General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0640340, place: La Puente city, California)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 13,612 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 576 (4.23%)
Kindergarten: 814 (5.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,630 (48.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,312 (24.33%)
College or graduate school: 2,280 (16.75%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 22,423 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 6,520 (29.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,769 (21.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,036 (22.46%)
Some college, no degree: 3,353 (14.95%)
Associate degree: 990 (4.42%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,274 (5.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 481 (2.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 49.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.8%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 29,303 (100%)
Never married: 10,161 (34.68%)
Now married, except separated: 14,606 (49.84%)
Separated: 1,149 (3.92%)
Total Widowed: 1,355 (4.62%)
Widowed Female: 1,025 (3.5%)
Total Divorced: 2,032 (6.93%)
Divorced Female: 1,203 (4.11%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,277 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 598 (26.26%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 27,141 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,519 (5.6%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 12,193 (100%)
--With a disability: 877 (7.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 21,952 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,311 (24.19%)
----Percent employed: 50.5%
--No disability: 16,641 (75.81%)
----Percent employed: 65.2%
Population 65 years and over: 3,145 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,604 (51%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 37,310 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 22,369 (59.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,071 (35.03%)
--Same county: 11,881 (31.84%)
--Different county: 1,190 (3.19%)
----Same state: 938 (2.51%)
----Different state: 252 (0.68%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,870 (5.01%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 41,009 (100%)
Native: 23,159 (56.47%)
--Born in United States: 22,931 (100%)
----State of residence: 20,184 (49.22%)
----Different state: 2,747 (6.7%)
--Born outside United States: 228 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 17,850 (43.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,530 (13.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6,046 (14.74%)
--Not a citizen: 11,804 (28.78%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 17,850 (100%)
Europe: 101 (0.57%)
Asia: 2,288 (12.82%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 93 (0.52%)
Latin America: 15,368 (86.1%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 37,310 (100%)
English only: 8,935 (23.95%)
Language other than English: 28,375 (76.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15,168 (40.65%)
--Spanish: 25,676 (68.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13,709 (36.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 211 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 78 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,447 (6.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,375 (3.69%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 41,009 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 38,364% (93.55%)
Arab: 7 (0.02%)
Czech: 15 (0.04%)
Danish: 39 (0.1%)
Dutch: 122 (0.3%)
English: 396 (0.97%)
French (except Basque): 279 (0.68%)
French Canadian: 38 (0.09%)
German: 638 (1.56%)
Greek: 22 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 52 (0.13%)
Irish: 326 (0.79%)
Italian: 372 (0.91%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.01%)
Norwegian: 43 (0.1%)
Polish: 80 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 56 (0.14%)
Russian: 64 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 42 (0.1%)
Scottish: 115 (0.28%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (0.04%)
Swedish: 45 (0.11%)
Swiss: 14 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 644 (1.57%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 34,913 (85.13%)
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