Mountain View, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0649670, place: Mountain View city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 15,583 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,076 (6.9%)
Kindergarten: 766 (4.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,395 (34.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,278 (14.62%)
College or graduate school: 6,068 (38.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 52,353 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,795 (5.34%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,963 (5.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,190 (11.82%)
Some college, no degree: 8,507 (16.25%)
Associate degree: 2,921 (5.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 15,653 (29.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13,324 (25.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 55.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 59,527 (100%)
Never married: 20,903 (35.12%)
Now married, except separated: 29,065 (48.83%)
Separated: 1,041 (1.75%)
Total Widowed: 2,530 (4.25%)
Widowed Female: 2,150 (3.61%)
Total Divorced: 5,988 (10.06%)
Divorced Female: 3,465 (5.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 992 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 214 (21.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 57,897 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,584 (7.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,938 (100%)
--With a disability: 652 (6.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 48,866 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,216 (12.72%)
----Percent employed: 65.9%
--No disability: 42,650 (87.28%)
----Percent employed: 81.4%
Population 65 years and over: 7,028 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,659 (37.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 66,229 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 28,203 (42.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 29,528 (44.58%)
--Same county: 14,852 (22.43%)
--Different county: 14,676 (22.16%)
----Same state: 7,916 (11.95%)
----Different state: 6,760 (10.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8,498 (12.83%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 70,467 (100%)
Native: 45,806 (65%)
--Born in United States: 44,764 (100%)
----State of residence: 24,802 (35.2%)
----Different state: 19,962 (28.33%)
--Born outside United States: 1,042 (1.48%)
Foreign born: 24,661 (35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14,143 (20.07%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7,252 (10.29%)
--Not a citizen: 17,409 (24.71%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 24,661 (100%)
Europe: 4,791 (19.43%)
Asia: 11,323 (45.91%)
Africa: 264 (1.07%)
Oceania: 326 (1.32%)
Latin America: 7,324 (29.7%)
Northern America: 633 (2.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 66,229 (100%)
English only: 39,790 (60.08%)
Language other than English: 26,439 (39.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12,859 (19.42%)
--Spanish: 9,885 (14.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,910 (8.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6,845 (10.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,491 (3.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8,934 (13.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,321 (6.52%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 70,467 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 76,657% (108.78%)
Arab: 498 (0.71%)
Czech: 411 (0.58%)
Danish: 331 (0.47%)
Dutch: 862 (1.22%)
English: 6,411 (9.1%)
French (except Basque): 1,999 (2.84%)
French Canadian: 352 (0.5%)
German: 8,065 (11.45%)
Greek: 316 (0.45%)
Hungarian: 466 (0.66%)
Irish: 5,795 (8.22%)
Italian: 3,080 (4.37%)
Lithuanian: 153 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 981 (1.39%)
Polish: 1,579 (2.24%)
Portuguese: 556 (0.79%)
Russian: 2,142 (3.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 908 (1.29%)
Scottish: 1,758 (2.49%)
Slovak: 127 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 209 (0.3%)
Swedish: 1,431 (2.03%)
Swiss: 516 (0.73%)
Ukrainian: 599 (0.85%)
United States or American: 1,709 (2.43%)
Welsh: 471 (0.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 56 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 34,876 (49.49%)

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