Ross, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0662980, place: Ross town, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 676 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 63 (9.32%)
Kindergarten: 39 (5.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 370 (54.73%)
High school (grades 9-12): 102 (15.09%)
College or graduate school: 102 (15.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,527 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 44 (2.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 80 (5.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 83 (5.44%)
Some college, no degree: 113 (7.4%)
Associate degree: 77 (5.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 572 (37.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 558 (36.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 74%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,692 (100%)
Never married: 433 (25.59%)
Now married, except separated: 1,056 (62.41%)
Separated: 7 (0.41%)
Total Widowed: 34 (2.01%)
Widowed Female: 34 (2.01%)
Total Divorced: 162 (9.57%)
Divorced Female: 138 (8.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (52.63%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,616 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 157 (9.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 541 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,275 (100%)
--With a disability: 249 (19.53%)
----Percent employed: 47.8%
--No disability: 1,026 (80.47%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
Population 65 years and over: 298 (100%)
--With a disability: 65 (21.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,114 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,540 (72.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 553 (26.16%)
--Same county: 186 (8.8%)
--Different county: 367 (17.36%)
----Same state: 259 (12.25%)
----Different state: 108 (5.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 21 (0.99%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,310 (100%)
Native: 2,145 (92.86%)
--Born in United States: 2,112 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,344 (58.18%)
----Different state: 768 (33.25%)
--Born outside United States: 33 (1.43%)
Foreign born: 165 (7.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 24 (1.04%)
--Naturalized citizen: 122 (5.28%)
--Not a citizen: 43 (1.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 165 (100%)
Europe: 56 (33.94%)
Asia: 19 (11.52%)
Africa: 22 (13.33%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 29 (17.58%)
Northern America: 39 (23.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,114 (100%)
English only: 1,902 (89.97%)
Language other than English: 212 (10.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (2.03%)
--Spanish: 103 (4.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (1.8%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 65 (3.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,310 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,353% (101.86%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 36 (1.56%)
Danish: 7 (0.3%)
Dutch: 43 (1.86%)
English: 388 (16.8%)
French (except Basque): 70 (3.03%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.3%)
German: 212 (9.18%)
Greek: 26 (1.13%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.65%)
Irish: 299 (12.94%)
Italian: 138 (5.97%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 58 (2.51%)
Polish: 20 (0.87%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 107 (4.63%)
Scotch-Irish: 41 (1.77%)
Scottish: 83 (3.59%)
Slovak: 6 (0.26%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.43%)
Swedish: 47 (2.03%)
Swiss: 38 (1.65%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 150 (6.49%)
Welsh: 11 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 536 (23.2%)

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