Mission Viejo, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0648256, place: Mission Viejo city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 27,931 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,945 (6.96%)
Kindergarten: 1,468 (5.26%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 12,007 (42.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,694 (20.39%)
College or graduate school: 6,817 (24.41%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 61,480 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,209 (1.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,620 (4.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,748 (15.86%)
Some college, no degree: 16,701 (27.16%)
Associate degree: 5,874 (9.55%)
Bachelor's degree: 17,398 (28.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7,930 (12.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 41.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 71,758 (100%)
Never married: 15,948 (22.22%)
Now married, except separated: 45,165 (62.94%)
Separated: 1,045 (1.46%)
Total Widowed: 3,657 (5.1%)
Widowed Female: 3,185 (4.44%)
Total Divorced: 5,943 (8.28%)
Divorced Female: 3,712 (5.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,528 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 406 (26.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 67,585 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 7,859 (11.63%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 21,942 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,135 (5.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 54,491 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,253 (11.48%)
----Percent employed: 66.9%
--No disability: 48,238 (88.52%)
----Percent employed: 79.2%
Population 65 years and over: 9,984 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,489 (34.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 86,509 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 46,868 (54.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 37,868 (43.77%)
--Same county: 25,695 (29.7%)
--Different county: 12,173 (14.07%)
----Same state: 7,314 (8.45%)
----Different state: 4,859 (5.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,773 (2.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 92,780 (100%)
Native: 77,489 (83.52%)
--Born in United States: 76,701 (100%)
----State of residence: 46,356 (49.96%)
----Different state: 30,345 (32.71%)
--Born outside United States: 788 (0.85%)
Foreign born: 15,291 (16.48%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,679 (3.97%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8,677 (9.35%)
--Not a citizen: 6,614 (7.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15,291 (100%)
Europe: 2,762 (18.06%)
Asia: 7,213 (47.17%)
Africa: 476 (3.11%)
Oceania: 115 (0.75%)
Latin America: 4,053 (26.51%)
Northern America: 672 (4.39%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 86,509 (100%)
English only: 68,215 (78.85%)
Language other than English: 18,294 (21.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,094 (7.04%)
--Spanish: 7,094 (8.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,598 (3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5,549 (6.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,393 (1.61%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,826 (5.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,936 (2.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 92,780 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 110,271% (118.85%)
Arab: 1,189 (1.28%)
Czech: 610 (0.66%)
Danish: 953 (1.03%)
Dutch: 2,008 (2.16%)
English: 12,595 (13.58%)
French (except Basque): 3,463 (3.73%)
French Canadian: 698 (0.75%)
German: 16,656 (17.95%)
Greek: 568 (0.61%)
Hungarian: 609 (0.66%)
Irish: 11,577 (12.48%)
Italian: 6,809 (7.34%)
Lithuanian: 456 (0.49%)
Norwegian: 2,528 (2.72%)
Polish: 2,908 (3.13%)
Portuguese: 308 (0.33%)
Russian: 1,605 (1.73%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,661 (1.79%)
Scottish: 2,673 (2.88%)
Slovak: 89 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 169 (0.18%)
Swedish: 2,585 (2.79%)
Swiss: 529 (0.57%)
Ukrainian: 398 (0.43%)
United States or American: 3,744 (4.04%)
Welsh: 1,040 (1.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 133 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 31,710 (34.18%)

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