Long Beach, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0643000, place: Long Beach city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 148,745 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8,093 (5.44%)
Kindergarten: 8,889 (5.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 62,387 (41.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 28,428 (19.11%)
College or graduate school: 40,948 (27.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 277,410 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 39,482 (14.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 36,350 (13.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 52,198 (18.82%)
Some college, no degree: 63,628 (22.94%)
Associate degree: 19,328 (6.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 43,696 (15.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22,728 (8.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 345,661 (100%)
Never married: 129,386 (37.43%)
Now married, except separated: 148,853 (43.06%)
Separated: 12,123 (3.51%)
Total Widowed: 20,159 (5.83%)
Widowed Female: 16,473 (4.77%)
Total Divorced: 35,140 (10.17%)
Divorced Female: 20,190 (5.84%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12,372 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4,099 (33.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 327,044 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 31,175 (9.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 117,893 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,776 (8.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 262,541 (100%)
--With a disability: 59,432 (22.64%)
----Percent employed: 49.7%
--No disability: 203,109 (77.36%)
----Percent employed: 70.8%
Population 65 years and over: 38,984 (100%)
--With a disability: 18,565 (47.62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 423,544 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 191,426 (45.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 214,379 (50.62%)
--Same county: 172,016 (40.61%)
--Different county: 42,363 (10%)
----Same state: 28,694 (6.77%)
----Different state: 13,669 (3.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 17,739 (4.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 461,381 (100%)
Native: 329,213 (71.35%)
--Born in United States: 323,964 (100%)
----State of residence: 227,043 (49.21%)
----Different state: 96,921 (21.01%)
--Born outside United States: 5,249 (1.14%)
Foreign born: 132,168 (28.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 46,560 (10.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 45,713 (9.91%)
--Not a citizen: 86,455 (18.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 132,168 (100%)
Europe: 5,714 (4.32%)
Asia: 39,589 (29.95%)
Africa: 1,024 (0.77%)
Oceania: 1,679 (1.27%)
Latin America: 82,697 (62.57%)
Northern America: 1,465 (1.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 423,544 (100%)
English only: 236,221 (55.77%)
Language other than English: 187,323 (44.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 101,961 (24.07%)
--Spanish: 128,713 (30.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74,740 (17.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9,164 (2.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,331 (0.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 47,462 (11.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24,253 (5.73%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 461,381 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 471,359% (102.16%)
Arab: 1,624 (0.35%)
Czech: 1,274 (0.28%)
Danish: 2,042 (0.44%)
Dutch: 4,420 (0.96%)
English: 25,747 (5.58%)
French (except Basque): 8,590 (1.86%)
French Canadian: 1,622 (0.35%)
German: 33,634 (7.29%)
Greek: 1,667 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 1,491 (0.32%)
Irish: 27,644 (5.99%)
Italian: 13,576 (2.94%)
Lithuanian: 436 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 5,217 (1.13%)
Polish: 5,192 (1.13%)
Portuguese: 1,188 (0.26%)
Russian: 3,626 (0.79%)
Scotch-Irish: 4,500 (0.98%)
Scottish: 5,359 (1.16%)
Slovak: 289 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 3,505 (0.76%)
Swedish: 4,658 (1.01%)
Swiss: 901 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 570 (0.12%)
United States or American: 10,639 (2.31%)
Welsh: 1,984 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,691 (0.37%)
Other ancestries: 298,273 (64.65%)

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