Mecca, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0646660, place: Mecca CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,692 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 88 (5.2%)
Kindergarten: 116 (6.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 979 (57.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 412 (24.35%)
College or graduate school: 97 (5.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,494 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,522 (61.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 531 (21.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 276 (11.07%)
Some college, no degree: 109 (4.37%)
Associate degree: 16 (0.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 0 (0%)
Graduate or professional degree: 40 (1.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 17.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 1.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,643 (100%)
Never married: 1,440 (39.53%)
Now married, except separated: 1,899 (52.13%)
Separated: 93 (2.55%)
Total Widowed: 92 (2.53%)
Widowed Female: 60 (1.65%)
Total Divorced: 119 (3.27%)
Divorced Female: 58 (1.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 266 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 89 (33.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,327 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 33 (0.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,820 (100%)
--With a disability: 147 (8.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,789 (100%)
--With a disability: 474 (17%)
----Percent employed: 43.7%
--No disability: 2,315 (83%)
----Percent employed: 67.1%
Population 65 years and over: 208 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (38.94%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,817 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,824 (58.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,457 (30.25%)
--Same county: 1,141 (23.69%)
--Different county: 316 (6.56%)
----Same state: 305 (6.33%)
----Different state: 11 (0.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 536 (11.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,380 (100%)
Native: 2,171 (40.35%)
--Born in United States: 2,148 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,053 (38.16%)
----Different state: 95 (1.77%)
--Born outside United States: 23 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 3,209 (59.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,211 (22.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 424 (7.88%)
--Not a citizen: 2,785 (51.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,209 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,209 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,817 (100%)
English only: 319 (6.62%)
Language other than English: 4,498 (93.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,303 (68.57%)
--Spanish: 4,484 (93.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,289 (68.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,380 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,700% (87.36%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 0 (0%)
French (except Basque): 11 (0.2%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 0 (0%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 0 (0%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 25 (0.46%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,664 (86.69%)

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