Redwood City, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0660102, place: Redwood City city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 18,553 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,502 (8.1%)
Kindergarten: 844 (4.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,981 (43.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,303 (17.8%)
College or graduate school: 4,923 (26.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 51,677 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,474 (8.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,359 (8.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,053 (17.52%)
Some college, no degree: 11,685 (22.61%)
Associate degree: 3,669 (7.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 11,181 (21.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7,256 (14.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 60,306 (100%)
Never married: 18,055 (29.94%)
Now married, except separated: 31,720 (52.6%)
Separated: 1,258 (2.09%)
Total Widowed: 3,167 (5.25%)
Widowed Female: 2,598 (4.31%)
Total Divorced: 6,106 (10.13%)
Divorced Female: 3,613 (5.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,265 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 362 (28.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 58,003 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,965 (8.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 14,165 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,124 (7.94%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 46,991 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,073 (15.05%)
----Percent employed: 66.1%
--No disability: 39,918 (84.95%)
----Percent employed: 81.3%
Population 65 years and over: 7,178 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,667 (37.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 69,828 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 34,242 (49.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 30,928 (44.29%)
--Same county: 19,216 (27.52%)
--Different county: 11,712 (16.77%)
----Same state: 8,395 (12.02%)
----Different state: 3,317 (4.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,658 (6.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 75,447 (100%)
Native: 52,776 (69.95%)
--Born in United States: 51,986 (100%)
----State of residence: 36,992 (49.03%)
----Different state: 14,994 (19.87%)
--Born outside United States: 790 (1.05%)
Foreign born: 22,671 (30.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9,810 (13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7,730 (10.25%)
--Not a citizen: 14,941 (19.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 22,671 (100%)
Europe: 2,955 (13.03%)
Asia: 5,026 (22.17%)
Africa: 160 (0.71%)
Oceania: 431 (1.9%)
Latin America: 13,625 (60.1%)
Northern America: 474 (2.09%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 69,828 (100%)
English only: 42,306 (60.59%)
Language other than English: 27,522 (39.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14,098 (20.19%)
--Spanish: 18,684 (26.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11,130 (15.94%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,196 (6.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,143 (1.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,086 (5.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,591 (2.28%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 75,447 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 84,975% (112.63%)
Arab: 557 (0.74%)
Czech: 243 (0.32%)
Danish: 672 (0.89%)
Dutch: 810 (1.07%)
English: 5,996 (7.95%)
French (except Basque): 2,436 (3.23%)
French Canadian: 319 (0.42%)
German: 8,853 (11.73%)
Greek: 571 (0.76%)
Hungarian: 319 (0.42%)
Irish: 7,867 (10.43%)
Italian: 6,450 (8.55%)
Lithuanian: 138 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 1,230 (1.63%)
Polish: 1,358 (1.8%)
Portuguese: 889 (1.18%)
Russian: 1,140 (1.51%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,206 (1.6%)
Scottish: 1,411 (1.87%)
Slovak: 64 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 184 (0.24%)
Swedish: 1,275 (1.69%)
Swiss: 499 (0.66%)
Ukrainian: 177 (0.23%)
United States or American: 1,884 (2.5%)
Welsh: 388 (0.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 98 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 37,941 (50.29%)

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