Merced, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0646898, place: Merced city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 22,238 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,235 (5.55%)
Kindergarten: 1,254 (5.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 10,675 (48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,998 (22.48%)
College or graduate school: 4,076 (18.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 34,422 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 6,238 (18.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,613 (13.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,737 (22.48%)
Some college, no degree: 8,328 (24.19%)
Associate degree: 2,830 (8.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,031 (8.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,645 (4.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 45,277 (100%)
Never married: 14,281 (31.54%)
Now married, except separated: 21,749 (48.04%)
Separated: 1,444 (3.19%)
Total Widowed: 3,085 (6.81%)
Widowed Female: 2,553 (5.64%)
Total Divorced: 4,718 (10.42%)
Divorced Female: 2,942 (6.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,718 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 634 (36.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 41,885 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,947 (11.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 19,590 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,690 (8.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 32,175 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,449 (26.26%)
----Percent employed: 47.2%
--No disability: 23,726 (73.74%)
----Percent employed: 66.2%
Population 65 years and over: 5,617 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,578 (45.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 58,268 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 25,368 (43.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 30,945 (53.11%)
--Same county: 22,911 (39.32%)
--Different county: 8,034 (13.79%)
----Same state: 6,386 (10.96%)
----Different state: 1,648 (2.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,955 (3.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 63,991 (100%)
Native: 49,839 (77.88%)
--Born in United States: 49,104 (100%)
----State of residence: 37,924 (59.26%)
----Different state: 11,180 (17.47%)
--Born outside United States: 735 (1.15%)
Foreign born: 14,152 (22.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,737 (8.97%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,663 (7.29%)
--Not a citizen: 9,489 (14.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14,152 (100%)
Europe: 562 (3.97%)
Asia: 4,709 (33.27%)
Africa: 70 (0.49%)
Oceania: 59 (0.42%)
Latin America: 8,683 (61.36%)
Northern America: 69 (0.49%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 58,268 (100%)
English only: 34,058 (58.45%)
Language other than English: 24,210 (41.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12,239 (21%)
--Spanish: 17,277 (29.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,123 (13.94%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 801 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 230 (0.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5,990 (10.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,831 (6.57%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 63,991 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 63,472% (99.19%)
Arab: 147 (0.23%)
Czech: 147 (0.23%)
Danish: 167 (0.26%)
Dutch: 660 (1.03%)
English: 3,400 (5.31%)
French (except Basque): 1,005 (1.57%)
French Canadian: 131 (0.2%)
German: 5,231 (8.17%)
Greek: 164 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 124 (0.19%)
Irish: 4,333 (6.77%)
Italian: 1,892 (2.96%)
Lithuanian: 33 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 419 (0.65%)
Polish: 299 (0.47%)
Portuguese: 1,339 (2.09%)
Russian: 92 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 538 (0.84%)
Scottish: 771 (1.2%)
Slovak: 31 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 264 (0.41%)
Swedish: 518 (0.81%)
Swiss: 157 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 83 (0.13%)
United States or American: 2,126 (3.32%)
Welsh: 162 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 78 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 39,161 (61.2%)

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