Lemoore, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0641152, place: Lemoore city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,977 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 261 (3.74%)
Kindergarten: 464 (6.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,959 (42.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,657 (23.75%)
College or graduate school: 1,636 (23.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,509 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,059 (10.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,148 (10.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,618 (24.91%)
Some college, no degree: 2,852 (27.14%)
Associate degree: 1,096 (10.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,268 (12.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 468 (4.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,966 (100%)
Never married: 4,208 (30.13%)
Now married, except separated: 7,584 (54.3%)
Separated: 396 (2.84%)
Total Widowed: 577 (4.13%)
Widowed Female: 476 (3.41%)
Total Divorced: 1,201 (8.6%)
Divorced Female: 773 (5.53%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 494 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 244 (49.39%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,818 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,218 (18.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,898 (100%)
--With a disability: 473 (8.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,608 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,950 (20.3%)
----Percent employed: 56%
--No disability: 7,658 (79.7%)
----Percent employed: 72.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,227 (100%)
--With a disability: 518 (42.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,639 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,021 (45.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,071 (51.43%)
--Same county: 5,235 (29.68%)
--Different county: 3,836 (21.75%)
----Same state: 2,261 (12.82%)
----Different state: 1,575 (8.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 547 (3.1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 19,524 (100%)
Native: 16,694 (85.51%)
--Born in United States: 16,347 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,276 (57.75%)
----Different state: 5,071 (25.97%)
--Born outside United States: 347 (1.78%)
Foreign born: 2,830 (14.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 872 (4.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,322 (6.77%)
--Not a citizen: 1,508 (7.72%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,830 (100%)
Europe: 128 (4.52%)
Asia: 1,000 (35.34%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,662 (58.73%)
Northern America: 40 (1.41%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,639 (100%)
English only: 12,541 (71.1%)
Language other than English: 5,098 (28.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,062 (11.69%)
--Spanish: 3,691 (20.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,672 (9.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 368 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 83 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,000 (5.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 295 (1.67%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 19,524 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 19,510% (99.93%)
Arab: 107 (0.55%)
Czech: 71 (0.36%)
Danish: 63 (0.32%)
Dutch: 246 (1.26%)
English: 1,353 (6.93%)
French (except Basque): 375 (1.92%)
French Canadian: 66 (0.34%)
German: 1,902 (9.74%)
Greek: 32 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.08%)
Irish: 1,805 (9.25%)
Italian: 688 (3.52%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 173 (0.89%)
Polish: 175 (0.9%)
Portuguese: 964 (4.94%)
Russian: 42 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 212 (1.09%)
Scottish: 153 (0.78%)
Slovak: 20 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 123 (0.63%)
Swedish: 193 (0.99%)
Swiss: 113 (0.58%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 891 (4.56%)
Welsh: 98 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 24 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 9,590 (49.12%)

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