Hercules, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0633308, place: Hercules city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,248 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 276 (4.42%)
Kindergarten: 243 (3.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,512 (40.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,444 (23.11%)
College or graduate school: 1,773 (28.38%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,383 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 441 (3.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 731 (5.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,078 (16.78%)
Some college, no degree: 3,370 (27.21%)
Associate degree: 1,316 (10.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,384 (27.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,063 (8.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,092 (100%)
Never married: 4,330 (28.69%)
Now married, except separated: 8,471 (56.13%)
Separated: 230 (1.52%)
Total Widowed: 696 (4.61%)
Widowed Female: 572 (3.79%)
Total Divorced: 1,365 (9.04%)
Divorced Female: 985 (6.53%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 823 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 227 (27.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,169 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,426 (10.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,861 (100%)
--With a disability: 353 (7.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,005 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,728 (14.39%)
----Percent employed: 66.3%
--No disability: 10,277 (85.61%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,307 (100%)
--With a disability: 514 (39.33%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 18,186 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,606 (63.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,150 (33.82%)
--Same county: 3,301 (18.15%)
--Different county: 2,849 (15.67%)
----Same state: 2,437 (13.4%)
----Different state: 412 (2.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 430 (2.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 19,299 (100%)
Native: 13,046 (67.6%)
--Born in United States: 12,847 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,874 (51.16%)
----Different state: 2,973 (15.4%)
--Born outside United States: 199 (1.03%)
Foreign born: 6,253 (32.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,241 (6.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,442 (23.02%)
--Not a citizen: 1,811 (9.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,253 (100%)
Europe: 177 (2.83%)
Asia: 5,095 (81.48%)
Africa: 194 (3.1%)
Oceania: 63 (1.01%)
Latin America: 658 (10.52%)
Northern America: 66 (1.06%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 18,186 (100%)
English only: 10,414 (57.26%)
Language other than English: 7,772 (42.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,202 (17.61%)
--Spanish: 1,483 (8.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 471 (2.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 953 (5.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 399 (2.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5,059 (27.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,268 (12.47%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 19,299 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,302% (105.2%)
Arab: 144 (0.75%)
Czech: 21 (0.11%)
Danish: 94 (0.49%)
Dutch: 143 (0.74%)
English: 834 (4.32%)
French (except Basque): 234 (1.21%)
French Canadian: 30 (0.16%)
German: 942 (4.88%)
Greek: 57 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,052 (5.45%)
Italian: 615 (3.19%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 221 (1.15%)
Polish: 119 (0.62%)
Portuguese: 120 (0.62%)
Russian: 93 (0.48%)
Scotch-Irish: 112 (0.58%)
Scottish: 132 (0.68%)
Slovak: 9 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 472 (2.45%)
Swedish: 189 (0.98%)
Swiss: 17 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.05%)
United States or American: 343 (1.78%)
Welsh: 18 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 27 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 14,248 (73.83%)

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