Lompoc, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0642524, place: Lompoc city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 12,380 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 611 (4.94%)
Kindergarten: 787 (6.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,911 (47.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,851 (23.03%)
College or graduate school: 2,220 (17.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 24,975 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,042 (12.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,340 (13.37%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,269 (25.1%)
Some college, no degree: 6,634 (26.56%)
Associate degree: 2,235 (8.95%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,348 (9.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,107 (4.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 30,701 (100%)
Never married: 7,455 (24.28%)
Now married, except separated: 17,049 (55.53%)
Separated: 1,332 (4.34%)
Total Widowed: 1,706 (5.56%)
Widowed Female: 1,353 (4.41%)
Total Divorced: 3,159 (10.29%)
Divorced Female: 1,966 (6.4%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 884 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 429 (48.53%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 28,461 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,786 (16.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,711 (100%)
--With a disability: 779 (7.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,839 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,771 (24.05%)
----Percent employed: 54.3%
--No disability: 15,068 (75.95%)
----Percent employed: 74.6%
Population 65 years and over: 3,784 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,697 (44.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 37,955 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 19,159 (50.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 17,840 (47%)
--Same county: 12,849 (33.85%)
--Different county: 4,991 (13.15%)
----Same state: 3,336 (8.79%)
----Different state: 1,655 (4.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 956 (2.52%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 41,078 (100%)
Native: 33,743 (82.14%)
--Born in United States: 33,193 (100%)
----State of residence: 21,211 (51.64%)
----Different state: 11,982 (29.17%)
--Born outside United States: 550 (1.34%)
Foreign born: 7,335 (17.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,562 (6.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,538 (6.18%)
--Not a citizen: 4,797 (11.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,335 (100%)
Europe: 618 (8.43%)
Asia: 1,078 (14.7%)
Africa: 49 (0.67%)
Oceania: 52 (0.71%)
Latin America: 5,418 (73.87%)
Northern America: 120 (1.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 37,955 (100%)
English only: 25,866 (68.15%)
Language other than English: 12,089 (31.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,784 (15.24%)
--Spanish: 10,117 (26.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,022 (13.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 822 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 123 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,124 (2.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 635 (1.67%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 41,078 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 39,651% (96.53%)
Arab: 11 (0.03%)
Czech: 74 (0.18%)
Danish: 257 (0.63%)
Dutch: 354 (0.86%)
English: 3,080 (7.5%)
French (except Basque): 933 (2.27%)
French Canadian: 271 (0.66%)
German: 4,091 (9.96%)
Greek: 130 (0.32%)
Hungarian: 86 (0.21%)
Irish: 2,821 (6.87%)
Italian: 1,308 (3.18%)
Lithuanian: 82 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 576 (1.4%)
Polish: 310 (0.75%)
Portuguese: 378 (0.92%)
Russian: 173 (0.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 498 (1.21%)
Scottish: 581 (1.41%)
Slovak: 14 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 162 (0.39%)
Swedish: 538 (1.31%)
Swiss: 264 (0.64%)
Ukrainian: 32 (0.08%)
United States or American: 1,768 (4.3%)
Welsh: 273 (0.66%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 59 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 20,527 (49.97%)

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