San Rafael, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0668364, place: San Rafael city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 12,317 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 913 (7.41%)
Kindergarten: 673 (5.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,991 (40.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,270 (18.43%)
College or graduate school: 3,470 (28.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 40,684 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,574 (8.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,631 (6.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,802 (14.26%)
Some college, no degree: 8,643 (21.24%)
Associate degree: 2,294 (5.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 10,845 (26.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6,895 (16.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 43.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 46,924 (100%)
Never married: 14,599 (31.11%)
Now married, except separated: 22,543 (48.04%)
Separated: 919 (1.96%)
Total Widowed: 3,246 (6.92%)
Widowed Female: 2,749 (5.86%)
Total Divorced: 5,617 (11.97%)
Divorced Female: 3,496 (7.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 604 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 153 (25.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 45,277 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,382 (9.68%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,253 (100%)
--With a disability: 974 (10.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 35,295 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,857 (19.43%)
----Percent employed: 54.9%
--No disability: 28,438 (80.57%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 7,134 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,533 (35.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 52,799 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 26,772 (50.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 21,854 (41.39%)
--Same county: 12,913 (24.46%)
--Different county: 8,941 (16.93%)
----Same state: 6,515 (12.34%)
----Different state: 2,426 (4.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,173 (7.9%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 56,132 (100%)
Native: 40,386 (71.95%)
--Born in United States: 39,797 (100%)
----State of residence: 23,341 (41.58%)
----Different state: 16,456 (29.32%)
--Born outside United States: 589 (1.05%)
Foreign born: 15,746 (28.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8,389 (14.95%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,633 (8.25%)
--Not a citizen: 11,113 (19.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15,746 (100%)
Europe: 2,400 (15.24%)
Asia: 2,982 (18.94%)
Africa: 190 (1.21%)
Oceania: 128 (0.81%)
Latin America: 9,690 (61.54%)
Northern America: 356 (2.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 52,799 (100%)
English only: 35,417 (67.08%)
Language other than English: 17,382 (32.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10,273 (19.46%)
--Spanish: 11,176 (21.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,993 (15.14%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,617 (6.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,143 (2.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,229 (4.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,080 (2.05%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 56,132 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 64,577% (115.04%)
Arab: 444 (0.79%)
Czech: 320 (0.57%)
Danish: 585 (1.04%)
Dutch: 898 (1.6%)
English: 6,234 (11.11%)
French (except Basque): 2,137 (3.81%)
French Canadian: 255 (0.45%)
German: 6,884 (12.26%)
Greek: 363 (0.65%)
Hungarian: 354 (0.63%)
Irish: 7,562 (13.47%)
Italian: 4,454 (7.93%)
Lithuanian: 205 (0.37%)
Norwegian: 1,109 (1.98%)
Polish: 1,228 (2.19%)
Portuguese: 445 (0.79%)
Russian: 1,698 (3.03%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,191 (2.12%)
Scottish: 1,572 (2.8%)
Slovak: 101 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 186 (0.33%)
Swedish: 1,209 (2.15%)
Swiss: 313 (0.56%)
Ukrainian: 232 (0.41%)
United States or American: 1,302 (2.32%)
Welsh: 416 (0.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 259 (0.46%)
Other ancestries: 22,621 (40.3%)

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