General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0640746, place: Laton CDP, California)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 549 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 56 (10.2%)
Kindergarten: 31 (5.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 258 (46.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 181 (32.97%)
College or graduate school: 23 (4.19%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 682 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 259 (37.98%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 81 (11.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 157 (23.02%)
Some college, no degree: 132 (19.35%)
Associate degree: 6 (0.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 47 (6.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 50.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 931 (100%)
Never married: 243 (26.1%)
Now married, except separated: 624 (67.02%)
Separated: 2 (0.21%)
Total Widowed: 45 (4.83%)
Widowed Female: 35 (3.76%)
Total Divorced: 17 (1.83%)
Divorced Female: 8 (0.86%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 50 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (44%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 832 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 58 (6.97%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 483 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (7.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 687 (100%)
--With a disability: 132 (19.21%)
----Percent employed: 62.1%
--No disability: 555 (80.79%)
----Percent employed: 61.6%
Population 65 years and over: 61 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (65.57%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,231 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 880 (71.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 288 (23.4%)
--Same county: 247 (20.06%)
--Different county: 41 (3.33%)
----Same state: 36 (2.92%)
----Different state: 5 (0.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 63 (5.12%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,401 (100%)
Native: 905 (64.6%)
--Born in United States: 894 (100%)
----State of residence: 763 (54.46%)
----Different state: 131 (9.35%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 496 (35.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 170 (12.13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 161 (11.49%)
--Not a citizen: 335 (23.91%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 496 (100%)
Europe: 12 (2.42%)
Asia: 7 (1.41%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 470 (94.76%)
Northern America: 7 (1.41%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,231 (100%)
English only: 578 (46.95%)
Language other than English: 653 (53.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 310 (25.18%)
--Spanish: 646 (52.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 310 (25.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,401 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,251% (89.29%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 25 (1.78%)
English: 49 (3.5%)
French (except Basque): 14 (1%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 18 (1.28%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 57 (4.07%)
Italian: 4 (0.29%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 36 (2.57%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (2.36%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 13 (0.93%)
Welsh: 6 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 996 (71.09%)
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