Los Angeles, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0644000, place: Los Angeles city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,099,627 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 61,352 (5.58%)
Kindergarten: 64,450 (5.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 460,475 (41.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 225,818 (20.54%)
College or graduate school: 287,532 (26.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,308,887 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 437,758 (18.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 332,414 (14.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 401,938 (17.41%)
Some college, no degree: 424,785 (18.4%)
Associate degree: 122,931 (5.32%)
Bachelor's degree: 379,630 (16.44%)
Graduate or professional degree: 209,431 (9.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,853,991 (100%)
Never married: 1,058,959 (37.1%)
Now married, except separated: 1,300,180 (45.56%)
Separated: 100,946 (3.54%)
Total Widowed: 154,678 (5.42%)
Widowed Female: 126,200 (4.42%)
Total Divorced: 239,228 (8.38%)
Divorced Female: 140,088 (4.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 107,586 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30,511 (28.36%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,714,608 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 173,683 (6.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 859,680 (100%)
--With a disability: 72,120 (8.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,175,020 (100%)
--With a disability: 503,737 (23.16%)
----Percent employed: 52.6%
--No disability: 1,671,283 (76.84%)
----Percent employed: 67.6%
Population 65 years and over: 345,133 (100%)
--With a disability: 157,769 (45.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,412,889 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,689,891 (49.51%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,500,655 (43.97%)
--Same county: 1,260,399 (36.93%)
--Different county: 240,256 (7.04%)
----Same state: 109,532 (3.21%)
----Different state: 130,724 (3.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 222,343 (6.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,694,834 (100%)
Native: 2,182,114 (59.06%)
--Born in United States: 2,150,322 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,485,576 (40.21%)
----Different state: 664,746 (17.99%)
--Born outside United States: 31,792 (0.86%)
Foreign born: 1,512,720 (40.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 569,771 (15.42%)
--Naturalized citizen: 509,841 (13.8%)
--Not a citizen: 1,002,879 (27.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,512,708 (100%)
Europe: 100,252 (6.63%)
Asia: 376,767 (24.91%)
Africa: 20,730 (1.37%)
Oceania: 4,104 (0.27%)
Latin America: 996,996 (65.91%)
Northern America: 13,859 (0.92%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,412,889 (100%)
English only: 1,438,573 (42.15%)
Language other than English: 1,974,316 (57.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,113,153 (32.62%)
--Spanish: 1,422,316 (41.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 853,038 (24.99%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 225,309 (6.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 92,706 (2.72%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 278,173 (8.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 150,912 (4.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,694,834 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,664,157% (99.17%)
Arab: 25,937 (0.7%)
Czech: 9,393 (0.25%)
Danish: 10,270 (0.28%)
Dutch: 18,200 (0.49%)
English: 127,632 (3.45%)
French (except Basque): 49,415 (1.34%)
French Canadian: 8,178 (0.22%)
German: 167,160 (4.52%)
Greek: 11,016 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 19,612 (0.53%)
Irish: 139,188 (3.77%)
Italian: 95,263 (2.58%)
Lithuanian: 6,800 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 21,111 (0.57%)
Polish: 56,670 (1.53%)
Portuguese: 5,228 (0.14%)
Russian: 87,419 (2.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 22,037 (0.6%)
Scottish: 29,048 (0.79%)
Slovak: 1,792 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 29,946 (0.81%)
Swedish: 23,026 (0.62%)
Swiss: 6,169 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 12,292 (0.33%)
United States or American: 94,294 (2.55%)
Welsh: 10,233 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17,241 (0.47%)
Other ancestries: 2,559,587 (69.27%)

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