Ridgecrest, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0660704, place: Ridgecrest city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,150 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 411 (5.04%)
Kindergarten: 459 (5.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,588 (44.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,641 (20.13%)
College or graduate school: 2,051 (25.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,702 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 580 (3.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,400 (8.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,689 (23.49%)
Some college, no degree: 4,415 (28.12%)
Associate degree: 1,788 (11.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,492 (15.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,338 (8.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,108 (100%)
Never married: 4,222 (22.1%)
Now married, except separated: 10,825 (56.65%)
Separated: 488 (2.55%)
Total Widowed: 1,264 (6.62%)
Widowed Female: 965 (5.05%)
Total Divorced: 2,309 (12.08%)
Divorced Female: 1,242 (6.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 506 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 300 (59.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,239 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,536 (20.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,567 (100%)
--With a disability: 627 (9.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,422 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,844 (21.19%)
----Percent employed: 59.8%
--No disability: 10,578 (78.81%)
----Percent employed: 74.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,714 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,151 (42.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,435 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,493 (49.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,362 (48.48%)
--Same county: 6,662 (28.43%)
--Different county: 4,700 (20.06%)
----Same state: 2,594 (11.07%)
----Different state: 2,106 (8.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 580 (2.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,195 (100%)
Native: 23,444 (93.05%)
--Born in United States: 23,046 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,233 (48.55%)
----Different state: 10,813 (42.92%)
--Born outside United States: 398 (1.58%)
Foreign born: 1,751 (6.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 585 (2.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 721 (2.86%)
--Not a citizen: 1,030 (4.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,751 (100%)
Europe: 167 (9.54%)
Asia: 602 (34.38%)
Africa: 49 (2.8%)
Oceania: 12 (0.69%)
Latin America: 830 (47.4%)
Northern America: 91 (5.2%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,435 (100%)
English only: 20,496 (87.46%)
Language other than English: 2,939 (12.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,287 (5.49%)
--Spanish: 1,908 (8.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 872 (3.72%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 328 (1.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 110 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 630 (2.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 291 (1.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,195 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,217% (108.03%)
Arab: 35 (0.14%)
Czech: 80 (0.32%)
Danish: 309 (1.23%)
Dutch: 732 (2.91%)
English: 3,595 (14.27%)
French (except Basque): 894 (3.55%)
French Canadian: 242 (0.96%)
German: 4,437 (17.61%)
Greek: 98 (0.39%)
Hungarian: 50 (0.2%)
Irish: 2,866 (11.38%)
Italian: 939 (3.73%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 800 (3.18%)
Polish: 419 (1.66%)
Portuguese: 140 (0.56%)
Russian: 99 (0.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 455 (1.81%)
Scottish: 543 (2.16%)
Slovak: 14 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 53 (0.21%)
Swedish: 467 (1.85%)
Swiss: 53 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 38 (0.15%)
United States or American: 1,815 (7.2%)
Welsh: 245 (0.97%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 37 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 7,748 (30.75%)

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