)
Never married: 22,912 (37.75%)
Now married, except separated: 26,821 (44.19%)
Separated: 2,451 (4.04%)
Total Widowed: 2,643 (4.35%)
Widowed Female: 2,274 (3.75%)
Total Divorced: 5,867 (9.67%)
Divorced Female: 3,742 (6.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,640 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 750 (28.41%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 57,499 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,179 (7.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 21,846 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,710 (7.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 48,631 (100%)
--With a disability: 12,301 (25.29%)
----Percent employed: 50.9%
--No disability: 36,330 (74.71%)
----Percent employed: 65.9%
Population 65 years and over: 4,847 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,297 (47.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 75,695 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 34,481 (45.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 37,496 (49.54%)
--Same county: 33,551 (44.32%)
--Different county: 3,945 (5.21%)
----Same state: 1,987 (2.63%)
----Different state: 1,958 (2.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,718 (4.91%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 83,963 (100%)
Native: 56,031 (66.73%)
--Born in United States: 55,145 (100%)
----State of residence: 41,731 (49.7%)
----Different state: 13,414 (15.98%)
--Born outside United States: 886 (1.06%)
Foreign born: 27,932 (33.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9,823 (11.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10,183 (12.13%)
--Not a citizen: 17,749 (21.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 27,932 (100%)
Europe: 537 (1.92%)
Asia: 4,543 (16.26%)
Africa: 1,222 (4.37%)
Oceania: 213 (0.76%)
Latin America: 21,311 (76.3%)
Northern America: 106 (0.38%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 75,695 (100%)
English only: 37,391 (49.4%)
Language other than English: 38,304 (50.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20,299 (26.82%)
--Spanish: 30,810 (40.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16,921 (22.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,556 (2.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 705 (0.93%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,725 (6.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,339 (3.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 83,963 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 81,398% (96.95%)
Arab: 440 (0.52%)
Czech: 75 (0.09%)
Danish: 107 (0.13%)
Dutch: 265 (0.32%)
English: 1,888 (2.25%)
French (except Basque): 587 (0.7%)
French Canadian: 130 (0.15%)
German: 2,407 (2.87%)
Greek: 130 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 161 (0.19%)
Irish: 1,972 (2.35%)
Italian: 1,004 (1.2%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 353 (0.42%)
Polish: 295 (0.35%)
Portuguese: 40 (0.05%)
Russian: 182 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 285 (0.34%)
Scottish: 327 (0.39%)
Slovak: 20 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 2,022 (2.41%)
Swedish: 283 (0.34%)
Swiss: 35 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.01%)
United States or American: 1,809 (2.15%)
Welsh: 80 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 756 (0.9%)
Other ancestries: 65,723 (78.28%)

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