Truckee, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0680588, place: Truckee town, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,628 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 281 (7.75%)
Kindergarten: 221 (6.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,800 (49.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 768 (21.17%)
College or graduate school: 558 (15.38%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,248 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 288 (3.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 650 (7.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,796 (19.42%)
Some college, no degree: 2,494 (26.97%)
Associate degree: 968 (10.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,273 (24.58%)
Graduate or professional degree: 779 (8.42%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,842 (100%)
Never married: 2,862 (26.4%)
Now married, except separated: 6,461 (59.59%)
Separated: 111 (1.02%)
Total Widowed: 304 (2.8%)
Widowed Female: 243 (2.24%)
Total Divorced: 1,104 (10.18%)
Divorced Female: 613 (5.65%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 131 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 70 (53.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,241 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,353 (13.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,239 (100%)
--With a disability: 180 (5.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,051 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,385 (15.3%)
----Percent employed: 71.2%
--No disability: 7,666 (84.7%)
----Percent employed: 85.3%
Population 65 years and over: 745 (100%)
--With a disability: 233 (31.28%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,080 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,677 (43.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,904 (52.78%)
--Same county: 2,879 (22.01%)
--Different county: 4,025 (30.77%)
----Same state: 2,791 (21.34%)
----Different state: 1,234 (9.43%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 499 (3.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,967 (100%)
Native: 12,719 (91.06%)
--Born in United States: 12,634 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,329 (59.63%)
----Different state: 4,305 (30.82%)
--Born outside United States: 85 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 1,248 (8.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 638 (4.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 277 (1.98%)
--Not a citizen: 971 (6.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,248 (100%)
Europe: 154 (12.34%)
Asia: 47 (3.77%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 14 (1.12%)
Latin America: 941 (75.4%)
Northern America: 92 (7.37%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,080 (100%)
English only: 11,169 (85.39%)
Language other than English: 1,911 (14.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 939 (7.18%)
--Spanish: 1,564 (11.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 832 (6.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 308 (2.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 89 (0.68%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 39 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,967 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,515% (125.4%)
Arab: 21 (0.15%)
Czech: 70 (0.5%)
Danish: 131 (0.94%)
Dutch: 294 (2.1%)
English: 2,492 (17.84%)
French (except Basque): 778 (5.57%)
French Canadian: 90 (0.64%)
German: 2,821 (20.2%)
Greek: 37 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 39 (0.28%)
Irish: 2,484 (17.78%)
Italian: 1,180 (8.45%)
Lithuanian: 26 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 409 (2.93%)
Polish: 277 (1.98%)
Portuguese: 249 (1.78%)
Russian: 159 (1.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 205 (1.47%)
Scottish: 499 (3.57%)
Slovak: 29 (0.21%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 459 (3.29%)
Swiss: 82 (0.59%)
Ukrainian: 18 (0.13%)
United States or American: 707 (5.06%)
Welsh: 123 (0.88%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,836 (27.46%)

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