Pacifica, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0654806, place: Pacifica city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,714 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 619 (5.78%)
Kindergarten: 450 (4.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,498 (41.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,100 (19.6%)
College or graduate school: 3,047 (28.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 26,438 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 839 (3.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,410 (5.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,649 (21.37%)
Some college, no degree: 7,229 (27.34%)
Associate degree: 2,370 (8.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,207 (23.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,734 (10.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 30,975 (100%)
Never married: 8,985 (29.01%)
Now married, except separated: 16,722 (53.99%)
Separated: 514 (1.66%)
Total Widowed: 1,647 (5.32%)
Widowed Female: 1,344 (4.34%)
Total Divorced: 3,107 (10.03%)
Divorced Female: 1,783 (5.76%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,006 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 294 (29.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 29,486 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,407 (11.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,137 (100%)
--With a disability: 530 (6.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 24,434 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,483 (14.25%)
----Percent employed: 68.1%
--No disability: 20,951 (85.75%)
----Percent employed: 82.5%
Population 65 years and over: 3,719 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,449 (38.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 36,442 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 22,473 (61.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,121 (36.01%)
--Same county: 6,400 (17.56%)
--Different county: 6,721 (18.44%)
----Same state: 5,106 (14.01%)
----Different state: 1,615 (4.43%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 848 (2.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 38,413 (100%)
Native: 31,244 (81.34%)
--Born in United States: 30,481 (100%)
----State of residence: 22,274 (57.99%)
----Different state: 8,207 (21.37%)
--Born outside United States: 763 (1.99%)
Foreign born: 7,169 (18.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,981 (5.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,404 (11.46%)
--Not a citizen: 2,765 (7.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,169 (100%)
Europe: 1,240 (17.3%)
Asia: 3,794 (52.92%)
Africa: 75 (1.05%)
Oceania: 189 (2.64%)
Latin America: 1,672 (23.32%)
Northern America: 199 (2.78%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 36,442 (100%)
English only: 27,550 (75.6%)
Language other than English: 8,892 (24.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,754 (7.56%)
--Spanish: 3,075 (8.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 997 (2.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,529 (4.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 401 (1.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,065 (11.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,284 (3.52%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 38,413 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 47,287% (123.1%)
Arab: 382 (0.99%)
Czech: 227 (0.59%)
Danish: 463 (1.21%)
Dutch: 539 (1.4%)
English: 3,918 (10.2%)
French (except Basque): 1,345 (3.5%)
French Canadian: 190 (0.49%)
German: 5,225 (13.6%)
Greek: 358 (0.93%)
Hungarian: 214 (0.56%)
Irish: 6,140 (15.98%)
Italian: 4,264 (11.1%)
Lithuanian: 126 (0.33%)
Norwegian: 756 (1.97%)
Polish: 664 (1.73%)
Portuguese: 524 (1.36%)
Russian: 887 (2.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 871 (2.27%)
Scottish: 927 (2.41%)
Slovak: 64 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 106 (0.28%)
Swedish: 795 (2.07%)
Swiss: 268 (0.7%)
Ukrainian: 204 (0.53%)
United States or American: 986 (2.57%)
Welsh: 336 (0.87%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 59 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 16,449 (42.82%)

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