Martinez, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0646114, place: Martinez city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,258 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 817 (8.82%)
Kindergarten: 362 (3.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,750 (40.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,182 (23.57%)
College or graduate school: 2,147 (23.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 25,201 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 465 (1.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,786 (7.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,111 (20.28%)
Some college, no degree: 7,265 (28.83%)
Associate degree: 2,483 (9.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,678 (22.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,413 (9.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 29,517 (100%)
Never married: 7,288 (24.69%)
Now married, except separated: 16,270 (55.12%)
Separated: 536 (1.82%)
Total Widowed: 1,494 (5.06%)
Widowed Female: 1,142 (3.87%)
Total Divorced: 3,929 (13.31%)
Divorced Female: 2,455 (8.32%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 606 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 274 (45.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 27,927 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,702 (13.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,200 (100%)
--With a disability: 470 (6.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 22,211 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,409 (15.35%)
----Percent employed: 54.1%
--No disability: 18,802 (84.65%)
----Percent employed: 83.9%
Population 65 years and over: 3,437 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,443 (41.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 34,112 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,446 (54.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,155 (44.43%)
--Same county: 9,985 (29.27%)
--Different county: 5,170 (15.16%)
----Same state: 3,772 (11.06%)
----Different state: 1,398 (4.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 511 (1.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 36,167 (100%)
Native: 32,714 (90.45%)
--Born in United States: 32,426 (100%)
----State of residence: 23,393 (64.68%)
----Different state: 9,033 (24.98%)
--Born outside United States: 288 (0.8%)
Foreign born: 3,453 (9.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,024 (2.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,950 (5.39%)
--Not a citizen: 1,503 (4.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,453 (100%)
Europe: 887 (25.69%)
Asia: 1,605 (46.48%)
Africa: 46 (1.33%)
Oceania: 11 (0.32%)
Latin America: 723 (20.94%)
Northern America: 181 (5.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 34,112 (100%)
English only: 29,360 (86.07%)
Language other than English: 4,752 (13.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,564 (4.58%)
--Spanish: 1,919 (5.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 631 (1.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,297 (3.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 370 (1.08%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,370 (4.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 521 (1.53%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 36,167 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 42,835% (118.44%)
Arab: 85 (0.24%)
Czech: 189 (0.52%)
Danish: 434 (1.2%)
Dutch: 837 (2.31%)
English: 4,536 (12.54%)
French (except Basque): 1,205 (3.33%)
French Canadian: 191 (0.53%)
German: 5,647 (15.61%)
Greek: 343 (0.95%)
Hungarian: 124 (0.34%)
Irish: 5,363 (14.83%)
Italian: 3,771 (10.43%)
Lithuanian: 46 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 922 (2.55%)
Polish: 688 (1.9%)
Portuguese: 1,093 (3.02%)
Russian: 423 (1.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 659 (1.82%)
Scottish: 937 (2.59%)
Slovak: 12 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 41 (0.11%)
Swedish: 1,026 (2.84%)
Swiss: 193 (0.53%)
Ukrainian: 127 (0.35%)
United States or American: 1,661 (4.59%)
Welsh: 558 (1.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 58 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 11,666 (32.26%)

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