Wheatland, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0685012, place: Wheatland city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 760 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 44 (5.79%)
Kindergarten: 47 (6.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 378 (49.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 167 (21.97%)
College or graduate school: 124 (16.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,338 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 172 (12.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 137 (10.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 384 (28.7%)
Some college, no degree: 362 (27.06%)
Associate degree: 131 (9.79%)
Bachelor's degree: 105 (7.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 47 (3.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,647 (100%)
Never married: 399 (24.23%)
Now married, except separated: 901 (54.71%)
Separated: 42 (2.55%)
Total Widowed: 120 (7.29%)
Widowed Female: 99 (6.01%)
Total Divorced: 185 (11.23%)
Divorced Female: 116 (7.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 64 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (31.25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,520 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 237 (15.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 664 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (7.98%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,115 (100%)
--With a disability: 247 (22.15%)
----Percent employed: 42.5%
--No disability: 868 (77.85%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 305 (100%)
--With a disability: 137 (44.92%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,099 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,092 (52.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 991 (47.21%)
--Same county: 452 (21.53%)
--Different county: 539 (25.68%)
----Same state: 427 (20.34%)
----Different state: 112 (5.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 16 (0.76%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,280 (100%)
Native: 2,020 (88.6%)
--Born in United States: 1,984 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,363 (59.78%)
----Different state: 621 (27.24%)
--Born outside United States: 36 (1.58%)
Foreign born: 260 (11.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 74 (3.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 92 (4.04%)
--Not a citizen: 168 (7.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 260 (100%)
Europe: 20 (7.69%)
Asia: 64 (24.62%)
Africa: 2 (0.77%)
Oceania: 2 (0.77%)
Latin America: 170 (65.38%)
Northern America: 2 (0.77%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,099 (100%)
English only: 1,647 (78.47%)
Language other than English: 452 (21.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 199 (9.48%)
--Spanish: 301 (14.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 139 (6.62%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 35 (1.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 116 (5.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (2.53%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,280 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,481% (108.82%)
Arab: 5 (0.22%)
Czech: 4 (0.18%)
Danish: 25 (1.1%)
Dutch: 50 (2.19%)
English: 215 (9.43%)
French (except Basque): 76 (3.33%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.7%)
German: 297 (13.03%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.22%)
Irish: 330 (14.47%)
Italian: 68 (2.98%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 27 (1.18%)
Polish: 9 (0.39%)
Portuguese: 26 (1.14%)
Russian: 30 (1.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 31 (1.36%)
Scottish: 56 (2.46%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 21 (0.92%)
Swiss: 3 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 221 (9.69%)
Welsh: 20 (0.88%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 944 (41.4%)

Return to Wheatland,CA.