Menlo Park, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0646870, place: Menlo Park city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,203 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 695 (9.65%)
Kindergarten: 561 (7.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,998 (41.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,070 (14.85%)
College or graduate school: 1,879 (26.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 22,454 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,101 (4.9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,359 (6.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,216 (9.87%)
Some college, no degree: 2,995 (13.34%)
Associate degree: 938 (4.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,949 (30.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6,896 (30.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 61.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 25,001 (100%)
Never married: 7,179 (28.71%)
Now married, except separated: 13,167 (52.67%)
Separated: 432 (1.73%)
Total Widowed: 1,717 (6.87%)
Widowed Female: 1,369 (5.48%)
Total Divorced: 2,506 (10.02%)
Divorced Female: 1,539 (6.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 516 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 222 (43.02%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 24,154 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,736 (11.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,230 (100%)
--With a disability: 436 (8.34%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 18,472 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,138 (11.57%)
----Percent employed: 59.2%
--No disability: 16,334 (88.43%)
----Percent employed: 79%
Population 65 years and over: 4,507 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,420 (31.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 28,834 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,239 (52.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,758 (40.78%)
--Same county: 4,602 (15.96%)
--Different county: 7,156 (24.82%)
----Same state: 4,779 (16.57%)
----Different state: 2,377 (8.24%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,837 (6.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 30,786 (100%)
Native: 23,780 (77.24%)
--Born in United States: 23,199 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,199 (42.87%)
----Different state: 10,000 (32.48%)
--Born outside United States: 581 (1.89%)
Foreign born: 7,006 (22.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,053 (9.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,453 (7.97%)
--Not a citizen: 4,553 (14.79%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,006 (100%)
Europe: 1,425 (20.34%)
Asia: 1,751 (24.99%)
Africa: 93 (1.33%)
Oceania: 290 (4.14%)
Latin America: 3,125 (44.6%)
Northern America: 322 (4.6%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 28,834 (100%)
English only: 20,977 (72.75%)
Language other than English: 7,857 (27.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,252 (11.28%)
--Spanish: 4,072 (14.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,234 (7.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,997 (6.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 470 (1.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,369 (4.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 529 (1.83%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 30,786 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 34,726% (112.8%)
Arab: 143 (0.46%)
Czech: 191 (0.62%)
Danish: 309 (1%)
Dutch: 402 (1.31%)
English: 4,298 (13.96%)
French (except Basque): 1,059 (3.44%)
French Canadian: 218 (0.71%)
German: 4,285 (13.92%)
Greek: 171 (0.56%)
Hungarian: 183 (0.59%)
Irish: 3,241 (10.53%)
Italian: 2,035 (6.61%)
Lithuanian: 81 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 788 (2.56%)
Polish: 605 (1.97%)
Portuguese: 177 (0.57%)
Russian: 1,003 (3.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 551 (1.79%)
Scottish: 956 (3.11%)
Slovak: 49 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 111 (0.36%)
Swedish: 591 (1.92%)
Swiss: 242 (0.79%)
Ukrainian: 111 (0.36%)
United States or American: 753 (2.45%)
Welsh: 230 (0.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 65 (0.21%)
Other ancestries: 11,878 (38.58%)

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