Paramount, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0655618, place: Paramount city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 19,113 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,006 (5.26%)
Kindergarten: 1,627 (8.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 9,202 (48.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,109 (21.5%)
College or graduate school: 3,169 (16.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 28,128 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 8,324 (29.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,739 (20.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,837 (20.75%)
Some college, no degree: 4,879 (17.35%)
Associate degree: 1,383 (4.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,197 (4.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 769 (2.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 50%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 37,562 (100%)
Never married: 13,641 (36.32%)
Now married, except separated: 17,974 (47.85%)
Separated: 1,617 (4.3%)
Total Widowed: 1,683 (4.48%)
Widowed Female: 1,463 (3.89%)
Total Divorced: 2,647 (7.05%)
Divorced Female: 1,493 (3.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,335 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 464 (19.87%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 34,874 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,786 (5.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 17,008 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,384 (8.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 29,286 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,587 (25.91%)
----Percent employed: 51.2%
--No disability: 21,699 (74.09%)
----Percent employed: 60.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,688 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,418 (52.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 49,287 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 23,615 (47.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 23,494 (47.67%)
--Same county: 21,081 (42.77%)
--Different county: 2,413 (4.9%)
----Same state: 1,854 (3.76%)
----Different state: 559 (1.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,178 (4.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 55,319 (100%)
Native: 32,858 (59.4%)
--Born in United States: 32,405 (100%)
----State of residence: 27,064 (48.92%)
----Different state: 5,341 (9.65%)
--Born outside United States: 453 (0.82%)
Foreign born: 22,461 (40.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7,170 (12.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,840 (10.56%)
--Not a citizen: 16,621 (30.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 22,461 (100%)
Europe: 94 (0.42%)
Asia: 1,414 (6.3%)
Africa: 134 (0.6%)
Oceania: 168 (0.75%)
Latin America: 20,641 (91.9%)
Northern America: 10 (0.04%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 49,287 (100%)
English only: 13,897 (28.2%)
Language other than English: 35,390 (71.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20,008 (40.59%)
--Spanish: 32,996 (66.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18,795 (38.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 347 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 133 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,906 (3.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,049 (2.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 55,319 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 51,921% (93.86%)
Arab: 57 (0.1%)
Czech: 42 (0.08%)
Danish: 25 (0.05%)
Dutch: 275 (0.5%)
English: 564 (1.02%)
French (except Basque): 250 (0.45%)
French Canadian: 50 (0.09%)
German: 1,126 (2.04%)
Greek: 45 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 917 (1.66%)
Italian: 320 (0.58%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 180 (0.33%)
Polish: 107 (0.19%)
Portuguese: 21 (0.04%)
Russian: 27 (0.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 112 (0.2%)
Scottish: 131 (0.24%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 428 (0.77%)
Swedish: 142 (0.26%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 989 (1.79%)
Welsh: 54 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 247 (0.45%)
Other ancestries: 45,812 (82.81%)

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