General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0665042, place: San Buenaventura (Ventura) city, California)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 28,444 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,734 (6.1%)
Kindergarten: 1,467 (5.16%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 11,744 (41.29%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6,005 (21.11%)
College or graduate school: 7,494 (26.35%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 67,718 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,861 (5.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,855 (8.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 13,217 (19.52%)
Some college, no degree: 18,611 (27.48%)
Associate degree: 6,367 (9.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 12,148 (17.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7,659 (11.31%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 79,931 (100%)
Never married: 20,634 (25.81%)
Now married, except separated: 42,120 (52.7%)
Separated: 1,502 (1.88%)
Total Widowed: 5,129 (6.42%)
Widowed Female: 4,150 (5.19%)
Total Divorced: 10,546 (13.19%)
Divorced Female: 6,172 (7.72%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,085 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 810 (38.85%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 75,679 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 10,178 (13.45%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 21,809 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,596 (7.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 58,765 (100%)
--With a disability: 10,243 (17.43%)
----Percent employed: 57.5%
--No disability: 48,522 (82.57%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 12,242 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,950 (40.43%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 94,381 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 44,948 (47.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 47,403 (50.23%)
--Same county: 30,456 (32.27%)
--Different county: 16,947 (17.96%)
----Same state: 11,956 (12.67%)
----Different state: 4,991 (5.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,030 (2.15%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 101,155 (100%)
Native: 87,989 (86.98%)
--Born in United States: 86,648 (100%)
----State of residence: 57,620 (56.96%)
----Different state: 29,028 (28.7%)
--Born outside United States: 1,341 (1.33%)
Foreign born: 13,166 (13.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,336 (4.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,610 (5.55%)
--Not a citizen: 7,556 (7.47%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 13,166 (100%)
Europe: 1,691 (12.84%)
Asia: 2,632 (19.99%)
Africa: 179 (1.36%)
Oceania: 90 (0.68%)
Latin America: 8,038 (61.05%)
Northern America: 536 (4.07%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 94,381 (100%)
English only: 74,086 (78.5%)
Language other than English: 20,295 (21.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,522 (9.03%)
--Spanish: 15,680 (16.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,934 (7.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,182 (2.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 541 (0.57%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,987 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 906 (0.96%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 101,155 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 116,251% (114.92%)
Arab: 561 (0.55%)
Czech: 647 (0.64%)
Danish: 980 (0.97%)
Dutch: 1,753 (1.73%)
English: 13,417 (13.26%)
French (except Basque): 3,912 (3.87%)
French Canadian: 801 (0.79%)
German: 16,176 (15.99%)
Greek: 469 (0.46%)
Hungarian: 557 (0.55%)
Irish: 12,955 (12.81%)
Italian: 4,719 (4.67%)
Lithuanian: 262 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 2,226 (2.2%)
Polish: 2,351 (2.32%)
Portuguese: 428 (0.42%)
Russian: 1,238 (1.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,309 (2.28%)
Scottish: 2,706 (2.68%)
Slovak: 82 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 229 (0.23%)
Swedish: 2,353 (2.33%)
Swiss: 347 (0.34%)
Ukrainian: 338 (0.33%)
United States or American: 4,211 (4.16%)
Welsh: 1,247 (1.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 73 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 38,904 (38.46%)
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