Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0659514, place: Rancho Palos Verdes city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,760 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 701 (6.51%)
Kindergarten: 625 (5.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,774 (44.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,285 (21.24%)
College or graduate school: 2,375 (22.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 30,023 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 331 (1.1%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 939 (3.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,575 (11.91%)
Some college, no degree: 5,686 (18.94%)
Associate degree: 2,082 (6.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 9,537 (31.77%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7,873 (26.22%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 58%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 33,496 (100%)
Never married: 6,073 (18.13%)
Now married, except separated: 22,802 (68.07%)
Separated: 284 (0.85%)
Total Widowed: 2,060 (6.15%)
Widowed Female: 1,672 (4.99%)
Total Divorced: 2,277 (6.8%)
Divorced Female: 1,421 (4.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 566 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 95 (16.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 31,858 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,441 (13.94%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,573 (100%)
--With a disability: 408 (4.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 23,185 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,520 (10.87%)
----Percent employed: 70.6%
--No disability: 20,665 (89.13%)
----Percent employed: 71.5%
Population 65 years and over: 7,570 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,158 (28.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 39,504 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 24,006 (60.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,794 (34.92%)
--Same county: 10,249 (25.94%)
--Different county: 3,545 (8.97%)
----Same state: 1,230 (3.11%)
----Different state: 2,315 (5.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,704 (4.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 41,301 (100%)
Native: 30,214 (73.16%)
--Born in United States: 29,756 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,019 (41.21%)
----Different state: 12,737 (30.84%)
--Born outside United States: 458 (1.11%)
Foreign born: 11,087 (26.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,298 (7.99%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6,450 (15.62%)
--Not a citizen: 4,637 (11.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11,087 (100%)
Europe: 2,062 (18.6%)
Asia: 7,824 (70.57%)
Africa: 216 (1.95%)
Oceania: 44 (0.4%)
Latin America: 637 (5.75%)
Northern America: 304 (2.74%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 39,504 (100%)
English only: 26,809 (67.86%)
Language other than English: 12,695 (32.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,842 (12.26%)
--Spanish: 1,530 (3.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 402 (1.02%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,319 (8.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 813 (2.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7,586 (19.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,541 (8.96%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 41,301 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 48,611% (117.7%)
Arab: 382 (0.92%)
Czech: 259 (0.63%)
Danish: 399 (0.97%)
Dutch: 634 (1.54%)
English: 4,963 (12.02%)
French (except Basque): 1,138 (2.76%)
French Canadian: 166 (0.4%)
German: 4,774 (11.56%)
Greek: 325 (0.79%)
Hungarian: 397 (0.96%)
Irish: 3,782 (9.16%)
Italian: 2,786 (6.75%)
Lithuanian: 157 (0.38%)
Norwegian: 866 (2.1%)
Polish: 1,079 (2.61%)
Portuguese: 107 (0.26%)
Russian: 946 (2.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 751 (1.82%)
Scottish: 881 (2.13%)
Slovak: 84 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 167 (0.4%)
Swedish: 850 (2.06%)
Swiss: 298 (0.72%)
Ukrainian: 134 (0.32%)
United States or American: 1,784 (4.32%)
Welsh: 390 (0.94%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 58 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 20,054 (48.56%)

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