General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0673108, place: South Lake Tahoe city, California)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,738 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 291 (4.32%)
Kindergarten: 399 (5.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,977 (44.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,323 (19.63%)
College or graduate school: 1,748 (25.94%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 15,011 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,175 (7.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,708 (11.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,400 (22.65%)
Some college, no degree: 4,859 (32.37%)
Associate degree: 1,071 (7.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,080 (13.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 718 (4.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 18,558 (100%)
Never married: 6,398 (34.48%)
Now married, except separated: 8,244 (44.42%)
Separated: 569 (3.07%)
Total Widowed: 826 (4.45%)
Widowed Female: 641 (3.45%)
Total Divorced: 2,521 (13.58%)
Divorced Female: 1,483 (7.99%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 659 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 244 (37.03%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 17,687 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,828 (10.34%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 5,454 (100%)
--With a disability: 551 (10.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,549 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,325 (22.85%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 11,224 (77.15%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,038 (100%)
--With a disability: 657 (32.24%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 22,151 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,096 (41.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,086 (54.56%)
--Same county: 7,032 (31.75%)
--Different county: 5,054 (22.82%)
----Same state: 3,173 (14.32%)
----Different state: 1,881 (8.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 969 (4.37%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 23,720 (100%)
Native: 18,406 (77.6%)
--Born in United States: 18,233 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,401 (52.28%)
----Different state: 5,832 (24.59%)
--Born outside United States: 173 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 5,314 (22.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,565 (10.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,251 (5.27%)
--Not a citizen: 4,063 (17.13%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 5,314 (100%)
Europe: 331 (6.23%)
Asia: 1,011 (19.03%)
Africa: 34 (0.64%)
Oceania: 10 (0.19%)
Latin America: 3,797 (71.45%)
Northern America: 131 (2.47%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 22,151 (100%)
English only: 15,484 (69.9%)
Language other than English: 6,667 (30.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,490 (15.76%)
--Spanish: 5,126 (23.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,817 (12.72%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 526 (2.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 132 (0.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 980 (4.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 536 (2.42%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 23,720 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 25,691% (108.31%)
Arab: 45 (0.19%)
Czech: 108 (0.46%)
Danish: 120 (0.51%)
Dutch: 305 (1.29%)
English: 2,558 (10.78%)
French (except Basque): 778 (3.28%)
French Canadian: 105 (0.44%)
German: 2,892 (12.19%)
Greek: 29 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 156 (0.66%)
Irish: 2,762 (11.64%)
Italian: 1,394 (5.88%)
Lithuanian: 53 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 420 (1.77%)
Polish: 406 (1.71%)
Portuguese: 248 (1.05%)
Russian: 263 (1.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 339 (1.43%)
Scottish: 629 (2.65%)
Slovak: 34 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.02%)
Swedish: 589 (2.48%)
Swiss: 134 (0.56%)
Ukrainian: 51 (0.22%)
United States or American: 1,235 (5.21%)
Welsh: 229 (0.97%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 9,805 (41.34%)
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