Santa Cruz, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0669112, place: Santa Cruz city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 19,089 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 743 (3.89%)
Kindergarten: 462 (2.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,198 (21.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,258 (11.83%)
College or graduate school: 11,428 (59.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 33,896 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,868 (5.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,825 (5.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,913 (14.49%)
Some college, no degree: 7,791 (22.99%)
Associate degree: 2,453 (7.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 9,116 (26.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,930 (17.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 44.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 46,537 (100%)
Never married: 21,012 (45.15%)
Now married, except separated: 17,635 (37.89%)
Separated: 814 (1.75%)
Total Widowed: 1,900 (4.08%)
Widowed Female: 1,568 (3.37%)
Total Divorced: 5,176 (11.12%)
Divorced Female: 2,980 (6.4%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 526 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 144 (27.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 44,950 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,667 (8.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 12,236 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,074 (8.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 34,510 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,965 (14.39%)
----Percent employed: 54.6%
--No disability: 29,545 (85.61%)
----Percent employed: 79.4%
Population 65 years and over: 4,555 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,775 (38.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 51,678 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 20,942 (40.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 28,610 (55.36%)
--Same county: 13,453 (26.03%)
--Different county: 15,157 (29.33%)
----Same state: 11,389 (22.04%)
----Different state: 3,768 (7.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,126 (4.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 54,364 (100%)
Native: 46,139 (84.87%)
--Born in United States: 45,286 (100%)
----State of residence: 30,138 (55.44%)
----Different state: 15,148 (27.86%)
--Born outside United States: 853 (1.57%)
Foreign born: 8,225 (15.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,575 (6.58%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,518 (4.63%)
--Not a citizen: 5,707 (10.5%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8,225 (100%)
Europe: 1,756 (21.35%)
Asia: 1,773 (21.56%)
Africa: 84 (1.02%)
Oceania: 77 (0.94%)
Latin America: 4,266 (51.87%)
Northern America: 269 (3.27%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 51,678 (100%)
English only: 40,149 (77.69%)
Language other than English: 11,529 (22.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,721 (9.14%)
--Spanish: 7,336 (14.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,732 (7.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,466 (4.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 415 (0.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,446 (2.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 537 (1.04%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 54,364 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 64,159% (118.02%)
Arab: 304 (0.56%)
Czech: 250 (0.46%)
Danish: 726 (1.34%)
Dutch: 1,017 (1.87%)
English: 6,461 (11.88%)
French (except Basque): 1,953 (3.59%)
French Canadian: 392 (0.72%)
German: 7,708 (14.18%)
Greek: 348 (0.64%)
Hungarian: 354 (0.65%)
Irish: 7,038 (12.95%)
Italian: 4,764 (8.76%)
Lithuanian: 155 (0.29%)
Norwegian: 1,145 (2.11%)
Polish: 1,570 (2.89%)
Portuguese: 1,126 (2.07%)
Russian: 1,471 (2.71%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,084 (1.99%)
Scottish: 1,956 (3.6%)
Slovak: 46 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 199 (0.37%)
Swedish: 1,132 (2.08%)
Swiss: 394 (0.72%)
Ukrainian: 176 (0.32%)
United States or American: 1,414 (2.6%)
Welsh: 661 (1.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 125 (0.23%)
Other ancestries: 20,190 (37.14%)

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