San Luis Obispo, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0668154, place: San Luis Obispo city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 20,809 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 532 (2.56%)
Kindergarten: 377 (1.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,831 (13.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,473 (7.08%)
College or graduate school: 15,596 (74.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 23,220 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 816 (3.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,253 (5.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,521 (15.16%)
Some college, no degree: 5,789 (24.93%)
Associate degree: 2,344 (10.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,949 (25.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,548 (15.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 39,030 (100%)
Never married: 19,449 (49.83%)
Now married, except separated: 13,665 (35.01%)
Separated: 530 (1.36%)
Total Widowed: 2,030 (5.2%)
Widowed Female: 1,655 (4.24%)
Total Divorced: 3,356 (8.6%)
Divorced Female: 2,088 (5.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 183 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 72 (39.34%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 37,879 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,402 (8.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,068 (100%)
--With a disability: 725 (6.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 25,986 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,322 (12.78%)
----Percent employed: 55.7%
--No disability: 22,664 (87.22%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
Population 65 years and over: 5,120 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,999 (39.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 42,551 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,248 (33.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 27,391 (64.37%)
--Same county: 10,159 (23.87%)
--Different county: 17,232 (40.5%)
----Same state: 14,940 (35.11%)
----Different state: 2,292 (5.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 912 (2.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 44,148 (100%)
Native: 39,934 (90.45%)
--Born in United States: 39,315 (100%)
----State of residence: 28,366 (64.25%)
----Different state: 10,949 (24.8%)
--Born outside United States: 619 (1.4%)
Foreign born: 4,214 (9.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,506 (3.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,902 (4.31%)
--Not a citizen: 2,312 (5.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,214 (100%)
Europe: 862 (20.46%)
Asia: 1,526 (36.21%)
Africa: 80 (1.9%)
Oceania: 29 (0.69%)
Latin America: 1,445 (34.29%)
Northern America: 272 (6.45%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 42,551 (100%)
English only: 36,637 (86.1%)
Language other than English: 5,914 (13.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,765 (4.15%)
--Spanish: 3,104 (7.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 900 (2.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,329 (3.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 228 (0.54%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,307 (3.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 594 (1.4%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 44,148 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 51,209% (115.99%)
Arab: 261 (0.59%)
Czech: 322 (0.73%)
Danish: 518 (1.17%)
Dutch: 932 (2.11%)
English: 5,696 (12.9%)
French (except Basque): 1,931 (4.37%)
French Canadian: 229 (0.52%)
German: 7,708 (17.46%)
Greek: 158 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 249 (0.56%)
Irish: 5,960 (13.5%)
Italian: 3,285 (7.44%)
Lithuanian: 80 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 1,152 (2.61%)
Polish: 704 (1.59%)
Portuguese: 992 (2.25%)
Russian: 608 (1.38%)
Scotch-Irish: 922 (2.09%)
Scottish: 1,497 (3.39%)
Slovak: 45 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 200 (0.45%)
Swedish: 1,081 (2.45%)
Swiss: 723 (1.64%)
Ukrainian: 96 (0.22%)
United States or American: 2,049 (4.64%)
Welsh: 508 (1.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 28 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 13,275 (30.07%)

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