Palmdale, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0655156, place: Palmdale city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 42,184 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,885 (4.47%)
Kindergarten: 2,242 (5.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 22,363 (53.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 9,397 (22.28%)
College or graduate school: 6,297 (14.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 63,006 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 6,065 (9.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 10,290 (16.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 15,695 (24.91%)
Some college, no degree: 18,125 (28.77%)
Associate degree: 4,441 (7.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,968 (9.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,422 (3.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 79,180 (100%)
Never married: 21,898 (27.66%)
Now married, except separated: 44,655 (56.4%)
Separated: 2,251 (2.84%)
Total Widowed: 3,225 (4.07%)
Widowed Female: 2,610 (3.3%)
Total Divorced: 7,151 (9.03%)
Divorced Female: 4,395 (5.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,548 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,522 (42.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 72,602 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 8,105 (11.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 38,304 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,915 (7.61%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 60,763 (100%)
--With a disability: 12,659 (20.83%)
----Percent employed: 50.3%
--No disability: 48,104 (79.17%)
----Percent employed: 69.7%
Population 65 years and over: 6,708 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,048 (45.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 105,886 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 49,136 (46.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 54,332 (51.31%)
--Same county: 45,142 (42.63%)
--Different county: 9,190 (8.68%)
----Same state: 5,030 (4.75%)
----Different state: 4,160 (3.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,418 (2.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 116,573 (100%)
Native: 93,499 (80.21%)
--Born in United States: 92,580 (100%)
----State of residence: 69,252 (59.41%)
----Different state: 23,328 (20.01%)
--Born outside United States: 919 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 23,074 (19.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,055 (5.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10,113 (8.68%)
--Not a citizen: 12,961 (11.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 23,074 (100%)
Europe: 1,179 (5.11%)
Asia: 3,780 (16.38%)
Africa: 401 (1.74%)
Oceania: 204 (0.88%)
Latin America: 17,291 (74.94%)
Northern America: 219 (0.95%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 105,886 (100%)
English only: 69,173 (65.33%)
Language other than English: 36,713 (34.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15,641 (14.77%)
--Spanish: 30,456 (28.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13,526 (12.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,343 (2.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 667 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3,144 (2.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,231 (1.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 116,573 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 121,311% (104.06%)
Arab: 597 (0.51%)
Czech: 498 (0.43%)
Danish: 850 (0.73%)
Dutch: 1,069 (0.92%)
English: 7,465 (6.4%)
French (except Basque): 2,577 (2.21%)
French Canadian: 420 (0.36%)
German: 10,406 (8.93%)
Greek: 556 (0.48%)
Hungarian: 527 (0.45%)
Irish: 8,072 (6.92%)
Italian: 5,145 (4.41%)
Lithuanian: 93 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 1,209 (1.04%)
Polish: 1,586 (1.36%)
Portuguese: 151 (0.13%)
Russian: 924 (0.79%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,087 (0.93%)
Scottish: 1,498 (1.29%)
Slovak: 41 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 1,045 (0.9%)
Swedish: 1,228 (1.05%)
Swiss: 112 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 75 (0.06%)
United States or American: 4,330 (3.71%)
Welsh: 437 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 386 (0.33%)
Other ancestries: 68,927 (59.13%)

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