Laguna Niguel, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0639248, place: Laguna Niguel city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 17,707 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,458 (8.23%)
Kindergarten: 935 (5.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,941 (44.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,017 (17.04%)
College or graduate school: 4,356 (24.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 41,898 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 584 (1.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,438 (3.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,257 (12.55%)
Some college, no degree: 10,560 (25.2%)
Associate degree: 4,013 (9.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 13,179 (31.45%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6,867 (16.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 47.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 47,629 (100%)
Never married: 10,161 (21.33%)
Now married, except separated: 30,082 (63.16%)
Separated: 725 (1.52%)
Total Widowed: 1,896 (3.98%)
Widowed Female: 1,609 (3.38%)
Total Divorced: 4,765 (10%)
Divorced Female: 3,171 (6.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 654 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 75 (11.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 45,446 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,520 (9.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 13,460 (100%)
--With a disability: 591 (4.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 38,337 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,000 (10.43%)
----Percent employed: 65.5%
--No disability: 34,337 (89.57%)
----Percent employed: 78.4%
Population 65 years and over: 5,462 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,541 (28.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 57,382 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 28,250 (49.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 27,451 (47.84%)
--Same county: 17,641 (30.74%)
--Different county: 9,810 (17.1%)
----Same state: 5,707 (9.95%)
----Different state: 4,103 (7.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,681 (2.93%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 61,963 (100%)
Native: 51,094 (82.46%)
--Born in United States: 50,537 (100%)
----State of residence: 30,737 (49.61%)
----Different state: 19,800 (31.95%)
--Born outside United States: 557 (0.9%)
Foreign born: 10,869 (17.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,411 (5.5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,763 (9.3%)
--Not a citizen: 5,106 (8.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10,869 (100%)
Europe: 2,185 (20.1%)
Asia: 5,329 (49.03%)
Africa: 373 (3.43%)
Oceania: 40 (0.37%)
Latin America: 2,517 (23.16%)
Northern America: 425 (3.91%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 57,382 (100%)
English only: 45,129 (78.65%)
Language other than English: 12,253 (21.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,142 (7.22%)
--Spanish: 4,095 (7.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,902 (3.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,791 (8.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,008 (1.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,814 (4.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,085 (1.89%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 61,963 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 73,741% (119.01%)
Arab: 874 (1.41%)
Czech: 450 (0.73%)
Danish: 579 (0.93%)
Dutch: 1,141 (1.84%)
English: 8,534 (13.77%)
French (except Basque): 2,246 (3.62%)
French Canadian: 379 (0.61%)
German: 10,404 (16.79%)
Greek: 524 (0.85%)
Hungarian: 606 (0.98%)
Irish: 8,015 (12.94%)
Italian: 5,243 (8.46%)
Lithuanian: 255 (0.41%)
Norwegian: 1,382 (2.23%)
Polish: 1,881 (3.04%)
Portuguese: 257 (0.41%)
Russian: 1,293 (2.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 912 (1.47%)
Scottish: 1,621 (2.62%)
Slovak: 88 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 151 (0.24%)
Swedish: 1,710 (2.76%)
Swiss: 360 (0.58%)
Ukrainian: 295 (0.48%)
United States or American: 2,929 (4.73%)
Welsh: 591 (0.95%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 23 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 20,998 (33.89%)

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