Selma, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0670882, place: Selma city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,262 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 282 (4.5%)
Kindergarten: 319 (5.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,237 (51.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,331 (21.26%)
College or graduate school: 1,093 (17.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,739 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,666 (24.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,856 (17.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,437 (22.69%)
Some college, no degree: 2,189 (20.38%)
Associate degree: 728 (6.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 666 (6.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 197 (1.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 57.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,857 (100%)
Never married: 4,129 (29.8%)
Now married, except separated: 7,557 (54.54%)
Separated: 373 (2.69%)
Total Widowed: 885 (6.39%)
Widowed Female: 744 (5.37%)
Total Divorced: 913 (6.59%)
Divorced Female: 545 (3.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 761 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 259 (34.03%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,942 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 931 (7.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,711 (100%)
--With a disability: 421 (7.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,977 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,226 (22.31%)
----Percent employed: 53.1%
--No disability: 7,751 (77.69%)
----Percent employed: 64.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,868 (100%)
--With a disability: 924 (49.46%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,690 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,906 (56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,000 (39.57%)
--Same county: 6,024 (34.05%)
--Different county: 976 (5.52%)
----Same state: 852 (4.82%)
----Different state: 124 (0.7%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 784 (4.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 19,350 (100%)
Native: 14,655 (75.74%)
--Born in United States: 14,499 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,279 (63.46%)
----Different state: 2,220 (11.47%)
--Born outside United States: 156 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 4,695 (24.26%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,943 (10.04%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,368 (7.07%)
--Not a citizen: 3,327 (17.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,695 (100%)
Europe: 69 (1.47%)
Asia: 397 (8.46%)
Africa: 20 (0.43%)
Oceania: 18 (0.38%)
Latin America: 4,173 (88.88%)
Northern America: 18 (0.38%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,690 (100%)
English only: 7,856 (44.41%)
Language other than English: 9,834 (55.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,517 (25.53%)
--Spanish: 9,055 (51.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,248 (24.01%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 495 (2.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 216 (1.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 149 (0.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 19,350 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 18,156% (93.83%)
Arab: 107 (0.55%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 212 (1.1%)
Dutch: 294 (1.52%)
English: 740 (3.82%)
French (except Basque): 180 (0.93%)
French Canadian: 28 (0.14%)
German: 801 (4.14%)
Greek: 10 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 487 (2.52%)
Italian: 189 (0.98%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 77 (0.4%)
Polish: 35 (0.18%)
Portuguese: 179 (0.93%)
Russian: 25 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 114 (0.59%)
Scottish: 98 (0.51%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.05%)
Swedish: 162 (0.84%)
Swiss: 16 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 426 (2.2%)
Welsh: 36 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 13,922 (71.95%)

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