Lennox, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0641180, place: Lennox CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,628 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 589 (6.83%)
Kindergarten: 681 (7.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,335 (50.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,090 (24.22%)
College or graduate school: 933 (10.81%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,234 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5,306 (47.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,454 (21.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,879 (16.73%)
Some college, no degree: 1,048 (9.33%)
Associate degree: 212 (1.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 237 (2.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 98 (0.87%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 30.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,488 (100%)
Never married: 5,944 (38.38%)
Now married, except separated: 7,808 (50.41%)
Separated: 669 (4.32%)
Total Widowed: 547 (3.53%)
Widowed Female: 436 (2.82%)
Total Divorced: 520 (3.36%)
Divorced Female: 308 (1.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 966 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 218 (22.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,121 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 342 (2.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,947 (100%)
--With a disability: 658 (8.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,810 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,647 (30.88%)
----Percent employed: 53.2%
--No disability: 8,163 (69.12%)
----Percent employed: 55.5%
Population 65 years and over: 951 (100%)
--With a disability: 519 (54.57%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,708 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,799 (56.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,656 (36.97%)
--Same county: 7,108 (34.32%)
--Different county: 548 (2.65%)
----Same state: 333 (1.61%)
----Different state: 215 (1.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,253 (6.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,190 (100%)
Native: 10,355 (44.65%)
--Born in United States: 10,181 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,430 (40.66%)
----Different state: 751 (3.24%)
--Born outside United States: 174 (0.75%)
Foreign born: 12,835 (55.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,443 (19.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,853 (12.3%)
--Not a citizen: 9,982 (43.04%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12,835 (100%)
Europe: 51 (0.4%)
Asia: 146 (1.14%)
Africa: 6 (0.05%)
Oceania: 148 (1.15%)
Latin America: 12,478 (97.22%)
Northern America: 6 (0.05%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,708 (100%)
English only: 2,578 (12.45%)
Language other than English: 18,130 (87.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10,623 (51.3%)
--Spanish: 17,703 (85.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10,415 (50.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 90 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 272 (1.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 93 (0.45%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,190 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,521% (88.49%)
Arab: 58 (0.25%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (0.03%)
Dutch: 22 (0.09%)
English: 54 (0.23%)
French (except Basque): 80 (0.34%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 85 (0.37%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.06%)
Irish: 139 (0.6%)
Italian: 69 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.04%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.03%)
Russian: 4 (0.02%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 14 (0.06%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (0.09%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 422 (1.82%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 33 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 19,482 (84.01%)

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