Hesperia, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0633434, place: Hesperia city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 19,990 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 795 (3.98%)
Kindergarten: 1,012 (5.06%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 9,963 (49.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,820 (24.11%)
College or graduate school: 3,400 (17.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 36,550 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,188 (8.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,814 (18.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,219 (30.69%)
Some college, no degree: 9,896 (27.08%)
Associate degree: 2,517 (6.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,949 (5.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 967 (2.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 45,557 (100%)
Never married: 11,037 (24.23%)
Now married, except separated: 25,828 (56.69%)
Separated: 1,027 (2.25%)
Total Widowed: 2,944 (6.46%)
Widowed Female: 2,352 (5.16%)
Total Divorced: 4,721 (10.36%)
Divorced Female: 2,555 (5.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,938 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 819 (42.26%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 42,204 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,206 (14.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 18,301 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,315 (7.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 32,461 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,424 (22.87%)
----Percent employed: 45.4%
--No disability: 25,037 (77.13%)
----Percent employed: 68.3%
Population 65 years and over: 6,653 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,153 (47.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 57,612 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 28,634 (49.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 28,450 (49.38%)
--Same county: 19,774 (34.32%)
--Different county: 8,676 (15.06%)
----Same state: 6,688 (11.61%)
----Different state: 1,988 (3.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 528 (0.92%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 62,578 (100%)
Native: 56,465 (90.23%)
--Born in United States: 56,032 (100%)
----State of residence: 40,108 (64.09%)
----Different state: 15,924 (25.45%)
--Born outside United States: 433 (0.69%)
Foreign born: 6,113 (9.77%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,265 (2.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,611 (4.17%)
--Not a citizen: 3,502 (5.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,113 (100%)
Europe: 469 (7.67%)
Asia: 654 (10.7%)
Africa: 14 (0.23%)
Oceania: 9 (0.15%)
Latin America: 4,718 (77.18%)
Northern America: 249 (4.07%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 57,612 (100%)
English only: 45,688 (79.3%)
Language other than English: 11,924 (20.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,591 (7.97%)
--Spanish: 10,504 (18.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,086 (7.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 808 (1.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 179 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 501 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 280 (0.49%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 62,578 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 64,672% (103.35%)
Arab: 138 (0.22%)
Czech: 286 (0.46%)
Danish: 403 (0.64%)
Dutch: 1,033 (1.65%)
English: 5,869 (9.38%)
French (except Basque): 2,228 (3.56%)
French Canadian: 433 (0.69%)
German: 9,052 (14.47%)
Greek: 108 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 161 (0.26%)
Irish: 6,157 (9.84%)
Italian: 2,550 (4.07%)
Lithuanian: 96 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 660 (1.05%)
Polish: 1,135 (1.81%)
Portuguese: 154 (0.25%)
Russian: 249 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,090 (1.74%)
Scottish: 812 (1.3%)
Slovak: 56 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 157 (0.25%)
Swedish: 1,039 (1.66%)
Swiss: 121 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 22 (0.04%)
United States or American: 3,937 (6.29%)
Welsh: 394 (0.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 96 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 26,236 (41.93%)

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