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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

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.


Subject

Number

Percent

 

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

 

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

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

 

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

 

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

88.4

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

42.2

(X)

 

 

 

MARITAL STATUS

 

 

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

 

 

 

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

 

 

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

1,316

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

360

27.4

 

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

 

Civilian population 18 years and over

56,168

100.0

Civilian veterans

6,826

12.2

 

 

 

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

 

 

Population 5 to 20 years

13,219

100.0

With a disability

898

6.8

 

 

 

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)

 

 

 

Population 65 years and over

9,156

100.0

With a disability

3,913

42.7

 

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1995

 

 

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

 

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

 

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

 

 

 

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

 

 

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

 

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

 

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

 

 

 

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

 

 

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

(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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