Orinda, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0654232, place: Orinda city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,830 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 400 (8.28%)
Kindergarten: 213 (4.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,327 (48.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,066 (22.07%)
College or graduate school: 824 (17.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,359 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 39 (0.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 236 (1.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 680 (5.5%)
Some college, no degree: 1,568 (12.69%)
Associate degree: 702 (5.68%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,892 (39.58%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,242 (34.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 73.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,825 (100%)
Never married: 2,184 (15.8%)
Now married, except separated: 9,840 (71.18%)
Separated: 102 (0.74%)
Total Widowed: 824 (5.96%)
Widowed Female: 665 (4.81%)
Total Divorced: 875 (6.33%)
Divorced Female: 553 (4%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 107 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (21.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,999 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,921 (14.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,914 (100%)
--With a disability: 340 (8.69%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,398 (100%)
--With a disability: 834 (8.87%)
----Percent employed: 61.5%
--No disability: 8,564 (91.13%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 3,164 (100%)
--With a disability: 707 (22.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,528 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,136 (67.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,060 (30.61%)
--Same county: 2,451 (14.83%)
--Different county: 2,609 (15.79%)
----Same state: 2,111 (12.77%)
----Different state: 498 (3.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 332 (2.01%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,446 (100%)
Native: 15,326 (87.85%)
--Born in United States: 15,056 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,600 (55.03%)
----Different state: 5,456 (31.27%)
--Born outside United States: 270 (1.55%)
Foreign born: 2,120 (12.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 375 (2.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,283 (7.35%)
--Not a citizen: 837 (4.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,120 (100%)
Europe: 587 (27.69%)
Asia: 963 (45.42%)
Africa: 113 (5.33%)
Oceania: 110 (5.19%)
Latin America: 198 (9.34%)
Northern America: 149 (7.03%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,528 (100%)
English only: 14,340 (86.76%)
Language other than English: 2,188 (13.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 550 (3.33%)
--Spanish: 481 (2.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (0.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 907 (5.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 236 (1.43%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 741 (4.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 233 (1.41%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,446 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,094% (126.64%)
Arab: 116 (0.66%)
Czech: 88 (0.5%)
Danish: 327 (1.87%)
Dutch: 342 (1.96%)
English: 3,124 (17.91%)
French (except Basque): 766 (4.39%)
French Canadian: 69 (0.4%)
German: 2,919 (16.73%)
Greek: 249 (1.43%)
Hungarian: 109 (0.62%)
Irish: 2,608 (14.95%)
Italian: 1,353 (7.76%)
Lithuanian: 83 (0.48%)
Norwegian: 464 (2.66%)
Polish: 451 (2.59%)
Portuguese: 155 (0.89%)
Russian: 466 (2.67%)
Scotch-Irish: 350 (2.01%)
Scottish: 712 (4.08%)
Slovak: 52 (0.3%)
Subsaharan African: 97 (0.56%)
Swedish: 632 (3.62%)
Swiss: 203 (1.16%)
Ukrainian: 52 (0.3%)
United States or American: 602 (3.45%)
Welsh: 286 (1.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 5,419 (31.06%)

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