Pismo Beach, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0657414, place: Pismo Beach city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,688 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 87 (5.15%)
Kindergarten: 73 (4.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 600 (35.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 304 (18.01%)
College or graduate school: 624 (36.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,651 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 166 (2.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 371 (5.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,211 (18.21%)
Some college, no degree: 1,818 (27.33%)
Associate degree: 615 (9.25%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,544 (23.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 926 (13.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,421 (100%)
Never married: 1,671 (22.52%)
Now married, except separated: 3,975 (53.56%)
Separated: 97 (1.31%)
Total Widowed: 705 (9.5%)
Widowed Female: 568 (7.65%)
Total Divorced: 973 (13.11%)
Divorced Female: 548 (7.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 26 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (38.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,220 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,437 (19.9%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,183 (100%)
--With a disability: 56 (4.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,933 (100%)
--With a disability: 571 (11.58%)
----Percent employed: 55.5%
--No disability: 4,362 (88.42%)
----Percent employed: 74.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,081 (100%)
--With a disability: 618 (29.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,197 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,902 (47.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,152 (50.65%)
--Same county: 1,641 (20.02%)
--Different county: 2,511 (30.63%)
----Same state: 1,979 (24.14%)
----Different state: 532 (6.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 143 (1.74%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,537 (100%)
Native: 7,859 (92.06%)
--Born in United States: 7,765 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,605 (53.94%)
----Different state: 3,160 (37.02%)
--Born outside United States: 94 (1.1%)
Foreign born: 678 (7.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 145 (1.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 371 (4.35%)
--Not a citizen: 307 (3.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 678 (100%)
Europe: 331 (48.82%)
Asia: 110 (16.22%)
Africa: 24 (3.54%)
Oceania: 23 (3.39%)
Latin America: 125 (18.44%)
Northern America: 65 (9.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,197 (100%)
English only: 7,337 (89.51%)
Language other than English: 860 (10.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 268 (3.27%)
--Spanish: 374 (4.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 130 (1.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 388 (4.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (1.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 98 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.54%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,537 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,303% (120.69%)
Arab: 44 (0.52%)
Czech: 49 (0.57%)
Danish: 194 (2.27%)
Dutch: 279 (3.27%)
English: 1,470 (17.22%)
French (except Basque): 270 (3.16%)
French Canadian: 39 (0.46%)
German: 1,503 (17.61%)
Greek: 129 (1.51%)
Hungarian: 29 (0.34%)
Irish: 1,174 (13.75%)
Italian: 884 (10.35%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 373 (4.37%)
Polish: 218 (2.55%)
Portuguese: 222 (2.6%)
Russian: 102 (1.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 262 (3.07%)
Scottish: 332 (3.89%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 24 (0.28%)
Swedish: 245 (2.87%)
Swiss: 89 (1.04%)
Ukrainian: 35 (0.41%)
United States or American: 257 (3.01%)
Welsh: 136 (1.59%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,936 (22.68%)

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