General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0670098, place: Santa Rosa city, California)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 40,052 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,215 (5.53%)
Kindergarten: 2,205 (5.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 16,130 (40.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 8,809 (21.99%)
College or graduate school: 10,693 (26.7%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 97,503 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7,049 (7.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 8,342 (8.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 20,069 (20.58%)
Some college, no degree: 25,984 (26.65%)
Associate degree: 9,131 (9.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 18,018 (18.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8,910 (9.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.6%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 118,168 (100%)
Never married: 33,279 (28.16%)
Now married, except separated: 58,988 (49.92%)
Separated: 2,231 (1.89%)
Total Widowed: 8,623 (7.3%)
Widowed Female: 6,928 (5.86%)
Total Divorced: 15,047 (12.73%)
Divorced Female: 9,272 (7.85%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,438 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 723 (29.66%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 111,641 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 14,867 (13.32%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 32,856 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,430 (7.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 84,196 (100%)
--With a disability: 16,086 (19.11%)
----Percent employed: 60.2%
--No disability: 68,110 (80.89%)
----Percent employed: 80.3%
Population 65 years and over: 19,662 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,624 (38.78%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 138,333 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 64,976 (46.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 68,449 (49.48%)
--Same county: 47,387 (34.26%)
--Different county: 21,062 (15.23%)
----Same state: 14,964 (10.82%)
----Different state: 6,098 (4.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,908 (3.55%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 147,532 (100%)
Native: 123,517 (83.72%)
--Born in United States: 122,140 (100%)
----State of residence: 86,128 (58.38%)
----Different state: 36,012 (24.41%)
--Born outside United States: 1,377 (0.93%)
Foreign born: 24,015 (16.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10,884 (7.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7,472 (5.06%)
--Not a citizen: 16,543 (11.21%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 24,009 (100%)
Europe: 2,993 (12.47%)
Asia: 4,625 (19.26%)
Africa: 738 (3.07%)
Oceania: 169 (0.7%)
Latin America: 14,630 (60.94%)
Northern America: 854 (3.56%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 138,333 (100%)
English only: 107,677 (77.84%)
Language other than English: 30,656 (22.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15,676 (11.33%)
--Spanish: 20,801 (15.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12,018 (8.69%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,491 (3.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,170 (0.85%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,308 (3.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,120 (1.53%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 147,532 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 168,998% (114.55%)
Arab: 344 (0.23%)
Czech: 862 (0.58%)
Danish: 2,108 (1.43%)
Dutch: 2,767 (1.88%)
English: 18,380 (12.46%)
French (except Basque): 5,762 (3.91%)
French Canadian: 960 (0.65%)
German: 22,672 (15.37%)
Greek: 648 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 649 (0.44%)
Irish: 19,098 (12.94%)
Italian: 12,445 (8.44%)
Lithuanian: 383 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 3,943 (2.67%)
Polish: 2,726 (1.85%)
Portuguese: 2,387 (1.62%)
Russian: 1,944 (1.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 3,049 (2.07%)
Scottish: 4,007 (2.72%)
Slovak: 102 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 1,169 (0.79%)
Swedish: 3,302 (2.24%)
Swiss: 974 (0.66%)
Ukrainian: 300 (0.2%)
United States or American: 5,179 (3.51%)
Welsh: 1,552 (1.05%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 200 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 51,086 (34.63%)
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