Mcfarland, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0644826, place: McFarland city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,951 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 128 (4.34%)
Kindergarten: 142 (4.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,528 (51.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 901 (30.53%)
College or graduate school: 252 (8.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,879 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,035 (41.71%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 885 (18.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,159 (23.75%)
Some college, no degree: 532 (10.9%)
Associate degree: 112 (2.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 134 (2.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22 (0.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 40.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,764 (100%)
Never married: 1,991 (29.44%)
Now married, except separated: 3,817 (56.43%)
Separated: 125 (1.85%)
Total Widowed: 487 (7.2%)
Widowed Female: 251 (3.71%)
Total Divorced: 344 (5.09%)
Divorced Female: 218 (3.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 281 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 116 (41.28%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,182 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 246 (3.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,950 (100%)
--With a disability: 170 (5.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,150 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,330 (32.05%)
----Percent employed: 44.4%
--No disability: 2,820 (67.95%)
----Percent employed: 54.3%
Population 65 years and over: 473 (100%)
--With a disability: 242 (51.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,590 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,443 (51.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,455 (40.22%)
--Same county: 2,531 (29.46%)
--Different county: 924 (10.76%)
----Same state: 866 (10.08%)
----Different state: 58 (0.68%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 692 (8.06%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,517 (100%)
Native: 5,807 (61.02%)
--Born in United States: 5,525 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,995 (52.49%)
----Different state: 530 (5.57%)
--Born outside United States: 282 (2.96%)
Foreign born: 3,710 (38.98%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,454 (15.28%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,054 (11.07%)
--Not a citizen: 2,656 (27.91%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,710 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 75 (2.02%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,635 (97.98%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,590 (100%)
English only: 1,835 (21.36%)
Language other than English: 6,755 (78.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,688 (42.93%)
--Spanish: 6,619 (77.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,581 (41.69%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.07%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 130 (1.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 101 (1.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,517 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,606% (79.92%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 15 (0.16%)
Dutch: 10 (0.11%)
English: 26 (0.27%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.02%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 23 (0.24%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 68 (0.71%)
Italian: 9 (0.09%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.16%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (0.09%)
Scottish: 10 (0.11%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 27 (0.28%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 240 (2.52%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 7,152 (75.15%)

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