Pico Rivera, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0656924, place: Pico Rivera city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 19,948 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,240 (6.22%)
Kindergarten: 1,253 (6.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 9,029 (45.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,836 (24.24%)
College or graduate school: 3,590 (18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 37,044 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 8,384 (22.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 8,251 (22.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,644 (26.03%)
Some college, no degree: 6,406 (17.29%)
Associate degree: 1,731 (4.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,897 (5.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 731 (1.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 55.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 46,836 (100%)
Never married: 15,204 (32.46%)
Now married, except separated: 24,054 (51.36%)
Separated: 1,251 (2.67%)
Total Widowed: 3,014 (6.44%)
Widowed Female: 2,426 (5.18%)
Total Divorced: 3,313 (7.07%)
Divorced Female: 1,842 (3.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,798 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 695 (18.3%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 43,542 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,485 (8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 17,412 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,460 (8.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 33,401 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,500 (25.45%)
----Percent employed: 60.5%
--No disability: 24,901 (74.55%)
----Percent employed: 64.3%
Population 65 years and over: 6,915 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,107 (44.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 58,084 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 37,374 (64.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 19,036 (32.77%)
--Same county: 17,545 (30.21%)
--Different county: 1,491 (2.57%)
----Same state: 1,051 (1.81%)
----Different state: 440 (0.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,674 (2.88%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 63,151 (100%)
Native: 41,768 (66.14%)
--Born in United States: 41,262 (100%)
----State of residence: 36,058 (57.1%)
----Different state: 5,204 (8.24%)
--Born outside United States: 506 (0.8%)
Foreign born: 21,383 (33.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,229 (8.28%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8,827 (13.98%)
--Not a citizen: 12,556 (19.88%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 21,383 (100%)
Europe: 180 (0.84%)
Asia: 1,138 (5.32%)
Africa: 78 (0.36%)
Oceania: 83 (0.39%)
Latin America: 19,859 (92.87%)
Northern America: 45 (0.21%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 58,084 (100%)
English only: 15,914 (27.4%)
Language other than English: 42,170 (72.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17,582 (30.27%)
--Spanish: 40,281 (69.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16,895 (29.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 589 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 184 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,123 (1.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 445 (0.77%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 63,151 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 60,071% (95.12%)
Arab: 188 (0.3%)
Czech: 29 (0.05%)
Danish: 56 (0.09%)
Dutch: 97 (0.15%)
English: 646 (1.02%)
French (except Basque): 396 (0.63%)
French Canadian: 40 (0.06%)
German: 951 (1.51%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 28 (0.04%)
Irish: 859 (1.36%)
Italian: 569 (0.9%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 64 (0.1%)
Polish: 140 (0.22%)
Portuguese: 18 (0.03%)
Russian: 62 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 112 (0.18%)
Scottish: 72 (0.11%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 34 (0.05%)
Swedish: 95 (0.15%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 863 (1.37%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.01%)
Other ancestries: 54,745 (86.69%)

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