Union City, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0681204, place: Union City city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 20,544 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,056 (5.14%)
Kindergarten: 1,160 (5.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 8,721 (42.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,187 (20.38%)
College or graduate school: 5,420 (26.38%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 42,039 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,179 (9.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,036 (9.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,856 (21.07%)
Some college, no degree: 9,029 (21.48%)
Associate degree: 3,552 (8.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 8,880 (21.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,507 (8.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 51,118 (100%)
Never married: 14,869 (29.09%)
Now married, except separated: 29,814 (58.32%)
Separated: 795 (1.56%)
Total Widowed: 2,292 (4.48%)
Widowed Female: 2,001 (3.91%)
Total Divorced: 3,348 (6.55%)
Divorced Female: 2,009 (3.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,260 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 808 (24.79%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 48,227 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,550 (7.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 16,224 (100%)
--With a disability: 947 (5.84%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 40,074 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,640 (21.56%)
----Percent employed: 61.8%
--No disability: 31,434 (78.44%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
Population 65 years and over: 5,333 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,289 (42.92%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 61,853 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 32,405 (52.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 24,734 (39.99%)
--Same county: 15,706 (25.39%)
--Different county: 9,028 (14.6%)
----Same state: 7,193 (11.63%)
----Different state: 1,835 (2.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,714 (7.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 66,861 (100%)
Native: 37,442 (56%)
--Born in United States: 36,611 (100%)
----State of residence: 28,273 (42.29%)
----Different state: 8,338 (12.47%)
--Born outside United States: 831 (1.24%)
Foreign born: 29,419 (44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10,810 (16.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15,600 (23.33%)
--Not a citizen: 13,819 (20.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 29,419 (100%)
Europe: 830 (2.82%)
Asia: 21,836 (74.22%)
Africa: 329 (1.12%)
Oceania: 560 (1.9%)
Latin America: 5,733 (19.49%)
Northern America: 131 (0.45%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 61,853 (100%)
English only: 25,204 (40.75%)
Language other than English: 36,649 (59.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15,969 (25.82%)
--Spanish: 10,314 (16.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,961 (8.02%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6,679 (10.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,337 (3.78%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 19,187 (31.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,546 (13.82%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 66,861 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 68,688% (102.73%)
Arab: 325 (0.49%)
Czech: 40 (0.06%)
Danish: 247 (0.37%)
Dutch: 344 (0.51%)
English: 1,935 (2.89%)
French (except Basque): 756 (1.13%)
French Canadian: 175 (0.26%)
German: 3,121 (4.67%)
Greek: 96 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 86 (0.13%)
Irish: 2,354 (3.52%)
Italian: 1,604 (2.4%)
Lithuanian: 26 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 302 (0.45%)
Polish: 285 (0.43%)
Portuguese: 1,572 (2.35%)
Russian: 197 (0.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 330 (0.49%)
Scottish: 261 (0.39%)
Slovak: 41 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 387 (0.58%)
Swedish: 414 (0.62%)
Swiss: 26 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 26 (0.04%)
United States or American: 901 (1.35%)
Welsh: 168 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 85 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 52,584 (78.65%)

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