Lomita, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0642468, place: Lomita city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,443 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 475 (8.73%)
Kindergarten: 396 (7.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,418 (44.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 851 (15.63%)
College or graduate school: 1,303 (23.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,424 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 938 (6.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,719 (12.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,185 (23.73%)
Some college, no degree: 3,413 (25.42%)
Associate degree: 1,101 (8.2%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,095 (15.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 973 (7.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,405 (100%)
Never married: 4,178 (27.12%)
Now married, except separated: 7,633 (49.55%)
Separated: 451 (2.93%)
Total Widowed: 938 (6.09%)
Widowed Female: 795 (5.16%)
Total Divorced: 2,205 (14.31%)
Divorced Female: 1,359 (8.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 382 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 133 (34.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,883 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,536 (10.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,062 (100%)
--With a disability: 186 (4.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,110 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,037 (16.82%)
----Percent employed: 53.9%
--No disability: 10,073 (83.18%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,137 (100%)
--With a disability: 844 (39.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 18,411 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,704 (52.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,282 (44.98%)
--Same county: 7,323 (39.78%)
--Different county: 959 (5.21%)
----Same state: 482 (2.62%)
----Different state: 477 (2.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 425 (2.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 19,984 (100%)
Native: 16,048 (80.3%)
--Born in United States: 15,888 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,289 (56.49%)
----Different state: 4,599 (23.01%)
--Born outside United States: 160 (0.8%)
Foreign born: 3,936 (19.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,146 (5.73%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,915 (9.58%)
--Not a citizen: 2,021 (10.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,936 (100%)
Europe: 303 (7.7%)
Asia: 1,538 (39.08%)
Africa: 84 (2.13%)
Oceania: 16 (0.41%)
Latin America: 1,927 (48.96%)
Northern America: 68 (1.73%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 18,411 (100%)
English only: 12,883 (69.97%)
Language other than English: 5,528 (30.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,325 (12.63%)
--Spanish: 3,231 (17.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,379 (7.49%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 706 (3.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 151 (0.82%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,493 (8.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 758 (4.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 19,984 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,557% (112.88%)
Arab: 181 (0.91%)
Czech: 180 (0.9%)
Danish: 96 (0.48%)
Dutch: 267 (1.34%)
English: 1,746 (8.74%)
French (except Basque): 691 (3.46%)
French Canadian: 165 (0.83%)
German: 2,706 (13.54%)
Greek: 94 (0.47%)
Hungarian: 163 (0.82%)
Irish: 2,207 (11.04%)
Italian: 1,116 (5.58%)
Lithuanian: 52 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 322 (1.61%)
Polish: 275 (1.38%)
Portuguese: 58 (0.29%)
Russian: 191 (0.96%)
Scotch-Irish: 200 (1%)
Scottish: 454 (2.27%)
Slovak: 10 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.07%)
Swedish: 278 (1.39%)
Swiss: 46 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 33 (0.17%)
United States or American: 561 (2.81%)
Welsh: 107 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 57 (0.29%)
Other ancestries: 10,288 (51.48%)

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