Placentia, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0657526, place: Placentia city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 14,320 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 794 (5.54%)
Kindergarten: 782 (5.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,866 (40.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,892 (20.2%)
College or graduate school: 3,986 (27.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 29,970 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,749 (9.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,799 (9.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,326 (17.77%)
Some college, no degree: 7,310 (24.39%)
Associate degree: 2,410 (8.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,188 (20.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,188 (10.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 31.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 36,373 (100%)
Never married: 9,795 (26.93%)
Now married, except separated: 21,088 (57.98%)
Separated: 662 (1.82%)
Total Widowed: 1,848 (5.08%)
Widowed Female: 1,575 (4.33%)
Total Divorced: 2,980 (8.19%)
Divorced Female: 1,767 (4.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,317 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 443 (33.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 34,291 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,592 (10.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,353 (100%)
--With a disability: 606 (5.34%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 28,018 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,517 (12.55%)
----Percent employed: 61.4%
--No disability: 24,501 (87.45%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 4,210 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,475 (35.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 43,717 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 21,901 (50.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 19,770 (45.22%)
--Same county: 14,383 (32.9%)
--Different county: 5,387 (12.32%)
----Same state: 4,133 (9.45%)
----Different state: 1,254 (2.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,046 (4.68%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 47,099 (100%)
Native: 35,545 (75.47%)
--Born in United States: 34,967 (100%)
----State of residence: 24,160 (51.3%)
----Different state: 10,807 (22.95%)
--Born outside United States: 578 (1.23%)
Foreign born: 11,554 (24.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,233 (8.99%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,599 (9.76%)
--Not a citizen: 6,955 (14.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11,554 (100%)
Europe: 874 (7.56%)
Asia: 3,910 (33.84%)
Africa: 102 (0.88%)
Oceania: 57 (0.49%)
Latin America: 6,329 (54.78%)
Northern America: 282 (2.44%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 43,717 (100%)
English only: 28,177 (64.45%)
Language other than English: 15,540 (35.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,725 (17.67%)
--Spanish: 10,167 (23.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,576 (12.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,696 (3.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 497 (1.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3,417 (7.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,582 (3.62%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 47,099 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 52,728% (111.95%)
Arab: 252 (0.54%)
Czech: 279 (0.59%)
Danish: 377 (0.8%)
Dutch: 620 (1.32%)
English: 5,184 (11.01%)
French (except Basque): 1,229 (2.61%)
French Canadian: 279 (0.59%)
German: 6,728 (14.28%)
Greek: 112 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 170 (0.36%)
Irish: 4,510 (9.58%)
Italian: 2,184 (4.64%)
Lithuanian: 132 (0.28%)
Norwegian: 849 (1.8%)
Polish: 988 (2.1%)
Portuguese: 218 (0.46%)
Russian: 396 (0.84%)
Scotch-Irish: 608 (1.29%)
Scottish: 800 (1.7%)
Slovak: 97 (0.21%)
Subsaharan African: 64 (0.14%)
Swedish: 888 (1.89%)
Swiss: 107 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 99 (0.21%)
United States or American: 1,407 (2.99%)
Welsh: 178 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 34 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 23,939 (50.83%)

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