Walnut Creek, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0683346, place: Walnut Creek city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 13,847 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,113 (8.04%)
Kindergarten: 503 (3.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,358 (38.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,776 (20.05%)
College or graduate school: 4,097 (29.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 49,986 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 891 (1.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,630 (3.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,290 (12.58%)
Some college, no degree: 10,531 (21.07%)
Associate degree: 3,673 (7.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 16,705 (33.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10,266 (20.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 54%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 55,093 (100%)
Never married: 12,201 (22.15%)
Now married, except separated: 30,114 (54.66%)
Separated: 610 (1.11%)
Total Widowed: 6,233 (11.31%)
Widowed Female: 5,297 (9.61%)
Total Divorced: 5,935 (10.77%)
Divorced Female: 3,724 (6.76%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 421 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 128 (30.4%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 53,149 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 7,293 (13.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,717 (100%)
--With a disability: 632 (6.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 35,683 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,226 (11.84%)
----Percent employed: 63.2%
--No disability: 31,457 (88.16%)
----Percent employed: 79.5%
Population 65 years and over: 15,638 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,791 (37.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 61,582 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 32,474 (52.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 26,364 (42.81%)
--Same county: 13,480 (21.89%)
--Different county: 12,884 (20.92%)
----Same state: 8,388 (13.62%)
----Different state: 4,496 (7.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,744 (4.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 64,583 (100%)
Native: 52,836 (81.81%)
--Born in United States: 52,004 (100%)
----State of residence: 28,984 (44.88%)
----Different state: 23,020 (35.64%)
--Born outside United States: 832 (1.29%)
Foreign born: 11,747 (18.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,078 (6.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6,266 (9.7%)
--Not a citizen: 5,481 (8.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11,747 (100%)
Europe: 3,530 (30.05%)
Asia: 5,315 (45.25%)
Africa: 234 (1.99%)
Oceania: 234 (1.99%)
Latin America: 1,723 (14.67%)
Northern America: 711 (6.05%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 61,582 (100%)
English only: 49,626 (80.59%)
Language other than English: 11,956 (19.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,034 (6.55%)
--Spanish: 2,678 (4.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,118 (1.82%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,556 (7.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,250 (2.03%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,043 (6.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,529 (2.48%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 64,583 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 78,708% (121.87%)
Arab: 525 (0.81%)
Czech: 569 (0.88%)
Danish: 1,050 (1.63%)
Dutch: 1,125 (1.74%)
English: 9,960 (15.42%)
French (except Basque): 2,444 (3.78%)
French Canadian: 400 (0.62%)
German: 10,658 (16.5%)
Greek: 375 (0.58%)
Hungarian: 461 (0.71%)
Irish: 9,264 (14.34%)
Italian: 5,181 (8.02%)
Lithuanian: 268 (0.41%)
Norwegian: 1,574 (2.44%)
Polish: 1,813 (2.81%)
Portuguese: 849 (1.31%)
Russian: 2,083 (3.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,434 (2.22%)
Scottish: 2,303 (3.57%)
Slovak: 66 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 260 (0.4%)
Swedish: 2,079 (3.22%)
Swiss: 504 (0.78%)
Ukrainian: 376 (0.58%)
United States or American: 2,220 (3.44%)
Welsh: 667 (1.03%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 20,186 (31.26%)

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