Palos Verdes Estates, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0655380, place: Palos Verdes Estates city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,354 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 329 (9.81%)
Kindergarten: 115 (3.43%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,561 (46.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 770 (22.96%)
College or graduate school: 579 (17.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,716 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 75 (0.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 85 (0.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 720 (7.41%)
Some college, no degree: 1,369 (14.09%)
Associate degree: 583 (6%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,873 (39.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,011 (30.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 98.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 70.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,777 (100%)
Never married: 1,705 (15.82%)
Now married, except separated: 7,941 (73.68%)
Separated: 98 (0.91%)
Total Widowed: 559 (5.19%)
Widowed Female: 471 (4.37%)
Total Divorced: 474 (4.4%)
Divorced Female: 282 (2.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 158 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 35 (22.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,252 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,487 (14.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,710 (100%)
--With a disability: 116 (4.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,223 (100%)
--With a disability: 830 (11.49%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
--No disability: 6,393 (88.51%)
----Percent employed: 69.7%
Population 65 years and over: 2,676 (100%)
--With a disability: 530 (19.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,614 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,333 (66.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,997 (31.69%)
--Same county: 3,386 (26.84%)
--Different county: 611 (4.84%)
----Same state: 331 (2.62%)
----Different state: 280 (2.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 284 (2.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,340 (100%)
Native: 10,802 (80.97%)
--Born in United States: 10,714 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,021 (45.13%)
----Different state: 4,693 (35.18%)
--Born outside United States: 88 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 2,538 (19.03%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 566 (4.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,467 (11%)
--Not a citizen: 1,071 (8.03%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,538 (100%)
Europe: 475 (18.72%)
Asia: 1,610 (63.44%)
Africa: 13 (0.51%)
Oceania: 64 (2.52%)
Latin America: 210 (8.27%)
Northern America: 166 (6.54%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,614 (100%)
English only: 9,884 (78.36%)
Language other than English: 2,730 (21.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 863 (6.84%)
--Spanish: 326 (2.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 749 (5.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 107 (0.85%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,585 (12.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 650 (5.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,340 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,414% (123.04%)
Arab: 77 (0.58%)
Czech: 119 (0.89%)
Danish: 141 (1.06%)
Dutch: 137 (1.03%)
English: 2,708 (20.3%)
French (except Basque): 401 (3.01%)
French Canadian: 86 (0.64%)
German: 2,093 (15.69%)
Greek: 90 (0.67%)
Hungarian: 85 (0.64%)
Irish: 1,573 (11.79%)
Italian: 920 (6.9%)
Lithuanian: 86 (0.64%)
Norwegian: 267 (2%)
Polish: 372 (2.79%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.14%)
Russian: 469 (3.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 291 (2.18%)
Scottish: 527 (3.95%)
Slovak: 50 (0.37%)
Subsaharan African: 23 (0.17%)
Swedish: 296 (2.22%)
Swiss: 95 (0.71%)
Ukrainian: 30 (0.22%)
United States or American: 587 (4.4%)
Welsh: 132 (0.99%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 21 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 4,719 (35.37%)

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