Redding, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0659920, place: Redding city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 23,017 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,480 (6.43%)
Kindergarten: 1,291 (5.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 9,703 (42.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,171 (22.47%)
College or graduate school: 5,372 (23.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 52,101 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,241 (4.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,453 (10.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 13,269 (25.47%)
Some college, no degree: 15,900 (30.52%)
Associate degree: 5,115 (9.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,926 (13.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,197 (6.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 63,774 (100%)
Never married: 14,735 (23.11%)
Now married, except separated: 33,165 (52%)
Separated: 1,524 (2.39%)
Total Widowed: 4,992 (7.83%)
Widowed Female: 4,070 (6.38%)
Total Divorced: 9,358 (14.67%)
Divorced Female: 5,461 (8.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,340 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 609 (45.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 59,907 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 9,617 (16.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 19,476 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,541 (7.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 43,140 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,273 (21.5%)
----Percent employed: 41.3%
--No disability: 33,867 (78.5%)
----Percent employed: 77%
Population 65 years and over: 12,115 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,555 (45.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 75,872 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 32,334 (42.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 42,609 (56.16%)
--Same county: 26,412 (34.81%)
--Different county: 16,197 (21.35%)
----Same state: 11,133 (14.67%)
----Different state: 5,064 (6.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 929 (1.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 81,198 (100%)
Native: 77,089 (94.94%)
--Born in United States: 76,365 (100%)
----State of residence: 51,881 (63.89%)
----Different state: 24,484 (30.15%)
--Born outside United States: 724 (0.89%)
Foreign born: 4,109 (5.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,229 (1.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,788 (2.2%)
--Not a citizen: 2,321 (2.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,109 (100%)
Europe: 680 (16.55%)
Asia: 2,043 (49.72%)
Africa: 23 (0.56%)
Oceania: 62 (1.51%)
Latin America: 780 (18.98%)
Northern America: 521 (12.68%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 75,872 (100%)
English only: 70,115 (92.41%)
Language other than English: 5,757 (7.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,146 (2.83%)
--Spanish: 2,351 (3.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 709 (0.93%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,147 (1.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 268 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,203 (2.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,162 (1.53%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 81,198 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 86,756% (106.84%)
Arab: 223 (0.27%)
Czech: 657 (0.81%)
Danish: 943 (1.16%)
Dutch: 1,785 (2.2%)
English: 11,403 (14.04%)
French (except Basque): 3,395 (4.18%)
French Canadian: 705 (0.87%)
German: 14,261 (17.56%)
Greek: 257 (0.32%)
Hungarian: 282 (0.35%)
Irish: 11,108 (13.68%)
Italian: 4,188 (5.16%)
Lithuanian: 153 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 1,884 (2.32%)
Polish: 1,119 (1.38%)
Portuguese: 1,451 (1.79%)
Russian: 458 (0.56%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,702 (2.1%)
Scottish: 2,079 (2.56%)
Slovak: 78 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (0.02%)
Swedish: 1,996 (2.46%)
Swiss: 296 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 98 (0.12%)
United States or American: 5,626 (6.93%)
Welsh: 939 (1.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 31 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 19,621 (24.16%)

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