Modesto, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0648354, place: Modesto city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 57,398 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,637 (4.59%)
Kindergarten: 2,954 (5.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 27,382 (47.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 12,886 (22.45%)
College or graduate school: 11,539 (20.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 114,658 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 11,636 (10.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 16,977 (14.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 28,455 (24.82%)
Some college, no degree: 29,689 (25.89%)
Associate degree: 9,006 (7.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 12,856 (11.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6,039 (5.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 141,888 (100%)
Never married: 36,362 (25.63%)
Now married, except separated: 76,105 (53.64%)
Separated: 3,556 (2.51%)
Total Widowed: 9,104 (6.42%)
Widowed Female: 7,488 (5.28%)
Total Divorced: 16,761 (11.81%)
Divorced Female: 9,853 (6.94%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4,980 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,824 (36.63%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 132,762 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 15,064 (11.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 51,301 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,514 (8.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 102,510 (100%)
--With a disability: 24,593 (23.99%)
----Percent employed: 49.5%
--No disability: 77,917 (76.01%)
----Percent employed: 72.5%
Population 65 years and over: 19,727 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,250 (46.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 175,424 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 86,522 (49.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 84,973 (48.44%)
--Same county: 56,657 (32.3%)
--Different county: 28,316 (16.14%)
----Same state: 22,900 (13.05%)
----Different state: 5,416 (3.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,929 (2.24%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 189,460 (100%)
Native: 159,595 (84.24%)
--Born in United States: 158,069 (100%)
----State of residence: 119,098 (62.86%)
----Different state: 38,971 (20.57%)
--Born outside United States: 1,526 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 29,865 (15.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9,402 (4.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12,744 (6.73%)
--Not a citizen: 17,121 (9.04%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 29,865 (100%)
Europe: 3,025 (10.13%)
Asia: 9,626 (32.23%)
Africa: 176 (0.59%)
Oceania: 1,879 (6.29%)
Latin America: 14,663 (49.1%)
Northern America: 496 (1.66%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 175,424 (100%)
English only: 126,058 (71.86%)
Language other than English: 49,366 (28.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22,682 (12.93%)
--Spanish: 30,439 (17.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13,987 (7.97%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7,419 (4.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,054 (1.74%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7,894 (4.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,173 (2.38%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 189,460 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 197,177% (104.07%)
Arab: 872 (0.46%)
Czech: 557 (0.29%)
Danish: 1,165 (0.61%)
Dutch: 4,194 (2.21%)
English: 15,931 (8.41%)
French (except Basque): 4,907 (2.59%)
French Canadian: 685 (0.36%)
German: 21,750 (11.48%)
Greek: 909 (0.48%)
Hungarian: 317 (0.17%)
Irish: 16,621 (8.77%)
Italian: 8,422 (4.45%)
Lithuanian: 88 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 3,072 (1.62%)
Polish: 1,749 (0.92%)
Portuguese: 6,477 (3.42%)
Russian: 604 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,332 (1.23%)
Scottish: 2,681 (1.42%)
Slovak: 71 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 625 (0.33%)
Swedish: 3,276 (1.73%)
Swiss: 1,037 (0.55%)
Ukrainian: 608 (0.32%)
United States or American: 8,806 (4.65%)
Welsh: 1,293 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 92 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 88,036 (46.47%)

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