Newark, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0650916, place: Newark city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 12,570 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 535 (4.26%)
Kindergarten: 649 (5.16%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,481 (43.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,803 (22.3%)
College or graduate school: 3,102 (24.68%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 26,582 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,618 (9.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,904 (10.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,184 (23.26%)
Some college, no degree: 6,532 (24.57%)
Associate degree: 1,913 (7.2%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,547 (17.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,884 (7.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 32,761 (100%)
Never married: 9,339 (28.51%)
Now married, except separated: 18,573 (56.69%)
Separated: 609 (1.86%)
Total Widowed: 1,534 (4.68%)
Widowed Female: 1,287 (3.93%)
Total Divorced: 2,706 (8.26%)
Divorced Female: 1,527 (4.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,616 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 421 (26.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 30,890 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,900 (9.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,584 (100%)
--With a disability: 714 (6.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 25,561 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,590 (17.96%)
----Percent employed: 62.2%
--No disability: 20,971 (82.04%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
Population 65 years and over: 3,391 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,393 (41.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 39,536 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 23,511 (59.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,132 (35.74%)
--Same county: 7,660 (19.37%)
--Different county: 6,472 (16.37%)
----Same state: 5,417 (13.7%)
----Different state: 1,055 (2.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,893 (4.79%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 42,471 (100%)
Native: 29,049 (68.4%)
--Born in United States: 28,509 (100%)
----State of residence: 21,666 (51.01%)
----Different state: 6,843 (16.11%)
--Born outside United States: 540 (1.27%)
Foreign born: 13,422 (31.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,102 (12.01%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,922 (13.94%)
--Not a citizen: 7,500 (17.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13,422 (100%)
Europe: 1,121 (8.35%)
Asia: 6,969 (51.92%)
Africa: 79 (0.59%)
Oceania: 309 (2.3%)
Latin America: 4,848 (36.12%)
Northern America: 96 (0.72%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 39,536 (100%)
English only: 21,809 (55.16%)
Language other than English: 17,727 (44.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,114 (20.52%)
--Spanish: 8,392 (21.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,880 (9.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,561 (9.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,373 (3.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5,573 (14.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,809 (7.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 42,471 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 45,376% (106.84%)
Arab: 79 (0.19%)
Czech: 127 (0.3%)
Danish: 258 (0.61%)
Dutch: 480 (1.13%)
English: 2,367 (5.57%)
French (except Basque): 829 (1.95%)
French Canadian: 135 (0.32%)
German: 3,753 (8.84%)
Greek: 116 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 110 (0.26%)
Irish: 3,202 (7.54%)
Italian: 1,660 (3.91%)
Lithuanian: 33 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 505 (1.19%)
Polish: 430 (1.01%)
Portuguese: 2,008 (4.73%)
Russian: 221 (0.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 373 (0.88%)
Scottish: 710 (1.67%)
Slovak: 5 (0.01%)
Subsaharan African: 157 (0.37%)
Swedish: 515 (1.21%)
Swiss: 183 (0.43%)
Ukrainian: 77 (0.18%)
United States or American: 1,151 (2.71%)
Welsh: 182 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 25,691 (60.49%)

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