San Dimas, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0666070, place: San Dimas city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,754 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 569 (5.29%)
Kindergarten: 462 (4.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,362 (40.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,304 (21.42%)
College or graduate school: 3,057 (28.43%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 23,056 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 843 (3.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,090 (9.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,119 (17.87%)
Some college, no degree: 7,166 (31.08%)
Associate degree: 2,284 (9.91%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,434 (19.23%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,120 (9.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 27,642 (100%)
Never married: 6,909 (24.99%)
Now married, except separated: 15,444 (55.87%)
Separated: 537 (1.94%)
Total Widowed: 1,824 (6.6%)
Widowed Female: 1,524 (5.51%)
Total Divorced: 2,928 (10.59%)
Divorced Female: 1,759 (6.36%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,037 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 395 (38.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 26,039 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,266 (12.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,370 (100%)
--With a disability: 724 (8.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 20,297 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,508 (17.28%)
----Percent employed: 61.3%
--No disability: 16,789 (82.72%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 4,002 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,802 (45.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 33,019 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,525 (56.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,972 (42.32%)
--Same county: 10,763 (32.6%)
--Different county: 3,209 (9.72%)
----Same state: 2,131 (6.45%)
----Different state: 1,078 (3.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 522 (1.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 35,064 (100%)
Native: 29,647 (84.55%)
--Born in United States: 29,415 (100%)
----State of residence: 20,693 (59.01%)
----Different state: 8,722 (24.87%)
--Born outside United States: 232 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 5,417 (15.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 814 (2.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,756 (10.71%)
--Not a citizen: 1,661 (4.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,417 (100%)
Europe: 495 (9.14%)
Asia: 2,537 (46.83%)
Africa: 114 (2.1%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,010 (37.11%)
Northern America: 261 (4.82%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 33,019 (100%)
English only: 24,266 (73.49%)
Language other than English: 8,753 (26.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,675 (8.1%)
--Spanish: 4,812 (14.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,383 (4.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,435 (4.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 297 (0.9%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,048 (6.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 892 (2.7%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 35,064 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 40,152% (114.51%)
Arab: 505 (1.44%)
Czech: 190 (0.54%)
Danish: 341 (0.97%)
Dutch: 665 (1.9%)
English: 3,490 (9.95%)
French (except Basque): 947 (2.7%)
French Canadian: 244 (0.7%)
German: 4,827 (13.77%)
Greek: 261 (0.74%)
Hungarian: 258 (0.74%)
Irish: 4,031 (11.5%)
Italian: 2,770 (7.9%)
Lithuanian: 80 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 586 (1.67%)
Polish: 886 (2.53%)
Portuguese: 196 (0.56%)
Russian: 309 (0.88%)
Scotch-Irish: 545 (1.55%)
Scottish: 627 (1.79%)
Slovak: 34 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 167 (0.48%)
Swedish: 626 (1.79%)
Swiss: 145 (0.41%)
Ukrainian: 78 (0.22%)
United States or American: 1,700 (4.85%)
Welsh: 216 (0.62%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 129 (0.37%)
Other ancestries: 15,299 (43.63%)

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