Sacramento, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0664000, place: Sacramento city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 124,551 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5,922 (4.75%)
Kindergarten: 6,457 (5.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 52,885 (42.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 25,235 (20.26%)
College or graduate school: 34,052 (27.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 254,921 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 26,823 (10.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 31,031 (12.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 54,716 (21.46%)
Some college, no degree: 60,641 (23.79%)
Associate degree: 20,668 (8.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 39,609 (15.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 21,433 (8.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 313,240 (100%)
Never married: 104,554 (33.38%)
Now married, except separated: 139,523 (44.54%)
Separated: 9,801 (3.13%)
Total Widowed: 21,292 (6.8%)
Widowed Female: 17,189 (5.49%)
Total Divorced: 38,070 (12.15%)
Divorced Female: 22,434 (7.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10,948 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4,103 (37.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 296,002 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 34,764 (11.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 98,968 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,857 (8.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 229,378 (100%)
--With a disability: 55,173 (24.05%)
----Percent employed: 47.8%
--No disability: 174,205 (75.95%)
----Percent employed: 73.2%
Population 65 years and over: 44,909 (100%)
--With a disability: 20,600 (45.87%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 378,678 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 184,142 (48.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 180,273 (47.61%)
--Same county: 123,593 (32.64%)
--Different county: 56,680 (14.97%)
----Same state: 42,806 (11.3%)
----Different state: 13,874 (3.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14,263 (3.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 407,075 (100%)
Native: 324,459 (79.7%)
--Born in United States: 319,572 (100%)
----State of residence: 229,913 (56.48%)
----Different state: 89,659 (22.03%)
--Born outside United States: 4,887 (1.2%)
Foreign born: 82,616 (20.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 34,246 (8.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 34,257 (8.42%)
--Not a citizen: 48,359 (11.88%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 82,616 (100%)
Europe: 8,204 (9.93%)
Asia: 40,253 (48.72%)
Africa: 1,051 (1.27%)
Oceania: 4,181 (5.06%)
Latin America: 28,092 (34%)
Northern America: 835 (1.01%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 378,678 (100%)
English only: 255,173 (67.39%)
Language other than English: 123,505 (32.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62,816 (16.59%)
--Spanish: 54,611 (14.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24,967 (6.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18,785 (4.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,216 (2.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 48,427 (12.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29,078 (7.68%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 407,075 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 422,088% (103.69%)
Arab: 1,372 (0.34%)
Czech: 1,105 (0.27%)
Danish: 2,069 (0.51%)
Dutch: 3,823 (0.94%)
English: 25,698 (6.31%)
French (except Basque): 8,389 (2.06%)
French Canadian: 1,230 (0.3%)
German: 34,198 (8.4%)
Greek: 2,203 (0.54%)
Hungarian: 985 (0.24%)
Irish: 27,859 (6.84%)
Italian: 15,643 (3.84%)
Lithuanian: 430 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 4,601 (1.13%)
Polish: 3,313 (0.81%)
Portuguese: 5,414 (1.33%)
Russian: 4,140 (1.02%)
Scotch-Irish: 4,605 (1.13%)
Scottish: 5,248 (1.29%)
Slovak: 193 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 4,494 (1.1%)
Swedish: 4,317 (1.06%)
Swiss: 1,375 (0.34%)
Ukrainian: 2,287 (0.56%)
United States or American: 12,801 (3.14%)
Welsh: 2,080 (0.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 682 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 241,534 (59.33%)

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