Murphys, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0650034, place: Murphys CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 388 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (6.7%)
Kindergarten: 21 (5.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 186 (47.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 58 (14.95%)
College or graduate school: 97 (25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,526 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 66 (4.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 132 (8.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 369 (24.18%)
Some college, no degree: 452 (29.62%)
Associate degree: 196 (12.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 198 (12.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 113 (7.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,622 (100%)
Never married: 150 (9.25%)
Now married, except separated: 1,018 (62.76%)
Separated: 41 (2.53%)
Total Widowed: 209 (12.89%)
Widowed Female: 189 (11.65%)
Total Divorced: 204 (12.58%)
Divorced Female: 122 (7.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,573 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 335 (21.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 320 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (7.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 926 (100%)
--With a disability: 171 (18.47%)
----Percent employed: 59.1%
--No disability: 755 (81.53%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 600 (100%)
--With a disability: 290 (48.33%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,846 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,101 (59.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 729 (39.49%)
--Same county: 345 (18.69%)
--Different county: 384 (20.8%)
----Same state: 358 (19.39%)
----Different state: 26 (1.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 16 (0.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,924 (100%)
Native: 1,793 (93.19%)
--Born in United States: 1,783 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,145 (59.51%)
----Different state: 638 (33.16%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 131 (6.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 44 (2.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 56 (2.91%)
--Not a citizen: 75 (3.9%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 131 (100%)
Europe: 33 (25.19%)
Asia: 8 (6.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 58 (44.27%)
Northern America: 32 (24.43%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,846 (100%)
English only: 1,667 (90.3%)
Language other than English: 179 (9.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (3.47%)
--Spanish: 149 (8.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (3.14%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,924 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,087% (108.47%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.42%)
Danish: 20 (1.04%)
Dutch: 15 (0.78%)
English: 331 (17.2%)
French (except Basque): 156 (8.11%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 334 (17.36%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 220 (11.43%)
Italian: 134 (6.96%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 78 (4.05%)
Polish: 51 (2.65%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 17 (0.88%)
Scotch-Irish: 55 (2.86%)
Scottish: 25 (1.3%)
Slovak: 7 (0.36%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 43 (2.23%)
Swiss: 55 (2.86%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.42%)
United States or American: 90 (4.68%)
Welsh: 15 (0.78%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 425 (22.09%)

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