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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Merced County, California |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
70,396 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
3,578 |
5.1 |
Kindergarten |
3,992 |
5.7 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
35,010 |
49.7 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
16,739 |
23.8 |
College or graduate school |
11,077 |
15.7 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
116,725 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
25,184 |
21.6 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
17,063 |
14.6 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
27,901 |
23.9 |
Some college, no degree |
25,632 |
22.0 |
Associate degree |
8,049 |
6.9 |
Bachelor's degree |
8,882 |
7.6 |
Graduate or professional degree |
4,014 |
3.4 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
63.8 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
11.0 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
149,678 |
100.0 |
Never married |
41,557 |
27.8 |
Now married, except separated |
82,961 |
55.4 |
Separated |
3,411 |
2.3 |
Widowed |
8,380 |
5.6 |
Female |
6,923 |
4.6 |
Divorced |
13,369 |
8.9 |
Female |
7,808 |
5.2 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
6,182 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
2,218 |
35.9 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
138,126 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
15,307 |
11.1 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
63,810 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
5,099 |
8.0 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
107,957 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
26,199 |
24.3 |
Percent employed |
48.8 |
(X) |
No disability |
81,758 |
75.7 |
Percent employed |
66.8 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
19,311 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
8,678 |
44.9 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
192,259 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
97,142 |
50.5 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
88,782 |
46.2 |
Same county |
57,223 |
29.8 |
Different county |
31,559 |
16.4 |
Same state |
27,417 |
14.3 |
Different state |
4,142 |
2.2 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
6,335 |
3.3 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
210,554 |
100.0 |
Native |
158,370 |
75.2 |
Born in United States |
156,268 |
74.2 |
State of residence |
121,958 |
57.9 |
Different state |
34,310 |
16.3 |
Born outside United States |
2,102 |
1.0 |
Foreign born |
52,184 |
24.8 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
18,828 |
8.9 |
Naturalized citizen |
16,809 |
8.0 |
Not a citizen |
35,375 |
16.8 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
52,184 |
100.0 |
Europe |
4,413 |
8.5 |
Asia |
9,469 |
18.1 |
Africa |
225 |
0.4 |
Oceania |
102 |
0.2 |
Latin America |
37,764 |
72.4 |
Northern America |
211 |
0.4 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
192,259 |
100.0 |
English only |
105,364 |
54.8 |
Language other than English |
86,895 |
45.2 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
44,975 |
23.4 |
Spanish |
67,490 |
35.1 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
35,247 |
18.3 |
Other Indo-European languages |
8,995 |
4.7 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
3,614 |
1.9 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
10,054 |
5.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
5,977 |
3.1 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
210,554 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
208,510 |
99.0 |
Arab |
277 |
0.1 |
Czech1 |
422 |
0.2 |
Danish |
898 |
0.4 |
Dutch |
3,009 |
1.4 |
English |
10,441 |
5.0 |
French (except Basque)1 |
2,814 |
1.3 |
French Canadian1 |
559 |
0.3 |
German |
15,961 |
7.6 |
Greek |
336 |
0.2 |
Hungarian |
319 |
0.2 |
Irish1 |
12,109 |
5.8 |
Italian |
6,970 |
3.3 |
Lithuanian |
88 |
0.0 |
Norwegian |
1,600 |
0.8 |
Polish |
1,040 |
0.5 |
Portuguese |
13,085 |
6.2 |
Russian |
245 |
0.1 |
Scotch-Irish |
1,652 |
0.8 |
Scottish |
1,966 |
0.9 |
Slovak |
95 |
0.0 |
Subsaharan African |
522 |
0.2 |
Swedish |
2,049 |
1.0 |
Swiss |
464 |
0.2 |
Ukrainian |
116 |
0.1 |
United States or American |
8,401 |
4.0 |
Welsh |
508 |
0.2 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
86 |
0.0 |
Other ancestries |
122,478 |
58.2 |
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Percent |
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(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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
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