Pleasanton, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0657792, place: Pleasanton city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 18,619 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,690 (9.08%)
Kindergarten: 1,061 (5.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 9,020 (48.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,517 (18.89%)
College or graduate school: 3,331 (17.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 42,370 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 588 (1.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,857 (4.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,228 (14.7%)
Some college, no degree: 9,963 (23.51%)
Associate degree: 3,704 (8.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 13,355 (31.52%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6,675 (15.75%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 47.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 48,375 (100%)
Never married: 10,114 (20.91%)
Now married, except separated: 31,247 (64.59%)
Separated: 577 (1.19%)
Total Widowed: 2,022 (4.18%)
Widowed Female: 1,676 (3.46%)
Total Divorced: 4,415 (9.13%)
Divorced Female: 2,621 (5.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 637 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 211 (33.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 45,755 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,955 (10.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 15,126 (100%)
--With a disability: 840 (5.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 39,332 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,966 (10.08%)
----Percent employed: 73.4%
--No disability: 35,366 (89.92%)
----Percent employed: 80%
Population 65 years and over: 4,576 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,632 (35.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 59,228 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 28,593 (48.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 28,428 (48%)
--Same county: 13,788 (23.28%)
--Different county: 14,640 (24.72%)
----Same state: 9,564 (16.15%)
----Different state: 5,076 (8.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,207 (3.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 63,569 (100%)
Native: 54,512 (85.75%)
--Born in United States: 53,809 (100%)
----State of residence: 34,444 (54.18%)
----Different state: 19,365 (30.46%)
--Born outside United States: 703 (1.11%)
Foreign born: 9,057 (14.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,702 (5.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,098 (6.45%)
--Not a citizen: 4,959 (7.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9,057 (100%)
Europe: 2,120 (23.41%)
Asia: 4,940 (54.54%)
Africa: 167 (1.84%)
Oceania: 149 (1.65%)
Latin America: 1,304 (14.4%)
Northern America: 377 (4.16%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 59,228 (100%)
English only: 48,899 (82.56%)
Language other than English: 10,329 (17.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,289 (5.55%)
--Spanish: 2,445 (4.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 935 (1.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,538 (5.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 568 (0.96%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,059 (6.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,688 (2.85%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 63,569 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 77,301% (121.6%)
Arab: 388 (0.61%)
Czech: 368 (0.58%)
Danish: 1,099 (1.73%)
Dutch: 1,294 (2.04%)
English: 7,799 (12.27%)
French (except Basque): 2,240 (3.52%)
French Canadian: 523 (0.82%)
German: 11,145 (17.53%)
Greek: 715 (1.12%)
Hungarian: 395 (0.62%)
Irish: 9,033 (14.21%)
Italian: 5,964 (9.38%)
Lithuanian: 102 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 1,537 (2.42%)
Polish: 1,582 (2.49%)
Portuguese: 2,335 (3.67%)
Russian: 732 (1.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,156 (1.82%)
Scottish: 1,750 (2.75%)
Slovak: 127 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 82 (0.13%)
Swedish: 1,918 (3.02%)
Swiss: 544 (0.86%)
Ukrainian: 207 (0.33%)
United States or American: 2,296 (3.61%)
Welsh: 650 (1.02%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 56 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 21,264 (33.45%)

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