Lawndale, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0640886, place: Lawndale city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,484 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 568 (5.42%)
Kindergarten: 769 (7.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,824 (46.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,122 (20.24%)
College or graduate school: 2,201 (20.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,353 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,207 (17.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,513 (19.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,785 (26.07%)
Some college, no degree: 3,561 (19.4%)
Associate degree: 989 (5.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,561 (8.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 737 (4.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,941 (100%)
Never married: 8,163 (35.58%)
Now married, except separated: 10,521 (45.86%)
Separated: 955 (4.16%)
Total Widowed: 805 (3.51%)
Widowed Female: 680 (2.96%)
Total Divorced: 2,497 (10.88%)
Divorced Female: 1,533 (6.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,015 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 441 (43.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,643 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,485 (6.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,551 (100%)
--With a disability: 671 (7.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 18,699 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,492 (24.02%)
----Percent employed: 55.7%
--No disability: 14,207 (75.98%)
----Percent employed: 67.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,601 (100%)
--With a disability: 729 (45.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 28,851 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,851 (44.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,492 (50.23%)
--Same county: 13,048 (45.23%)
--Different county: 1,444 (5.01%)
----Same state: 843 (2.92%)
----Different state: 601 (2.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,508 (5.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 31,729 (100%)
Native: 19,440 (61.27%)
--Born in United States: 19,044 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,153 (47.76%)
----Different state: 3,891 (12.26%)
--Born outside United States: 396 (1.25%)
Foreign born: 12,289 (38.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,082 (12.87%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,737 (14.93%)
--Not a citizen: 7,552 (23.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12,285 (100%)
Europe: 292 (2.38%)
Asia: 2,455 (19.98%)
Africa: 303 (2.47%)
Oceania: 41 (0.33%)
Latin America: 9,143 (74.42%)
Northern America: 51 (0.42%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 28,851 (100%)
English only: 12,263 (42.5%)
Language other than English: 16,588 (57.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,608 (29.84%)
--Spanish: 13,044 (45.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,908 (23.94%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 534 (1.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 206 (0.71%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,567 (8.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,394 (4.83%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 31,729 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 31,003% (97.71%)
Arab: 396 (1.25%)
Czech: 140 (0.44%)
Danish: 86 (0.27%)
Dutch: 199 (0.63%)
English: 791 (2.49%)
French (except Basque): 317 (1%)
French Canadian: 147 (0.46%)
German: 1,093 (3.44%)
Greek: 55 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 64 (0.2%)
Irish: 1,135 (3.58%)
Italian: 631 (1.99%)
Lithuanian: 66 (0.21%)
Norwegian: 165 (0.52%)
Polish: 159 (0.5%)
Portuguese: 63 (0.2%)
Russian: 113 (0.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 277 (0.87%)
Scottish: 190 (0.6%)
Slovak: 37 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 502 (1.58%)
Swedish: 114 (0.36%)
Swiss: 6 (0.02%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.03%)
United States or American: 800 (2.52%)
Welsh: 68 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 172 (0.54%)
Other ancestries: 23,208 (73.14%)

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