Joshua Tree, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0637554, place: Joshua Tree CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,160 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (3.02%)
Kindergarten: 81 (6.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 636 (54.83%)
High school (grades 9-12): 220 (18.97%)
College or graduate school: 188 (16.21%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,848 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 177 (6.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 520 (18.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 767 (26.93%)
Some college, no degree: 822 (28.86%)
Associate degree: 192 (6.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 220 (7.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 150 (5.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,324 (100%)
Never married: 817 (24.58%)
Now married, except separated: 1,491 (44.86%)
Separated: 119 (3.58%)
Total Widowed: 319 (9.6%)
Widowed Female: 236 (7.1%)
Total Divorced: 578 (17.39%)
Divorced Female: 268 (8.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 53 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (50.94%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,106 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 610 (19.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,061 (100%)
--With a disability: 116 (10.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,238 (100%)
--With a disability: 806 (36.01%)
----Percent employed: 44.3%
--No disability: 1,432 (63.99%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
Population 65 years and over: 745 (100%)
--With a disability: 384 (51.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,093 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,849 (45.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,189 (53.48%)
--Same county: 1,327 (32.42%)
--Different county: 862 (21.06%)
----Same state: 407 (9.94%)
----Different state: 455 (11.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 55 (1.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,340 (100%)
Native: 4,110 (94.7%)
--Born in United States: 4,067 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,464 (56.77%)
----Different state: 1,603 (36.94%)
--Born outside United States: 43 (0.99%)
Foreign born: 230 (5.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 71 (1.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 72 (1.66%)
--Not a citizen: 158 (3.64%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 230 (100%)
Europe: 43 (18.7%)
Asia: 81 (35.22%)
Africa: 11 (4.78%)
Oceania: 8 (3.48%)
Latin America: 87 (37.83%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,093 (100%)
English only: 3,654 (89.27%)
Language other than English: 439 (10.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 120 (2.93%)
--Spanish: 314 (7.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 111 (2.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 85 (2.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 32 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,340 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,327% (122.74%)
Arab: 7 (0.16%)
Czech: 17 (0.39%)
Danish: 40 (0.92%)
Dutch: 158 (3.64%)
English: 719 (16.57%)
French (except Basque): 192 (4.42%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.23%)
German: 890 (20.51%)
Greek: 6 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 45 (1.04%)
Irish: 772 (17.79%)
Italian: 259 (5.97%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.32%)
Norwegian: 76 (1.75%)
Polish: 49 (1.13%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.16%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 133 (3.06%)
Scottish: 98 (2.26%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.3%)
Swedish: 95 (2.19%)
Swiss: 16 (0.37%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 547 (12.6%)
Welsh: 9 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.18%)
Other ancestries: 1,147 (26.43%)

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