Morro Bay, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0649362, place: Morro Bay city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,303 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 145 (6.3%)
Kindergarten: 107 (4.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 625 (27.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 317 (13.76%)
College or graduate school: 1,109 (48.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,911 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 204 (2.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 544 (6.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,900 (24.02%)
Some college, no degree: 2,403 (30.38%)
Associate degree: 664 (8.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,359 (17.18%)
Graduate or professional degree: 837 (10.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,117 (100%)
Never married: 2,232 (24.48%)
Now married, except separated: 4,308 (47.25%)
Separated: 205 (2.25%)
Total Widowed: 823 (9.03%)
Widowed Female: 714 (7.83%)
Total Divorced: 1,549 (16.99%)
Divorced Female: 973 (10.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 67 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (53.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,849 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,497 (16.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,450 (100%)
--With a disability: 97 (6.69%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,961 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,202 (20.16%)
----Percent employed: 49%
--No disability: 4,759 (79.84%)
----Percent employed: 72.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,359 (100%)
--With a disability: 863 (36.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,977 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,560 (45.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,265 (52.77%)
--Same county: 2,092 (20.97%)
--Different county: 3,173 (31.8%)
----Same state: 2,457 (24.63%)
----Different state: 716 (7.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 152 (1.52%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,308 (100%)
Native: 9,568 (92.82%)
--Born in United States: 9,485 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,815 (56.41%)
----Different state: 3,670 (35.6%)
--Born outside United States: 83 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 740 (7.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 306 (2.97%)
--Naturalized citizen: 351 (3.41%)
--Not a citizen: 389 (3.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 740 (100%)
Europe: 165 (22.3%)
Asia: 112 (15.14%)
Africa: 9 (1.22%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 407 (55%)
Northern America: 47 (6.35%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,977 (100%)
English only: 8,810 (88.3%)
Language other than English: 1,167 (11.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 553 (5.54%)
--Spanish: 902 (9.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 437 (4.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 172 (1.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (0.7%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 69 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.38%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,308 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,732% (113.81%)
Arab: 78 (0.76%)
Czech: 67 (0.65%)
Danish: 155 (1.5%)
Dutch: 257 (2.49%)
English: 1,672 (16.22%)
French (except Basque): 337 (3.27%)
French Canadian: 100 (0.97%)
German: 1,833 (17.78%)
Greek: 25 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 24 (0.23%)
Irish: 1,663 (16.13%)
Italian: 447 (4.34%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 223 (2.16%)
Polish: 117 (1.14%)
Portuguese: 177 (1.72%)
Russian: 82 (0.8%)
Scotch-Irish: 283 (2.75%)
Scottish: 424 (4.11%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 273 (2.65%)
Swiss: 82 (0.8%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.07%)
United States or American: 507 (4.92%)
Welsh: 172 (1.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,717 (26.36%)

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