West Carson, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0684144, place: West Carson CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,527 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 287 (5.19%)
Kindergarten: 257 (4.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,285 (41.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,049 (18.98%)
College or graduate school: 1,649 (29.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,700 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,497 (10.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,228 (15.16%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,059 (20.81%)
Some college, no degree: 3,381 (23%)
Associate degree: 1,040 (7.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,518 (17.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 977 (6.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,160 (100%)
Never married: 4,656 (27.13%)
Now married, except separated: 8,953 (52.17%)
Separated: 388 (2.26%)
Total Widowed: 1,281 (7.47%)
Widowed Female: 990 (5.77%)
Total Divorced: 1,882 (10.97%)
Divorced Female: 1,047 (6.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 897 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 177 (19.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,413 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,608 (9.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,227 (100%)
--With a disability: 284 (6.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,215 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,425 (19.85%)
----Percent employed: 58.5%
--No disability: 9,790 (80.15%)
----Percent employed: 75.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,648 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,234 (46.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,817 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,737 (59.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,444 (37.56%)
--Same county: 6,484 (32.72%)
--Different county: 960 (4.84%)
----Same state: 589 (2.97%)
----Different state: 371 (1.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 636 (3.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 21,138 (100%)
Native: 13,918 (65.84%)
--Born in United States: 13,688 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,092 (43.01%)
----Different state: 4,596 (21.74%)
--Born outside United States: 230 (1.09%)
Foreign born: 7,220 (34.16%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,043 (9.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,689 (17.45%)
--Not a citizen: 3,531 (16.7%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,220 (100%)
Europe: 427 (5.91%)
Asia: 3,351 (46.41%)
Africa: 442 (6.12%)
Oceania: 127 (1.76%)
Latin America: 2,743 (37.99%)
Northern America: 130 (1.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,817 (100%)
English only: 10,481 (52.89%)
Language other than English: 9,336 (47.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,811 (19.23%)
--Spanish: 4,658 (23.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,078 (10.49%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 560 (2.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 172 (0.87%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3,685 (18.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,532 (7.73%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 21,138 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,465% (101.55%)
Arab: 39 (0.18%)
Czech: 29 (0.14%)
Danish: 57 (0.27%)
Dutch: 156 (0.74%)
English: 1,000 (4.73%)
French (except Basque): 402 (1.9%)
French Canadian: 156 (0.74%)
German: 1,139 (5.39%)
Greek: 29 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 121 (0.57%)
Irish: 898 (4.25%)
Italian: 531 (2.51%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 108 (0.51%)
Polish: 330 (1.56%)
Portuguese: 103 (0.49%)
Russian: 91 (0.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 134 (0.63%)
Scottish: 188 (0.89%)
Slovak: 23 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 565 (2.67%)
Swedish: 123 (0.58%)
Swiss: 12 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.02%)
United States or American: 434 (2.05%)
Welsh: 79 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 74 (0.35%)
Other ancestries: 14,639 (69.25%)

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