Taft Heights, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0677588, place: Taft Heights CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 662 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 82 (12.39%)
Kindergarten: 41 (6.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 274 (41.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 182 (27.49%)
College or graduate school: 83 (12.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 977 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 38 (3.89%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 179 (18.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 306 (31.32%)
Some college, no degree: 250 (25.59%)
Associate degree: 93 (9.52%)
Bachelor's degree: 76 (7.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 35 (3.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,333 (100%)
Never married: 379 (28.43%)
Now married, except separated: 661 (49.59%)
Separated: 43 (3.23%)
Total Widowed: 78 (5.85%)
Widowed Female: 68 (5.1%)
Total Divorced: 172 (12.9%)
Divorced Female: 89 (6.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 48 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (41.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,218 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 141 (11.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 598 (100%)
--With a disability: 39 (6.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 876 (100%)
--With a disability: 178 (20.32%)
----Percent employed: 48.9%
--No disability: 698 (79.68%)
----Percent employed: 75.9%
Population 65 years and over: 217 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (32.26%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,691 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 870 (51.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 817 (48.31%)
--Same county: 642 (37.97%)
--Different county: 175 (10.35%)
----Same state: 134 (7.92%)
----Different state: 41 (2.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.24%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,900 (100%)
Native: 1,785 (93.95%)
--Born in United States: 1,784 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,397 (73.53%)
----Different state: 387 (20.37%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.05%)
Foreign born: 115 (6.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.84%)
--Naturalized citizen: 26 (1.37%)
--Not a citizen: 89 (4.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 115 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 6 (5.22%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 109 (94.78%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,691 (100%)
English only: 1,467 (86.75%)
Language other than English: 224 (13.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (2.19%)
--Spanish: 191 (11.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (2.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,900 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,680% (88.42%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 12 (0.63%)
Dutch: 36 (1.89%)
English: 106 (5.58%)
French (except Basque): 34 (1.79%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.21%)
German: 223 (11.74%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 149 (7.84%)
Italian: 52 (2.74%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 25 (1.32%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.58%)
Russian: 4 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 24 (1.26%)
Scottish: 59 (3.11%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 12 (0.63%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 388 (20.42%)
Welsh: 12 (0.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 529 (27.84%)

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