Oakley, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0653070, place: Oakley city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,484 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 516 (6.08%)
Kindergarten: 449 (5.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,356 (51.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,776 (20.93%)
College or graduate school: 1,387 (16.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,827 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 704 (4.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,554 (10.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,503 (30.37%)
Some college, no degree: 4,806 (32.41%)
Associate degree: 1,224 (8.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,574 (10.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 462 (3.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,135 (100%)
Never married: 4,071 (22.45%)
Now married, except separated: 11,630 (64.13%)
Separated: 281 (1.55%)
Total Widowed: 720 (3.97%)
Widowed Female: 560 (3.09%)
Total Divorced: 1,433 (7.9%)
Divorced Female: 765 (4.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 733 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 235 (32.06%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,804 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,060 (12.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,584 (100%)
--With a disability: 593 (7.82%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,346 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,343 (16.33%)
----Percent employed: 63.2%
--No disability: 12,003 (83.67%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,460 (100%)
--With a disability: 668 (45.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,395 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,502 (53.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,644 (45.5%)
--Same county: 6,829 (29.19%)
--Different county: 3,815 (16.31%)
----Same state: 3,081 (13.17%)
----Different state: 734 (3.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 249 (1.06%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,465 (100%)
Native: 23,008 (90.35%)
--Born in United States: 22,783 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,789 (69.86%)
----Different state: 4,994 (19.61%)
--Born outside United States: 225 (0.88%)
Foreign born: 2,457 (9.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 575 (2.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,263 (4.96%)
--Not a citizen: 1,194 (4.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,457 (100%)
Europe: 252 (10.26%)
Asia: 482 (19.62%)
Africa: 9 (0.37%)
Oceania: 14 (0.57%)
Latin America: 1,624 (66.1%)
Northern America: 76 (3.09%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,395 (100%)
English only: 19,035 (81.36%)
Language other than English: 4,360 (18.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,671 (7.14%)
--Spanish: 3,416 (14.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,363 (5.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 497 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 156 (0.67%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 439 (1.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 152 (0.65%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,465 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 29,030% (114%)
Arab: 50 (0.2%)
Czech: 71 (0.28%)
Danish: 205 (0.81%)
Dutch: 355 (1.39%)
English: 2,172 (8.53%)
French (except Basque): 1,044 (4.1%)
French Canadian: 176 (0.69%)
German: 3,312 (13.01%)
Greek: 56 (0.22%)
Hungarian: 32 (0.13%)
Irish: 3,109 (12.21%)
Italian: 2,469 (9.7%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 587 (2.31%)
Polish: 236 (0.93%)
Portuguese: 1,352 (5.31%)
Russian: 203 (0.8%)
Scotch-Irish: 520 (2.04%)
Scottish: 394 (1.55%)
Slovak: 24 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 14 (0.05%)
Swedish: 406 (1.59%)
Swiss: 200 (0.79%)
Ukrainian: 24 (0.09%)
United States or American: 1,407 (5.53%)
Welsh: 244 (0.96%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 10,335 (40.59%)

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