General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0669000, place: Santa Ana city, California)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 106,607 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3,406 (3.19%)
Kindergarten: 6,926 (6.5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 53,959 (50.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 24,343 (22.83%)
College or graduate school: 17,973 (16.86%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 178,745 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 64,870 (36.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 36,605 (20.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 28,610 (16.01%)
Some college, no degree: 24,931 (13.95%)
Associate degree: 7,313 (4.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 11,418 (6.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,998 (2.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 43.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 238,293 (100%)
Never married: 82,185 (34.49%)
Now married, except separated: 126,622 (53.14%)
Separated: 7,786 (3.27%)
Total Widowed: 8,608 (3.61%)
Widowed Female: 6,854 (2.88%)
Total Divorced: 13,092 (5.49%)
Divorced Female: 7,728 (3.24%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13,926 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3,204 (23.01%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 222,332 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 9,270 (4.17%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 98,194 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,910 (8.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 183,872 (100%)
--With a disability: 49,575 (26.96%)
----Percent employed: 54.2%
--No disability: 134,297 (73.04%)
----Percent employed: 64.6%
Population 65 years and over: 17,374 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,220 (47.31%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 302,982 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 142,953 (47.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 135,216 (44.63%)
--Same county: 118,926 (39.25%)
--Different county: 16,290 (5.38%)
----Same state: 12,034 (3.97%)
----Different state: 4,256 (1.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 24,813 (8.19%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 337,512 (100%)
Native: 157,579 (46.69%)
--Born in United States: 154,974 (100%)
----State of residence: 130,426 (38.64%)
----Different state: 24,548 (7.27%)
--Born outside United States: 2,605 (0.77%)
Foreign born: 179,933 (53.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 75,772 (22.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 42,269 (12.52%)
--Not a citizen: 137,664 (40.79%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 179,933 (100%)
Europe: 1,508 (0.84%)
Asia: 23,554 (13.09%)
Africa: 251 (0.14%)
Oceania: 373 (0.21%)
Latin America: 153,731 (85.44%)
Northern America: 516 (0.29%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 302,982 (100%)
English only: 61,679 (20.36%)
Language other than English: 241,303 (79.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 156,692 (51.72%)
--Spanish: 211,276 (69.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 138,187 (45.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,918 (0.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 956 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 26,433 (8.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17,234 (5.69%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 337,512 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 304,467% (90.21%)
Arab: 465 (0.14%)
Czech: 369 (0.11%)
Danish: 440 (0.13%)
Dutch: 1,062 (0.31%)
English: 5,860 (1.74%)
French (except Basque): 2,138 (0.63%)
French Canadian: 410 (0.12%)
German: 7,893 (2.34%)
Greek: 274 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 362 (0.11%)
Irish: 5,848 (1.73%)
Italian: 3,239 (0.96%)
Lithuanian: 192 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 1,253 (0.37%)
Polish: 1,404 (0.42%)
Portuguese: 281 (0.08%)
Russian: 636 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,282 (0.38%)
Scottish: 1,357 (0.4%)
Slovak: 71 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 467 (0.14%)
Swedish: 993 (0.29%)
Swiss: 230 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 75 (0.02%)
United States or American: 5,832 (1.73%)
Welsh: 377 (0.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 246 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 261,411 (77.45%)
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