Huntington Beach, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0636000, place: Huntington Beach city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 52,256 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3,217 (6.16%)
Kindergarten: 2,636 (5.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 19,544 (37.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 9,255 (17.71%)
College or graduate school: 17,604 (33.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 131,982 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5,013 (3.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 8,736 (6.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 21,456 (16.26%)
Some college, no degree: 36,410 (27.59%)
Associate degree: 12,891 (9.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 31,364 (23.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 16,112 (12.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 36%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 154,129 (100%)
Never married: 44,889 (29.12%)
Now married, except separated: 81,457 (52.85%)
Separated: 2,715 (1.76%)
Total Widowed: 7,427 (4.82%)
Widowed Female: 6,195 (4.02%)
Total Divorced: 17,641 (11.45%)
Divorced Female: 10,141 (6.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,351 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,107 (33.03%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 147,489 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 16,695 (11.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 36,935 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,976 (5.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 121,451 (100%)
--With a disability: 16,379 (13.49%)
----Percent employed: 64.2%
--No disability: 105,072 (86.51%)
----Percent employed: 79.8%
Population 65 years and over: 19,274 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,772 (35.14%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 178,345 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 89,276 (50.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 84,885 (47.6%)
--Same county: 55,527 (31.13%)
--Different county: 29,358 (16.46%)
----Same state: 19,594 (10.99%)
----Different state: 9,764 (5.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,184 (2.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 189,940 (100%)
Native: 157,785 (83.07%)
--Born in United States: 155,745 (100%)
----State of residence: 100,023 (52.66%)
----Different state: 55,722 (29.34%)
--Born outside United States: 2,040 (1.07%)
Foreign born: 32,155 (16.93%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9,782 (5.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16,744 (8.82%)
--Not a citizen: 15,411 (8.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 32,155 (100%)
Europe: 4,846 (15.07%)
Asia: 13,232 (41.15%)
Africa: 938 (2.92%)
Oceania: 197 (0.61%)
Latin America: 11,391 (35.43%)
Northern America: 1,551 (4.82%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 178,345 (100%)
English only: 139,239 (78.07%)
Language other than English: 39,106 (21.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17,944 (10.06%)
--Spanish: 18,499 (10.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9,492 (5.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6,900 (3.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,715 (0.96%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12,298 (6.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,347 (3.56%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 189,940 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 220,440% (116.06%)
Arab: 1,966 (1.04%)
Czech: 918 (0.48%)
Danish: 1,770 (0.93%)
Dutch: 3,898 (2.05%)
English: 22,467 (11.83%)
French (except Basque): 7,050 (3.71%)
French Canadian: 1,762 (0.93%)
German: 31,677 (16.68%)
Greek: 1,197 (0.63%)
Hungarian: 1,305 (0.69%)
Irish: 25,353 (13.35%)
Italian: 13,455 (7.08%)
Lithuanian: 726 (0.38%)
Norwegian: 3,874 (2.04%)
Polish: 4,812 (2.53%)
Portuguese: 993 (0.52%)
Russian: 2,925 (1.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 3,781 (1.99%)
Scottish: 4,900 (2.58%)
Slovak: 302 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 360 (0.19%)
Swedish: 4,466 (2.35%)
Swiss: 697 (0.37%)
Ukrainian: 533 (0.28%)
United States or American: 8,322 (4.38%)
Welsh: 1,795 (0.95%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 98 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 69,038 (36.35%)

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