Wrightwood, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0686594, place: Wrightwood CDP, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,285 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 61 (4.75%)
Kindergarten: 43 (3.35%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 640 (49.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 231 (17.98%)
College or graduate school: 310 (24.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,557 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 0 (0%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 135 (5.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 516 (20.18%)
Some college, no degree: 949 (37.11%)
Associate degree: 269 (10.52%)
Bachelor's degree: 354 (13.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 334 (13.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,902 (100%)
Never married: 459 (15.82%)
Now married, except separated: 1,950 (67.2%)
Separated: 35 (1.21%)
Total Widowed: 182 (6.27%)
Widowed Female: 123 (4.24%)
Total Divorced: 276 (9.51%)
Divorced Female: 167 (5.75%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 66 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 66 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,733 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 483 (17.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,005 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (5.07%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,320 (100%)
--With a disability: 407 (17.54%)
----Percent employed: 72%
--No disability: 1,913 (82.46%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 342 (100%)
--With a disability: 113 (33.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,667 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,746 (47.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,921 (52.39%)
--Same county: 936 (25.52%)
--Different county: 985 (26.86%)
----Same state: 667 (18.19%)
----Different state: 318 (8.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,912 (100%)
Native: 3,780 (96.63%)
--Born in United States: 3,737 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,490 (63.65%)
----Different state: 1,247 (31.88%)
--Born outside United States: 43 (1.1%)
Foreign born: 132 (3.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 81 (2.07%)
--Not a citizen: 51 (1.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 132 (100%)
Europe: 67 (50.76%)
Asia: 9 (6.82%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 16 (12.12%)
Latin America: 40 (30.3%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,667 (100%)
English only: 3,381 (92.2%)
Language other than English: 286 (7.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 99 (2.7%)
--Spanish: 207 (5.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 90 (2.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 79 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,912 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,281% (134.99%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 21 (0.54%)
Danish: 107 (2.74%)
Dutch: 286 (7.31%)
English: 815 (20.83%)
French (except Basque): 230 (5.88%)
French Canadian: 89 (2.28%)
German: 996 (25.46%)
Greek: 15 (0.38%)
Hungarian: 32 (0.82%)
Irish: 785 (20.07%)
Italian: 123 (3.14%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 100 (2.56%)
Polish: 82 (2.1%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 26 (0.66%)
Scotch-Irish: 224 (5.73%)
Scottish: 152 (3.89%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 72 (1.84%)
Swiss: 25 (0.64%)
Ukrainian: 20 (0.51%)
United States or American: 34 (0.87%)
Welsh: 68 (1.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 979 (25.03%)

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