South Whittier, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0673430, place: South Whittier CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 18,215 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 928 (5.09%)
Kindergarten: 1,106 (6.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 8,927 (49.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,740 (20.53%)
College or graduate school: 3,514 (19.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 31,067 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5,235 (16.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,493 (17.68%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,490 (27.33%)
Some college, no degree: 6,955 (22.39%)
Associate degree: 1,828 (5.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,243 (7.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 823 (2.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 39,388 (100%)
Never married: 12,216 (31.01%)
Now married, except separated: 21,528 (54.66%)
Separated: 1,064 (2.7%)
Total Widowed: 1,822 (4.63%)
Widowed Female: 1,435 (3.64%)
Total Divorced: 2,758 (7%)
Divorced Female: 1,665 (4.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,448 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 711 (29.04%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 36,861 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,138 (8.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 15,873 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,149 (7.24%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 29,830 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,567 (22.01%)
----Percent employed: 53.8%
--No disability: 23,263 (77.99%)
----Percent employed: 72.6%
Population 65 years and over: 4,455 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,969 (44.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 50,216 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 27,873 (55.51%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 20,629 (41.08%)
--Same county: 17,492 (34.83%)
--Different county: 3,137 (6.25%)
----Same state: 2,585 (5.15%)
----Different state: 552 (1.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,714 (3.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 55,047 (100%)
Native: 39,213 (71.24%)
--Born in United States: 38,733 (100%)
----State of residence: 32,477 (59%)
----Different state: 6,256 (11.36%)
--Born outside United States: 480 (0.87%)
Foreign born: 15,834 (28.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,704 (8.55%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,789 (10.52%)
--Not a citizen: 10,045 (18.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15,834 (100%)
Europe: 489 (3.09%)
Asia: 1,268 (8.01%)
Africa: 107 (0.68%)
Oceania: 71 (0.45%)
Latin America: 13,780 (87.03%)
Northern America: 119 (0.75%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 50,216 (100%)
English only: 22,732 (45.27%)
Language other than English: 27,484 (54.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12,495 (24.88%)
--Spanish: 25,238 (50.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11,579 (23.06%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 635 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 129 (0.26%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,351 (2.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 648 (1.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 55,047 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 55,921% (101.59%)
Arab: 213 (0.39%)
Czech: 63 (0.11%)
Danish: 126 (0.23%)
Dutch: 356 (0.65%)
English: 2,126 (3.86%)
French (except Basque): 801 (1.46%)
French Canadian: 147 (0.27%)
German: 3,429 (6.23%)
Greek: 89 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 57 (0.1%)
Irish: 3,159 (5.74%)
Italian: 1,204 (2.19%)
Lithuanian: 61 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 213 (0.39%)
Polish: 274 (0.5%)
Portuguese: 150 (0.27%)
Russian: 236 (0.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 523 (0.95%)
Scottish: 538 (0.98%)
Slovak: 42 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 130 (0.24%)
Swedish: 532 (0.97%)
Swiss: 43 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 40 (0.07%)
United States or American: 995 (1.81%)
Welsh: 112 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 104 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 40,158 (72.95%)

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