Norwalk, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0652526, place: Norwalk city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 33,920 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,693 (4.99%)
Kindergarten: 1,868 (5.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 15,729 (46.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 7,689 (22.67%)
College or graduate school: 6,941 (20.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 59,257 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 10,976 (18.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 10,942 (18.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 15,683 (26.47%)
Some college, no degree: 11,856 (20.01%)
Associate degree: 3,499 (5.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,799 (8.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,502 (2.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 75,282 (100%)
Never married: 23,919 (31.77%)
Now married, except separated: 39,516 (52.49%)
Separated: 2,063 (2.74%)
Total Widowed: 4,319 (5.74%)
Widowed Female: 3,574 (4.75%)
Total Divorced: 5,465 (7.26%)
Divorced Female: 3,293 (4.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5,624 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,667 (29.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 70,105 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,243 (7.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 28,882 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,077 (7.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 55,614 (100%)
--With a disability: 14,582 (26.22%)
----Percent employed: 54.2%
--No disability: 41,032 (73.78%)
----Percent employed: 67%
Population 65 years and over: 8,870 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,340 (48.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 94,380 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 53,010 (56.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 37,646 (39.89%)
--Same county: 33,100 (35.07%)
--Different county: 4,546 (4.82%)
----Same state: 3,461 (3.67%)
----Different state: 1,085 (1.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,724 (3.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 103,223 (100%)
Native: 65,642 (63.59%)
--Born in United States: 64,661 (100%)
----State of residence: 52,792 (51.14%)
----Different state: 11,869 (11.5%)
--Born outside United States: 981 (0.95%)
Foreign born: 37,581 (36.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10,868 (10.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14,845 (14.38%)
--Not a citizen: 22,736 (22.03%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 37,581 (100%)
Europe: 582 (1.55%)
Asia: 9,133 (24.3%)
Africa: 292 (0.78%)
Oceania: 136 (0.36%)
Latin America: 27,159 (72.27%)
Northern America: 279 (0.74%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 94,380 (100%)
English only: 36,265 (38.42%)
Language other than English: 58,115 (61.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29,354 (31.1%)
--Spanish: 46,949 (49.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23,926 (25.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,910 (2.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 643 (0.68%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8,932 (9.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,630 (4.91%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 103,223 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 101,011% (97.86%)
Arab: 220 (0.21%)
Czech: 178 (0.17%)
Danish: 304 (0.29%)
Dutch: 793 (0.77%)
English: 3,208 (3.11%)
French (except Basque): 1,178 (1.14%)
French Canadian: 235 (0.23%)
German: 4,496 (4.36%)
Greek: 177 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 215 (0.21%)
Irish: 3,063 (2.97%)
Italian: 1,587 (1.54%)
Lithuanian: 47 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 540 (0.52%)
Polish: 728 (0.71%)
Portuguese: 367 (0.36%)
Russian: 201 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 612 (0.59%)
Scottish: 465 (0.45%)
Slovak: 13 (0.01%)
Subsaharan African: 270 (0.26%)
Swedish: 408 (0.4%)
Swiss: 56 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 26 (0.03%)
United States or American: 2,312 (2.24%)
Welsh: 194 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 156 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 78,962 (76.5%)

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