La Palma, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0640256, place: La Palma city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,577 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 273 (5.96%)
Kindergarten: 155 (3.39%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,611 (35.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,044 (22.81%)
College or graduate school: 1,494 (32.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,335 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 280 (2.71%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 714 (6.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,052 (19.85%)
Some college, no degree: 2,372 (22.95%)
Associate degree: 980 (9.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,790 (27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,147 (11.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 38.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,369 (100%)
Never married: 3,183 (25.73%)
Now married, except separated: 7,697 (62.23%)
Separated: 187 (1.51%)
Total Widowed: 488 (3.95%)
Widowed Female: 412 (3.33%)
Total Divorced: 814 (6.58%)
Divorced Female: 526 (4.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 516 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 156 (30.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,570 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,155 (9.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,415 (100%)
--With a disability: 153 (4.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,315 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,275 (13.69%)
----Percent employed: 67.8%
--No disability: 8,040 (86.31%)
----Percent employed: 74.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,584 (100%)
--With a disability: 502 (31.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,362 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,499 (59.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,137 (35.77%)
--Same county: 2,010 (14%)
--Different county: 3,127 (21.77%)
----Same state: 2,866 (19.96%)
----Different state: 261 (1.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 726 (5.06%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,131 (100%)
Native: 9,641 (63.72%)
--Born in United States: 9,485 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,364 (42.06%)
----Different state: 3,121 (20.63%)
--Born outside United States: 156 (1.03%)
Foreign born: 5,490 (36.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,451 (9.59%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,167 (20.93%)
--Not a citizen: 2,323 (15.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,490 (100%)
Europe: 279 (5.08%)
Asia: 4,600 (83.79%)
Africa: 67 (1.22%)
Oceania: 43 (0.78%)
Latin America: 449 (8.18%)
Northern America: 52 (0.95%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,362 (100%)
English only: 7,387 (51.43%)
Language other than English: 6,975 (48.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,088 (21.5%)
--Spanish: 1,117 (7.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 326 (2.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 899 (6.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 194 (1.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,814 (33.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,544 (17.71%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,131 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,260% (107.46%)
Arab: 81 (0.54%)
Czech: 16 (0.11%)
Danish: 69 (0.46%)
Dutch: 254 (1.68%)
English: 958 (6.33%)
French (except Basque): 282 (1.86%)
French Canadian: 106 (0.7%)
German: 1,337 (8.84%)
Greek: 118 (0.78%)
Hungarian: 39 (0.26%)
Irish: 1,110 (7.34%)
Italian: 680 (4.49%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 126 (0.83%)
Polish: 200 (1.32%)
Portuguese: 61 (0.4%)
Russian: 64 (0.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 110 (0.73%)
Scottish: 196 (1.3%)
Slovak: 48 (0.32%)
Subsaharan African: 53 (0.35%)
Swedish: 108 (0.71%)
Swiss: 30 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 28 (0.19%)
United States or American: 138 (0.91%)
Welsh: 68 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 12 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 9,955 (65.79%)

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