General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0669084, place: Santa Clara city, California)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 27,405 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,521 (5.55%)
Kindergarten: 1,181 (4.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 8,566 (31.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,556 (16.62%)
College or graduate school: 11,581 (42.26%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 70,097 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,048 (5.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,139 (7.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,990 (17.1%)
Some college, no degree: 13,855 (19.77%)
Associate degree: 5,377 (7.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 18,076 (25.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11,612 (16.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 42.4%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 84,687 (100%)
Never married: 28,644 (33.82%)
Now married, except separated: 43,080 (50.87%)
Separated: 1,080 (1.28%)
Total Widowed: 4,415 (5.21%)
Widowed Female: 3,621 (4.28%)
Total Divorced: 7,468 (8.82%)
Divorced Female: 4,332 (5.12%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,272 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 589 (25.92%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 81,945 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 7,001 (8.54%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 19,071 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,254 (6.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 65,539 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,187 (14.02%)
----Percent employed: 64.8%
--No disability: 56,352 (85.98%)
----Percent employed: 78.5%
Population 65 years and over: 10,480 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,474 (42.69%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 95,589 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 43,674 (45.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 40,122 (41.97%)
--Same county: 24,897 (26.05%)
--Different county: 15,225 (15.93%)
----Same state: 8,593 (8.99%)
----Different state: 6,632 (6.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11,793 (12.34%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 102,104 (100%)
Native: 66,410 (65.04%)
--Born in United States: 65,039 (100%)
----State of residence: 43,138 (42.25%)
----Different state: 21,901 (21.45%)
--Born outside United States: 1,371 (1.34%)
Foreign born: 35,694 (34.96%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 20,060 (19.65%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13,057 (12.79%)
--Not a citizen: 22,637 (22.17%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 35,689 (100%)
Europe: 4,714 (13.21%)
Asia: 23,459 (65.73%)
Africa: 819 (2.29%)
Oceania: 343 (0.96%)
Latin America: 5,566 (15.6%)
Northern America: 788 (2.21%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 95,589 (100%)
English only: 55,086 (57.63%)
Language other than English: 40,503 (42.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17,314 (18.11%)
--Spanish: 9,765 (10.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,447 (4.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11,343 (11.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,723 (3.89%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 18,021 (18.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,692 (9.09%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 102,104 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 111,588% (109.29%)
Arab: 1,104 (1.08%)
Czech: 405 (0.4%)
Danish: 764 (0.75%)
Dutch: 1,106 (1.08%)
English: 7,272 (7.12%)
French (except Basque): 2,581 (2.53%)
French Canadian: 554 (0.54%)
German: 10,178 (9.97%)
Greek: 418 (0.41%)
Hungarian: 366 (0.36%)
Irish: 7,732 (7.57%)
Italian: 5,874 (5.75%)
Lithuanian: 189 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 1,218 (1.19%)
Polish: 1,506 (1.47%)
Portuguese: 3,959 (3.88%)
Russian: 1,010 (0.99%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,016 (1%)
Scottish: 1,620 (1.59%)
Slovak: 91 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 618 (0.61%)
Swedish: 1,299 (1.27%)
Swiss: 354 (0.35%)
Ukrainian: 247 (0.24%)
United States or American: 3,112 (3.05%)
Welsh: 499 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 116 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 56,380 (55.22%)
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