Shafter, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0671106, place: Shafter city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,058 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 198 (4.88%)
Kindergarten: 258 (6.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,142 (52.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,045 (25.75%)
College or graduate school: 415 (10.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,594 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,134 (32.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,338 (20.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,572 (23.84%)
Some college, no degree: 1,037 (15.73%)
Associate degree: 143 (2.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 222 (3.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 148 (2.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 47.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,758 (100%)
Never married: 2,464 (28.13%)
Now married, except separated: 5,030 (57.43%)
Separated: 290 (3.31%)
Total Widowed: 567 (6.47%)
Widowed Female: 402 (4.59%)
Total Divorced: 407 (4.65%)
Divorced Female: 179 (2.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 418 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 164 (39.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,030 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 575 (7.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,065 (100%)
--With a disability: 352 (8.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,812 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,504 (25.88%)
----Percent employed: 30.7%
--No disability: 4,308 (74.12%)
----Percent employed: 59.1%
Population 65 years and over: 965 (100%)
--With a disability: 507 (52.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,402 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,942 (43.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,784 (50.73%)
--Same county: 4,751 (41.67%)
--Different county: 1,033 (9.06%)
----Same state: 907 (7.95%)
----Different state: 126 (1.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 676 (5.93%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,757 (100%)
Native: 9,187 (72.02%)
--Born in United States: 8,981 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,123 (55.84%)
----Different state: 1,858 (14.56%)
--Born outside United States: 206 (1.61%)
Foreign born: 3,570 (27.98%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,477 (11.58%)
--Naturalized citizen: 873 (6.84%)
--Not a citizen: 2,697 (21.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,570 (100%)
Europe: 32 (0.9%)
Asia: 27 (0.76%)
Africa: 17 (0.48%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,474 (97.31%)
Northern America: 20 (0.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,402 (100%)
English only: 4,678 (41.03%)
Language other than English: 6,724 (58.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,634 (31.87%)
--Spanish: 6,509 (57.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,560 (31.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 134 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (0.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 56 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,757 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,289% (80.65%)
Arab: 35 (0.27%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 120 (0.94%)
English: 407 (3.19%)
French (except Basque): 58 (0.45%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 601 (4.71%)
Greek: 6 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 224 (1.76%)
Italian: 22 (0.17%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.11%)
Polish: 15 (0.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 39 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 64 (0.5%)
Scottish: 29 (0.23%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 15 (0.12%)
Swedish: 50 (0.39%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 486 (3.81%)
Welsh: 7 (0.05%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 8,088 (63.4%)

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