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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: Alameda city, 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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Number |
Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
18,843 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
1,101 |
5.8 |
Kindergarten |
913 |
4.8 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
7,377 |
39.1 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
3,299 |
17.5 |
College or graduate school |
6,153 |
32.7 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
51,952 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
2,099 |
4.0 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
3,907 |
7.5 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
8,608 |
16.6 |
Some college, no degree |
11,972 |
23.0 |
Associate degree |
3,458 |
6.7 |
Bachelor's degree |
14,115 |
27.2 |
Graduate or professional degree |
7,793 |
15.0 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
88.4 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
42.2 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
59,249 |
100.0 |
Never married |
17,473 |
29.5 |
Now married, except separated |
29,675 |
50.1 |
Separated |
1,366 |
2.3 |
Widowed |
3,876 |
6.5 |
Female |
3,204 |
5.4 |
Divorced |
6,859 |
11.6 |
Female |
4,158 |
7.0 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
1,316 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
360 |
27.4 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
56,168 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
6,826 |
12.2 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
13,219 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
898 |
6.8 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
44,663 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
7,315 |
16.4 |
Percent employed |
62.7 |
(X) |
No disability |
37,348 |
83.6 |
Percent employed |
80.2 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
9,156 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
3,913 |
42.7 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
68,239 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
34,159 |
50.1 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
30,595 |
44.8 |
Same county |
17,465 |
25.6 |
Different county |
13,130 |
19.2 |
Same state |
7,979 |
11.7 |
Different state |
5,151 |
7.5 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
3,485 |
5.1 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
72,259 |
100.0 |
Native |
53,429 |
73.9 |
Born in United States |
52,088 |
72.1 |
State of residence |
32,330 |
44.7 |
Different state |
19,758 |
27.3 |
Born outside United States |
1,341 |
1.9 |
Foreign born |
18,830 |
26.1 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
6,940 |
9.6 |
Naturalized citizen |
10,439 |
14.4 |
Not a citizen |
8,391 |
11.6 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
18,830 |
100.0 |
Europe |
2,082 |
11.1 |
Asia |
13,439 |
71.4 |
Africa |
462 |
2.5 |
Oceania |
290 |
1.5 |
Latin America |
2,111 |
11.2 |
Northern America |
446 |
2.4 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
68,239 |
100.0 |
English only |
45,140 |
66.1 |
Language other than English |
23,099 |
33.9 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
10,121 |
14.8 |
Spanish |
4,249 |
6.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
1,387 |
2.0 |
Other Indo-European languages |
3,777 |
5.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
1,150 |
1.7 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
14,441 |
21.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
7,389 |
10.8 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
72,259 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
80,065 |
110.8 |
Arab |
434 |
0.6 |
Czech1 |
330 |
0.5 |
Danish |
816 |
1.1 |
Dutch |
939 |
1.3 |
English |
6,349 |
8.8 |
French (except Basque)1 |
1,836 |
2.5 |
French Canadian1 |
400 |
0.6 |
German |
7,883 |
10.9 |
Greek |
366 |
0.5 |
Hungarian |
323 |
0.4 |
Irish1 |
7,695 |
10.6 |
Italian |
3,852 |
5.3 |
Lithuanian |
135 |
0.2 |
Norwegian |
1,252 |
1.7 |
Polish |
1,343 |
1.9 |
Portuguese |
1,056 |
1.5 |
Russian |
941 |
1.3 |
Scotch-Irish |
1,070 |
1.5 |
Scottish |
1,858 |
2.6 |
Slovak |
53 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
978 |
1.4 |
Swedish |
1,230 |
1.7 |
Swiss |
352 |
0.5 |
Ukrainian |
163 |
0.2 |
United States or American |
1,587 |
2.2 |
Welsh |
488 |
0.7 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
116 |
0.2 |
Other ancestries |
36,220 |
50.1 |
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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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