Lafayette, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0639122, place: Lafayette city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,664 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 666 (9.99%)
Kindergarten: 329 (4.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,013 (45.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,370 (20.56%)
College or graduate school: 1,286 (19.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,627 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 115 (0.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 270 (1.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,450 (8.72%)
Some college, no degree: 2,633 (15.84%)
Associate degree: 857 (5.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,347 (38.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,955 (29.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 68%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,459 (100%)
Never married: 3,347 (18.13%)
Now married, except separated: 12,795 (69.32%)
Separated: 161 (0.87%)
Total Widowed: 829 (4.49%)
Widowed Female: 630 (3.41%)
Total Divorced: 1,327 (7.19%)
Divorced Female: 713 (3.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 233 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 76 (32.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,451 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,165 (12.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,097 (100%)
--With a disability: 205 (4.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,747 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,147 (8.34%)
----Percent employed: 67.5%
--No disability: 12,600 (91.66%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 3,208 (100%)
--With a disability: 815 (25.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,132 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 13,575 (61.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,082 (36.52%)
--Same county: 4,015 (18.14%)
--Different county: 4,067 (18.38%)
----Same state: 2,876 (12.99%)
----Different state: 1,191 (5.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 475 (2.15%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,463 (100%)
Native: 20,921 (89.17%)
--Born in United States: 20,629 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,381 (57.03%)
----Different state: 7,248 (30.89%)
--Born outside United States: 292 (1.24%)
Foreign born: 2,542 (10.83%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 776 (3.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,447 (6.17%)
--Not a citizen: 1,095 (4.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,542 (100%)
Europe: 879 (34.58%)
Asia: 1,082 (42.56%)
Africa: 62 (2.44%)
Oceania: 30 (1.18%)
Latin America: 316 (12.43%)
Northern America: 173 (6.81%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,132 (100%)
English only: 19,247 (86.96%)
Language other than English: 2,885 (13.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 750 (3.39%)
--Spanish: 744 (3.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 198 (0.89%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,159 (5.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 181 (0.82%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 918 (4.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 343 (1.55%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,463 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 30,024% (127.96%)
Arab: 113 (0.48%)
Czech: 133 (0.57%)
Danish: 380 (1.62%)
Dutch: 461 (1.96%)
English: 4,640 (19.78%)
French (except Basque): 1,013 (4.32%)
French Canadian: 165 (0.7%)
German: 4,242 (18.08%)
Greek: 180 (0.77%)
Hungarian: 208 (0.89%)
Irish: 3,656 (15.58%)
Italian: 1,815 (7.74%)
Lithuanian: 73 (0.31%)
Norwegian: 704 (3%)
Polish: 598 (2.55%)
Portuguese: 237 (1.01%)
Russian: 646 (2.75%)
Scotch-Irish: 588 (2.51%)
Scottish: 1,075 (4.58%)
Slovak: 21 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 26 (0.11%)
Swedish: 874 (3.73%)
Swiss: 301 (1.28%)
Ukrainian: 49 (0.21%)
United States or American: 933 (3.98%)
Welsh: 311 (1.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 12 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 6,570 (28%)

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