West Menlo Park, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0684536, place: West Menlo Park CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 989 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 122 (12.34%)
Kindergarten: 94 (9.5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 441 (44.59%)
High school (grades 9-12): 172 (17.39%)
College or graduate school: 160 (16.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,616 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 50 (1.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 51 (1.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 217 (8.3%)
Some college, no degree: 294 (11.24%)
Associate degree: 165 (6.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 892 (34.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 947 (36.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 70.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,851 (100%)
Never married: 581 (20.38%)
Now married, except separated: 1,783 (62.54%)
Separated: 27 (0.95%)
Total Widowed: 180 (6.31%)
Widowed Female: 132 (4.63%)
Total Divorced: 280 (9.82%)
Divorced Female: 188 (6.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,707 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 212 (7.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 730 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (2.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,165 (100%)
--With a disability: 162 (7.48%)
----Percent employed: 51.9%
--No disability: 2,003 (92.52%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 508 (100%)
--With a disability: 123 (24.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,403 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,041 (59.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,098 (32.27%)
--Same county: 412 (12.11%)
--Different county: 686 (20.16%)
----Same state: 556 (16.34%)
----Different state: 130 (3.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 264 (7.76%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,673 (100%)
Native: 3,085 (83.99%)
--Born in United States: 3,031 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,828 (49.77%)
----Different state: 1,203 (32.75%)
--Born outside United States: 54 (1.47%)
Foreign born: 588 (16.01%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 293 (7.98%)
--Naturalized citizen: 207 (5.64%)
--Not a citizen: 381 (10.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 588 (100%)
Europe: 331 (56.29%)
Asia: 165 (28.06%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 7 (1.19%)
Latin America: 24 (4.08%)
Northern America: 61 (10.37%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,403 (100%)
English only: 2,824 (82.99%)
Language other than English: 579 (17.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 148 (4.35%)
--Spanish: 102 (3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.82%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 316 (9.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (1.88%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 156 (4.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (1.65%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,673 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,429% (120.58%)
Arab: 15 (0.41%)
Czech: 18 (0.49%)
Danish: 55 (1.5%)
Dutch: 38 (1.03%)
English: 591 (16.09%)
French (except Basque): 127 (3.46%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.41%)
German: 801 (21.81%)
Greek: 68 (1.85%)
Hungarian: 88 (2.4%)
Irish: 545 (14.84%)
Italian: 326 (8.88%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 102 (2.78%)
Polish: 122 (3.32%)
Portuguese: 51 (1.39%)
Russian: 85 (2.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 32 (0.87%)
Scottish: 151 (4.11%)
Slovak: 9 (0.25%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 93 (2.53%)
Swiss: 51 (1.39%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.16%)
United States or American: 66 (1.8%)
Welsh: 102 (2.78%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 868 (23.63%)

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