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Los Angeles California Social and demographic information
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Los Angeles California Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Los Angeles city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
3,694,834 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
1,099,627 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
2,182,114 |
59.1 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
61,352 |
5.6 |
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Born in
United States |
2,150,322 |
58.2 |
| Kindergarten |
64,450 |
5.9 |
|
State
of residence |
1,485,576 |
40.2 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
460,475 |
41.9 |
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Different state |
664,746 |
18.0 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
225,818 |
20.5 |
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Born
outside United States |
31,792 |
0.9 |
| College or
graduate school |
287,532 |
26.1 |
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Foreign born |
1,512,720 |
40.9 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
569,771 |
15.4 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
509,841 |
13.8 |
| Population
25 years and over |
2,308,887 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
1,002,879 |
27.1 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
437,758 |
19.0 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
332,414 |
14.4 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
401,938 |
17.4 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
1,512,708 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
424,785 |
18.4 |
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Europe |
100,252 |
6.6 |
| Associate
degree |
122,931 |
5.3 |
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Asia |
376,767 |
24.9 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
379,630 |
16.4 |
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Africa |
20,730 |
1.4 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
209,431 |
9.1 |
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Oceania |
4,104 |
0.3 |
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Latin America |
996,996 |
65.9 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
66.6 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
13,859 |
0.9 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
25.5 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
3,412,889 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
2,853,991 |
100.0 |
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English only |
1,438,573 |
42.2 |
| Never married |
1,058,959 |
37.1 |
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Language other
than English |
1,974,316 |
57.8 |
| Now married,
except separated |
1,300,180 |
45.6 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,113,153 |
32.6 |
| Separated |
100,946 |
3.5 |
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Spanish |
1,422,316 |
41.7 |
| Widowed |
154,678 |
5.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
853,038 |
25.0 |
| Female |
126,200 |
4.4 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
225,309 |
6.6 |
| Divorced |
239,228 |
8.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
92,706 |
2.7 |
| Female |
140,088 |
4.9 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
278,173 |
8.2 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
150,912 |
4.4 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
3,694,834 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
107,586 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
3,664,157 |
99.2 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
30,511 |
28.4 |
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Arab |
25,937 |
0.7 |
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Czech¹ |
9,393 |
0.3 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
10,270 |
0.3 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
2,714,608 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
18,200 |
0.5 |
| Civilian
veterans |
173,683 |
6.4 |
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English |
127,632 |
3.5 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
49,415 |
1.3 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
8,178 |
0.2 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
167,160 |
4.5 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
859,680 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
11,016 |
0.3 |
| With a
disability |
72,120 |
8.4 |
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Hungarian |
19,612 |
0.5 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
2,175,020 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
139,188 |
3.8 |
| With a
disability |
503,737 |
23.2 |
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Italian |
95,263 |
2.6 |
| Percent
employed |
52.6 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
6,800 |
0.2 |
| No disability |
1,671,283 |
76.8 |
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Norwegian |
21,111 |
0.6 |
| Percent
employed |
67.6 |
(X) |
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Polish |
56,670 |
1.5 |
| Population
65 years and over |
345,133 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
5,228 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
157,769 |
45.7 |
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Russian |
87,419 |
2.4 |
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Scotch-Irish |
22,037 |
0.6 |
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Scottish |
29,048 |
0.8 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
1,792 |
0.0 |
| Population
5 years and over |
3,412,889 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
29,946 |
0.8 |
| Same house in
1995 |
1,689,891 |
49.5 |
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Swedish |
23,026 |
0.6 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
1,500,655 |
44.0 |
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Swiss |
6,169 |
0.2 |
| Same county |
1,260,399 |
36.9 |
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Ukrainian |
12,292 |
0.3 |
| Different
county |
240,256 |
7.0 |
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United States
or American |
94,294 |
2.6 |
| Same state |
109,532 |
3.2 |
|
Welsh |
10,233 |
0.3 |
| Different
state |
130,724 |
3.8 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
17,241 |
0.5 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
222,343 |
6.5 |
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Other
ancestries |
2,559,587 |
69.3 |
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| Date: January
2, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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