Paradise, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0655520, place: Paradise town, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,038 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 258 (4.27%)
Kindergarten: 224 (3.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,687 (44.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,587 (26.28%)
College or graduate school: 1,282 (21.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 19,368 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 543 (2.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,226 (11.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,182 (26.76%)
Some college, no degree: 6,169 (31.85%)
Associate degree: 1,490 (7.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,472 (12.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,286 (6.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,066 (100%)
Never married: 3,881 (17.59%)
Now married, except separated: 12,045 (54.59%)
Separated: 436 (1.98%)
Total Widowed: 2,716 (12.31%)
Widowed Female: 2,319 (10.51%)
Total Divorced: 2,988 (13.54%)
Divorced Female: 1,668 (7.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 268 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 88 (32.84%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 20,960 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,846 (18.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,070 (100%)
--With a disability: 523 (10.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,030 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,996 (22.99%)
----Percent employed: 45.1%
--No disability: 10,034 (77.01%)
----Percent employed: 74.3%
Population 65 years and over: 6,864 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,874 (41.87%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,270 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 13,680 (54.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,490 (45.47%)
--Same county: 6,685 (26.45%)
--Different county: 4,805 (19.01%)
----Same state: 3,823 (15.13%)
----Different state: 982 (3.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 100 (0.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,451 (100%)
Native: 25,460 (96.25%)
--Born in United States: 25,250 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,398 (61.99%)
----Different state: 8,852 (33.47%)
--Born outside United States: 210 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 991 (3.75%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 93 (0.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 682 (2.58%)
--Not a citizen: 309 (1.17%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 991 (100%)
Europe: 453 (45.71%)
Asia: 209 (21.09%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 20 (2.02%)
Latin America: 163 (16.45%)
Northern America: 146 (14.73%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,270 (100%)
English only: 23,901 (94.58%)
Language other than English: 1,369 (5.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 396 (1.57%)
--Spanish: 643 (2.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 214 (0.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 484 (1.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 99 (0.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 99 (0.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,451 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 30,168% (114.05%)
Arab: 90 (0.34%)
Czech: 180 (0.68%)
Danish: 438 (1.66%)
Dutch: 792 (2.99%)
English: 4,450 (16.82%)
French (except Basque): 1,165 (4.4%)
French Canadian: 209 (0.79%)
German: 5,113 (19.33%)
Greek: 118 (0.45%)
Hungarian: 306 (1.16%)
Irish: 3,256 (12.31%)
Italian: 1,545 (5.84%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 965 (3.65%)
Polish: 472 (1.78%)
Portuguese: 472 (1.78%)
Russian: 298 (1.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 876 (3.31%)
Scottish: 958 (3.62%)
Slovak: 21 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 974 (3.68%)
Swiss: 183 (0.69%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.03%)
United States or American: 2,010 (7.6%)
Welsh: 461 (1.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,794 (18.12%)

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