La Mesa, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0640004, place: La Mesa city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 14,967 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 893 (5.97%)
Kindergarten: 563 (3.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,976 (33.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,217 (14.81%)
College or graduate school: 6,318 (42.21%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 38,412 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 976 (2.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,035 (7.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,039 (20.93%)
Some college, no degree: 12,464 (32.45%)
Associate degree: 3,283 (8.55%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,987 (18.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,628 (9.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 45,472 (100%)
Never married: 13,243 (29.12%)
Now married, except separated: 20,810 (45.76%)
Separated: 987 (2.17%)
Total Widowed: 3,958 (8.7%)
Widowed Female: 3,230 (7.1%)
Total Divorced: 6,474 (14.24%)
Divorced Female: 3,927 (8.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 696 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 199 (28.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 43,133 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,620 (15.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,688 (100%)
--With a disability: 572 (5.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 31,712 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,878 (15.38%)
----Percent employed: 59.7%
--No disability: 26,834 (84.62%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 8,623 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,619 (41.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 51,668 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 24,077 (46.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 25,881 (50.09%)
--Same county: 18,130 (35.09%)
--Different county: 7,751 (15%)
----Same state: 3,198 (6.19%)
----Different state: 4,553 (8.81%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,710 (3.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 54,751 (100%)
Native: 48,378 (88.36%)
--Born in United States: 47,522 (100%)
----State of residence: 26,653 (48.68%)
----Different state: 20,869 (38.12%)
--Born outside United States: 856 (1.56%)
Foreign born: 6,373 (11.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,515 (4.59%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,017 (5.51%)
--Not a citizen: 3,356 (6.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,373 (100%)
Europe: 1,580 (24.79%)
Asia: 2,284 (35.84%)
Africa: 144 (2.26%)
Oceania: 55 (0.86%)
Latin America: 2,045 (32.09%)
Northern America: 265 (4.16%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 51,668 (100%)
English only: 42,773 (82.78%)
Language other than English: 8,895 (17.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,310 (6.41%)
--Spanish: 4,618 (8.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,220 (2.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,208 (4.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 943 (1.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,595 (3.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 968 (1.87%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 54,751 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 62,261% (113.72%)
Arab: 528 (0.96%)
Czech: 345 (0.63%)
Danish: 409 (0.75%)
Dutch: 720 (1.32%)
English: 6,507 (11.88%)
French (except Basque): 2,233 (4.08%)
French Canadian: 429 (0.78%)
German: 9,086 (16.6%)
Greek: 302 (0.55%)
Hungarian: 371 (0.68%)
Irish: 7,289 (13.31%)
Italian: 2,905 (5.31%)
Lithuanian: 177 (0.32%)
Norwegian: 1,124 (2.05%)
Polish: 1,320 (2.41%)
Portuguese: 371 (0.68%)
Russian: 860 (1.57%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,317 (2.41%)
Scottish: 1,564 (2.86%)
Slovak: 107 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 249 (0.45%)
Swedish: 1,380 (2.52%)
Swiss: 317 (0.58%)
Ukrainian: 283 (0.52%)
United States or American: 2,440 (4.46%)
Welsh: 473 (0.86%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 166 (0.3%)
Other ancestries: 18,989 (34.68%)

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