Oakland, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0653000, place: Oakland city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 114,457 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7,054 (6.16%)
Kindergarten: 6,002 (5.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 47,555 (41.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 22,602 (19.75%)
College or graduate school: 31,244 (27.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 261,402 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 34,762 (13.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 33,335 (12.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 46,164 (17.66%)
Some college, no degree: 51,942 (19.87%)
Associate degree: 14,422 (5.52%)
Bachelor's degree: 47,077 (18.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 33,700 (12.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 314,479 (100%)
Never married: 123,606 (39.31%)
Now married, except separated: 126,568 (40.25%)
Separated: 10,748 (3.42%)
Total Widowed: 20,002 (6.36%)
Widowed Female: 16,040 (5.1%)
Total Divorced: 33,555 (10.67%)
Divorced Female: 20,094 (6.39%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11,773 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4,079 (34.65%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 299,998 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 24,209 (8.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 87,050 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,393 (8.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 241,004 (100%)
--With a disability: 56,909 (23.61%)
----Percent employed: 51%
--No disability: 184,095 (76.39%)
----Percent employed: 71.9%
Population 65 years and over: 40,715 (100%)
--With a disability: 20,150 (49.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 371,551 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 191,504 (51.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 158,913 (42.77%)
--Same county: 101,381 (27.29%)
--Different county: 57,532 (15.48%)
----Same state: 39,844 (10.72%)
----Different state: 17,688 (4.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 21,134 (5.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 399,477 (100%)
Native: 293,361 (73.44%)
--Born in United States: 289,029 (100%)
----State of residence: 188,308 (47.14%)
----Different state: 100,721 (25.21%)
--Born outside United States: 4,332 (1.08%)
Foreign born: 106,116 (26.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 46,805 (11.72%)
--Naturalized citizen: 37,783 (9.46%)
--Not a citizen: 68,333 (17.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 106,116 (100%)
Europe: 5,612 (5.29%)
Asia: 43,874 (41.35%)
Africa: 3,494 (3.29%)
Oceania: 1,120 (1.06%)
Latin America: 50,823 (47.89%)
Northern America: 1,193 (1.12%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 371,551 (100%)
English only: 234,737 (63.18%)
Language other than English: 136,814 (36.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 82,731 (22.27%)
--Spanish: 71,645 (19.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44,407 (11.95%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9,782 (2.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,924 (0.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 50,759 (13.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33,922 (9.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 399,477 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 395,336% (98.96%)
Arab: 1,031 (0.26%)
Czech: 1,103 (0.28%)
Danish: 1,453 (0.36%)
Dutch: 2,145 (0.54%)
English: 15,991 (4%)
French (except Basque): 5,312 (1.33%)
French Canadian: 838 (0.21%)
German: 19,451 (4.87%)
Greek: 1,122 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 1,137 (0.28%)
Irish: 17,172 (4.3%)
Italian: 8,835 (2.21%)
Lithuanian: 685 (0.17%)
Norwegian: 2,655 (0.66%)
Polish: 4,112 (1.03%)
Portuguese: 2,489 (0.62%)
Russian: 4,760 (1.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,689 (0.67%)
Scottish: 4,547 (1.14%)
Slovak: 275 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 10,683 (2.67%)
Swedish: 3,117 (0.78%)
Swiss: 899 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 649 (0.16%)
United States or American: 5,073 (1.27%)
Welsh: 1,579 (0.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,670 (0.42%)
Other ancestries: 273,864 (68.56%)

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