Yucca Valley, CA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0687056, place: Yucca Valley town, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,220 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 166 (3.93%)
Kindergarten: 206 (4.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,084 (49.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,035 (24.53%)
College or graduate school: 729 (17.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,477 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 349 (3.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,734 (15.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,745 (32.63%)
Some college, no degree: 3,363 (29.3%)
Associate degree: 802 (6.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,053 (9.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 431 (3.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,371 (100%)
Never married: 2,494 (18.65%)
Now married, except separated: 7,104 (53.13%)
Separated: 310 (2.32%)
Total Widowed: 1,617 (12.09%)
Widowed Female: 1,185 (8.86%)
Total Divorced: 1,846 (13.81%)
Divorced Female: 1,041 (7.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 281 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 80 (28.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,431 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,342 (18.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,761 (100%)
--With a disability: 446 (11.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,064 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,123 (26.33%)
----Percent employed: 40.8%
--No disability: 5,941 (73.67%)
----Percent employed: 71.1%
Population 65 years and over: 3,744 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,801 (48.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,840 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,821 (49.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,875 (49.72%)
--Same county: 4,710 (29.73%)
--Different county: 3,165 (19.98%)
----Same state: 1,853 (11.7%)
----Different state: 1,312 (8.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 144 (0.91%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,810 (100%)
Native: 15,937 (94.81%)
--Born in United States: 15,755 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,397 (55.9%)
----Different state: 6,358 (37.82%)
--Born outside United States: 182 (1.08%)
Foreign born: 873 (5.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 89 (0.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 574 (3.41%)
--Not a citizen: 299 (1.78%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 873 (100%)
Europe: 235 (26.92%)
Asia: 225 (25.77%)
Africa: 13 (1.49%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 301 (34.48%)
Northern America: 99 (11.34%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,840 (100%)
English only: 14,219 (89.77%)
Language other than English: 1,621 (10.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 369 (2.33%)
--Spanish: 966 (6.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 231 (1.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 466 (2.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (0.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 134 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (0.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,810 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 19,384% (115.31%)
Arab: 73 (0.43%)
Czech: 98 (0.58%)
Danish: 262 (1.56%)
Dutch: 225 (1.34%)
English: 2,595 (15.44%)
French (except Basque): 902 (5.37%)
French Canadian: 144 (0.86%)
German: 2,993 (17.8%)
Greek: 55 (0.33%)
Hungarian: 124 (0.74%)
Irish: 2,206 (13.12%)
Italian: 965 (5.74%)
Lithuanian: 18 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 640 (3.81%)
Polish: 269 (1.6%)
Portuguese: 35 (0.21%)
Russian: 111 (0.66%)
Scotch-Irish: 444 (2.64%)
Scottish: 436 (2.59%)
Slovak: 14 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 39 (0.23%)
Swedish: 502 (2.99%)
Swiss: 59 (0.35%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.09%)
United States or American: 1,485 (8.83%)
Welsh: 138 (0.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 4,533 (26.97%)

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