West Modesto, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0684578, place: West Modesto CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,649 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 107 (6.49%)
Kindergarten: 190 (11.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 895 (54.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 292 (17.71%)
College or graduate school: 165 (10.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,288 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 673 (20.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 965 (29.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 727 (22.11%)
Some college, no degree: 590 (17.94%)
Associate degree: 181 (5.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 105 (3.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 47 (1.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 50.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,223 (100%)
Never married: 1,375 (32.56%)
Now married, except separated: 1,870 (44.28%)
Separated: 117 (2.77%)
Total Widowed: 268 (6.35%)
Widowed Female: 223 (5.28%)
Total Divorced: 593 (14.04%)
Divorced Female: 277 (6.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 278 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 90 (32.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,960 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 361 (9.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,741 (100%)
--With a disability: 131 (7.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,102 (100%)
--With a disability: 993 (32.01%)
----Percent employed: 38.7%
--No disability: 2,109 (67.99%)
----Percent employed: 60.1%
Population 65 years and over: 534 (100%)
--With a disability: 262 (49.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,377 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,539 (47.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,605 (48.45%)
--Same county: 1,834 (34.11%)
--Different county: 771 (14.34%)
----Same state: 526 (9.78%)
----Different state: 245 (4.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 233 (4.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,960 (100%)
Native: 4,569 (76.66%)
--Born in United States: 4,512 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,568 (59.87%)
----Different state: 944 (15.84%)
--Born outside United States: 57 (0.96%)
Foreign born: 1,391 (23.34%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 554 (9.3%)
--Naturalized citizen: 333 (5.59%)
--Not a citizen: 1,058 (17.75%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,391 (100%)
Europe: 31 (2.23%)
Asia: 77 (5.54%)
Africa: 21 (1.51%)
Oceania: 6 (0.43%)
Latin America: 1,230 (88.43%)
Northern America: 26 (1.87%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,377 (100%)
English only: 3,274 (60.89%)
Language other than English: 2,103 (39.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,310 (24.36%)
--Spanish: 1,848 (34.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,175 (21.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 61 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 194 (3.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 115 (2.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,960 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,023% (101.06%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 22 (0.37%)
Dutch: 98 (1.64%)
English: 251 (4.21%)
French (except Basque): 148 (2.48%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.17%)
German: 386 (6.48%)
Greek: 4 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 521 (8.74%)
Italian: 152 (2.55%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 56 (0.94%)
Polish: 46 (0.77%)
Portuguese: 310 (5.2%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 37 (0.62%)
Scottish: 21 (0.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 31 (0.52%)
Swedish: 35 (0.59%)
Swiss: 27 (0.45%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 292 (4.9%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,576 (60%)

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