General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0643224, place: Los Alamitos city, California)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,478 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 190 (5.46%)
Kindergarten: 147 (4.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,465 (42.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 624 (17.94%)
College or graduate school: 1,052 (30.25%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 7,674 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 383 (4.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 592 (7.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,703 (22.19%)
Some college, no degree: 2,051 (26.73%)
Associate degree: 655 (8.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,596 (20.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 694 (9.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.8%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 8,869 (100%)
Never married: 2,193 (24.73%)
Now married, except separated: 4,520 (50.96%)
Separated: 195 (2.2%)
Total Widowed: 722 (8.14%)
Widowed Female: 573 (6.46%)
Total Divorced: 1,239 (13.97%)
Divorced Female: 826 (9.31%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 207 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 85 (41.06%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 8,454 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,007 (11.91%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 2,555 (100%)
--With a disability: 103 (4.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,464 (100%)
--With a disability: 802 (12.41%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
--No disability: 5,662 (87.59%)
----Percent employed: 81.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,252 (100%)
--With a disability: 424 (33.87%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 10,626 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,913 (46.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,358 (50.42%)
--Same county: 2,731 (25.7%)
--Different county: 2,627 (24.72%)
----Same state: 2,218 (20.87%)
----Different state: 409 (3.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 355 (3.34%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 11,260 (100%)
Native: 9,642 (85.63%)
--Born in United States: 9,514 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,146 (54.58%)
----Different state: 3,368 (29.91%)
--Born outside United States: 128 (1.14%)
Foreign born: 1,618 (14.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 538 (4.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 684 (6.07%)
--Not a citizen: 934 (8.29%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 1,618 (100%)
Europe: 242 (14.96%)
Asia: 784 (48.45%)
Africa: 46 (2.84%)
Oceania: 40 (2.47%)
Latin America: 406 (25.09%)
Northern America: 100 (6.18%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 10,626 (100%)
English only: 8,503 (80.02%)
Language other than English: 2,123 (19.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 845 (7.95%)
--Spanish: 990 (9.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 368 (3.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 402 (3.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 101 (0.95%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 610 (5.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 350 (3.29%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 11,260 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,816% (113.82%)
Arab: 207 (1.84%)
Czech: 36 (0.32%)
Danish: 58 (0.52%)
Dutch: 245 (2.18%)
English: 1,225 (10.88%)
French (except Basque): 437 (3.88%)
French Canadian: 139 (1.23%)
German: 1,788 (15.88%)
Greek: 76 (0.67%)
Hungarian: 104 (0.92%)
Irish: 1,234 (10.96%)
Italian: 662 (5.88%)
Lithuanian: 30 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 210 (1.87%)
Polish: 220 (1.95%)
Portuguese: 101 (0.9%)
Russian: 167 (1.48%)
Scotch-Irish: 227 (2.02%)
Scottish: 355 (3.15%)
Slovak: 6 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 64 (0.57%)
Swedish: 238 (2.11%)
Swiss: 82 (0.73%)
Ukrainian: 33 (0.29%)
United States or American: 349 (3.1%)
Welsh: 83 (0.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 21 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 4,419 (39.25%)
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