Lancaster, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0640130, place: Lancaster city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 39,101 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,768 (4.52%)
Kindergarten: 2,234 (5.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 18,532 (47.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 9,005 (23.03%)
College or graduate school: 7,562 (19.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 69,282 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,148 (5.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 10,869 (15.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 18,001 (25.98%)
Some college, no degree: 19,675 (28.4%)
Associate degree: 5,638 (8.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 7,088 (10.23%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,863 (5.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 86,743 (100%)
Never married: 25,693 (29.62%)
Now married, except separated: 42,869 (49.42%)
Separated: 2,953 (3.4%)
Total Widowed: 4,773 (5.5%)
Widowed Female: 3,837 (4.42%)
Total Divorced: 10,455 (12.05%)
Divorced Female: 5,686 (6.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,823 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,325 (46.94%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 79,830 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 12,356 (15.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 33,310 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,012 (9.04%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 59,270 (100%)
--With a disability: 13,571 (22.9%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 45,699 (77.1%)
----Percent employed: 71%
Population 65 years and over: 9,719 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,453 (45.82%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 109,259 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 47,180 (43.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 60,426 (55.31%)
--Same county: 46,654 (42.7%)
--Different county: 13,772 (12.6%)
----Same state: 8,292 (7.59%)
----Different state: 5,480 (5.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,653 (1.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 118,783 (100%)
Native: 103,307 (86.97%)
--Born in United States: 102,073 (100%)
----State of residence: 67,976 (57.23%)
----Different state: 34,097 (28.71%)
--Born outside United States: 1,234 (1.04%)
Foreign born: 15,476 (13.03%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,736 (3.99%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6,844 (5.76%)
--Not a citizen: 8,632 (7.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15,476 (100%)
Europe: 1,317 (8.51%)
Asia: 3,480 (22.49%)
Africa: 315 (2.04%)
Oceania: 79 (0.51%)
Latin America: 9,828 (63.5%)
Northern America: 457 (2.95%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 109,259 (100%)
English only: 85,597 (78.34%)
Language other than English: 23,662 (21.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9,686 (8.87%)
--Spanish: 17,938 (16.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,842 (7.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,116 (1.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 488 (0.45%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,778 (2.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,045 (0.96%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 118,783 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 125,520% (105.67%)
Arab: 841 (0.71%)
Czech: 422 (0.36%)
Danish: 703 (0.59%)
Dutch: 1,825 (1.54%)
English: 9,243 (7.78%)
French (except Basque): 3,087 (2.6%)
French Canadian: 786 (0.66%)
German: 15,432 (12.99%)
Greek: 328 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 505 (0.43%)
Irish: 11,071 (9.32%)
Italian: 4,985 (4.2%)
Lithuanian: 130 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 1,773 (1.49%)
Polish: 1,929 (1.62%)
Portuguese: 316 (0.27%)
Russian: 662 (0.56%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,885 (1.59%)
Scottish: 1,916 (1.61%)
Slovak: 128 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 899 (0.76%)
Swedish: 1,470 (1.24%)
Swiss: 155 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 122 (0.1%)
United States or American: 6,178 (5.2%)
Welsh: 542 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 459 (0.39%)
Other ancestries: 57,728 (48.6%)

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