Lynwood, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0644574, place: Lynwood city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 24,743 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 917 (3.71%)
Kindergarten: 1,665 (6.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 12,783 (51.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6,255 (25.28%)
College or graduate school: 3,123 (12.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 34,029 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 12,617 (37.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 8,296 (24.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,482 (19.05%)
Some college, no degree: 4,002 (11.76%)
Associate degree: 1,084 (3.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 947 (2.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 601 (1.77%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 38.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 47,014 (100%)
Never married: 17,478 (37.18%)
Now married, except separated: 23,507 (50%)
Separated: 1,813 (3.86%)
Total Widowed: 1,894 (4.03%)
Widowed Female: 1,407 (2.99%)
Total Divorced: 2,322 (4.94%)
Divorced Female: 1,346 (2.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,733 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 938 (25.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 43,336 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,648 (3.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 22,974 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,540 (6.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 35,261 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,329 (26.46%)
----Percent employed: 42.6%
--No disability: 25,932 (73.54%)
----Percent employed: 56.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,542 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,374 (54.05%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 62,479 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 34,236 (54.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 25,407 (40.66%)
--Same county: 23,297 (37.29%)
--Different county: 2,110 (3.38%)
----Same state: 1,351 (2.16%)
----Different state: 759 (1.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,836 (4.54%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 69,899 (100%)
Native: 39,424 (56.4%)
--Born in United States: 38,895 (100%)
----State of residence: 34,048 (48.71%)
----Different state: 4,847 (6.93%)
--Born outside United States: 529 (0.76%)
Foreign born: 30,475 (43.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8,931 (12.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7,924 (11.34%)
--Not a citizen: 22,551 (32.26%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 30,475 (100%)
Europe: 76 (0.25%)
Asia: 472 (1.55%)
Africa: 57 (0.19%)
Oceania: 85 (0.28%)
Latin America: 29,746 (97.61%)
Northern America: 39 (0.13%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 62,479 (100%)
English only: 13,695 (21.92%)
Language other than English: 48,784 (78.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27,845 (44.57%)
--Spanish: 47,913 (76.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27,397 (43.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 148 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 615 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 346 (0.55%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 69,899 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 60,675% (86.8%)
Arab: 11 (0.02%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 28 (0.04%)
Dutch: 72 (0.1%)
English: 215 (0.31%)
French (except Basque): 91 (0.13%)
French Canadian: 33 (0.05%)
German: 181 (0.26%)
Greek: 10 (0.01%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.02%)
Irish: 281 (0.4%)
Italian: 137 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 30 (0.04%)
Polish: 25 (0.04%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.01%)
Russian: 22 (0.03%)
Scotch-Irish: 29 (0.04%)
Scottish: 26 (0.04%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 437 (0.63%)
Swedish: 27 (0.04%)
Swiss: 9 (0.01%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 937 (1.34%)
Welsh: 9 (0.01%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 96 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 57,945 (82.9%)

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