General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0636350, place: Independence CDP, California)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 149 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (7.38%)
Kindergarten: 4 (2.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 72 (48.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 42 (28.19%)
College or graduate school: 20 (13.42%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 443 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7 (1.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 44 (9.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 168 (37.92%)
Some college, no degree: 97 (21.9%)
Associate degree: 51 (11.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 40 (9.03%)
Graduate or professional degree: 36 (8.13%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 505 (100%)
Never married: 95 (18.81%)
Now married, except separated: 274 (54.26%)
Separated: 12 (2.38%)
Total Widowed: 66 (13.07%)
Widowed Female: 52 (10.3%)
Total Divorced: 58 (11.49%)
Divorced Female: 24 (4.75%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (66.67%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 462 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 87 (18.83%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 127 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (3.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 328 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (16.77%)
----Percent employed: 72.7%
--No disability: 273 (83.23%)
----Percent employed: 74.7%
Population 65 years and over: 122 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (32.79%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 577 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 327 (56.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 250 (43.33%)
--Same county: 124 (21.49%)
--Different county: 126 (21.84%)
----Same state: 106 (18.37%)
----Different state: 20 (3.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 611 (100%)
Native: 574 (93.94%)
--Born in United States: 572 (100%)
----State of residence: 426 (69.72%)
----Different state: 146 (23.9%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.33%)
Foreign born: 37 (6.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15 (2.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (1.31%)
--Not a citizen: 29 (4.75%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 37 (100%)
Europe: 3 (8.11%)
Asia: 3 (8.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 31 (83.78%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 577 (100%)
English only: 535 (92.72%)
Language other than English: 42 (7.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (3.64%)
--Spanish: 35 (6.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (3.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 611 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 778% (127.33%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.33%)
Danish: 9 (1.47%)
Dutch: 33 (5.4%)
English: 88 (14.4%)
French (except Basque): 45 (7.36%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 164 (26.84%)
Greek: 3 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 94 (15.38%)
Italian: 25 (4.09%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 8 (1.31%)
Polish: 4 (0.65%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (2.95%)
Scottish: 14 (2.29%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 21 (3.44%)
Swiss: 5 (0.82%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 82 (13.42%)
Welsh: 10 (1.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 153 (25.04%)
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