Santa Maria, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0669196, place: Santa Maria city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 22,269 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 976 (4.38%)
Kindergarten: 1,685 (7.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 10,915 (49.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,687 (21.05%)
College or graduate school: 4,006 (17.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 43,768 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 10,507 (24.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,553 (14.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,963 (22.76%)
Some college, no degree: 9,300 (21.25%)
Associate degree: 2,624 (6%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,366 (7.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,455 (3.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 56,556 (100%)
Never married: 15,697 (27.75%)
Now married, except separated: 31,314 (55.37%)
Separated: 1,375 (2.43%)
Total Widowed: 3,450 (6.1%)
Widowed Female: 2,786 (4.93%)
Total Divorced: 4,720 (8.35%)
Divorced Female: 2,899 (5.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,613 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 648 (24.8%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 52,856 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,878 (11.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 21,075 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,868 (8.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 39,615 (100%)
--With a disability: 10,743 (27.12%)
----Percent employed: 56.3%
--No disability: 28,872 (72.88%)
----Percent employed: 71.9%
Population 65 years and over: 8,095 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,631 (44.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 70,334 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 32,151 (45.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 33,959 (48.28%)
--Same county: 25,744 (36.6%)
--Different county: 8,215 (11.68%)
----Same state: 6,145 (8.74%)
----Different state: 2,070 (2.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,224 (6.01%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 77,113 (100%)
Native: 52,466 (68.04%)
--Born in United States: 51,731 (100%)
----State of residence: 38,406 (49.8%)
----Different state: 13,325 (17.28%)
--Born outside United States: 735 (0.95%)
Foreign born: 24,647 (31.96%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11,044 (14.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,854 (7.59%)
--Not a citizen: 18,793 (24.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 24,647 (100%)
Europe: 708 (2.87%)
Asia: 2,503 (10.16%)
Africa: 17 (0.07%)
Oceania: 28 (0.11%)
Latin America: 21,205 (86.03%)
Northern America: 186 (0.75%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 70,334 (100%)
English only: 34,040 (48.4%)
Language other than English: 36,294 (51.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21,837 (31.05%)
--Spanish: 32,433 (46.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20,080 (28.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 908 (1.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 197 (0.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,571 (3.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,279 (1.82%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 77,113 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 74,976% (97.23%)
Arab: 86 (0.11%)
Czech: 213 (0.28%)
Danish: 572 (0.74%)
Dutch: 560 (0.73%)
English: 3,757 (4.87%)
French (except Basque): 1,220 (1.58%)
French Canadian: 242 (0.31%)
German: 4,986 (6.47%)
Greek: 83 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 174 (0.23%)
Irish: 4,143 (5.37%)
Italian: 2,060 (2.67%)
Lithuanian: 78 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 680 (0.88%)
Polish: 545 (0.71%)
Portuguese: 1,202 (1.56%)
Russian: 215 (0.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 512 (0.66%)
Scottish: 616 (0.8%)
Slovak: 13 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 162 (0.21%)
Swedish: 629 (0.82%)
Swiss: 371 (0.48%)
Ukrainian: 56 (0.07%)
United States or American: 1,972 (2.56%)
Welsh: 375 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 48 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 49,406 (64.07%)

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