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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: Costa Mesa 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 |
30,752 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
1,767 |
5.7 |
Kindergarten |
1,734 |
5.6 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
11,273 |
36.7 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
5,300 |
17.2 |
College or graduate school |
10,678 |
34.7 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
71,622 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
8,318 |
11.6 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
6,662 |
9.3 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
12,211 |
17.0 |
Some college, no degree |
17,372 |
24.3 |
Associate degree |
6,222 |
8.7 |
Bachelor's degree |
14,864 |
20.8 |
Graduate or professional degree |
5,973 |
8.3 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
79.1 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
29.1 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
87,017 |
100.0 |
Never married |
31,093 |
35.7 |
Now married, except separated |
40,276 |
46.3 |
Separated |
1,970 |
2.3 |
Widowed |
3,653 |
4.2 |
Female |
2,981 |
3.4 |
Divorced |
10,025 |
11.5 |
Female |
5,813 |
6.7 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
1,590 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
414 |
26.0 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
83,705 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
7,163 |
8.6 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
21,868 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,484 |
6.8 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
69,131 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
11,248 |
16.3 |
Percent employed |
61.0 |
(X) |
No disability |
57,883 |
83.7 |
Percent employed |
77.5 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
8,885 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
3,371 |
37.9 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
101,202 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
44,372 |
43.8 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
50,192 |
49.6 |
Same county |
36,506 |
36.1 |
Different county |
13,686 |
13.5 |
Same state |
8,660 |
8.6 |
Different state |
5,026 |
5.0 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
6,638 |
6.6 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
108,785 |
100.0 |
Native |
77,063 |
70.8 |
Born in United States |
76,064 |
69.9 |
State of residence |
50,033 |
46.0 |
Different state |
26,031 |
23.9 |
Born outside United States |
999 |
0.9 |
Foreign born |
31,722 |
29.2 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
14,964 |
13.8 |
Naturalized citizen |
8,665 |
8.0 |
Not a citizen |
23,057 |
21.2 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
31,722 |
100.0 |
Europe |
2,333 |
7.4 |
Asia |
6,745 |
21.3 |
Africa |
447 |
1.4 |
Oceania |
506 |
1.6 |
Latin America |
20,997 |
66.2 |
Northern America |
694 |
2.2 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
101,202 |
100.0 |
English only |
63,219 |
62.5 |
Language other than English |
37,983 |
37.5 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
21,852 |
21.6 |
Spanish |
27,514 |
27.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
17,712 |
17.5 |
Other Indo-European languages |
3,487 |
3.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
785 |
0.8 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
6,290 |
6.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
3,185 |
3.1 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
108,785 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
117,938 |
108.4 |
Arab |
799 |
0.7 |
Czech1 |
437 |
0.4 |
Danish |
714 |
0.7 |
Dutch |
1,696 |
1.6 |
English |
10,252 |
9.4 |
French (except Basque)1 |
3,319 |
3.1 |
French Canadian1 |
510 |
0.5 |
German |
13,468 |
12.4 |
Greek |
444 |
0.4 |
Hungarian |
516 |
0.5 |
Irish1 |
10,272 |
9.4 |
Italian |
5,436 |
5.0 |
Lithuanian |
262 |
0.2 |
Norwegian |
2,084 |
1.9 |
Polish |
1,984 |
1.8 |
Portuguese |
398 |
0.4 |
Russian |
1,239 |
1.1 |
Scotch-Irish |
1,520 |
1.4 |
Scottish |
2,876 |
2.6 |
Slovak |
79 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
228 |
0.2 |
Swedish |
2,267 |
2.1 |
Swiss |
354 |
0.3 |
Ukrainian |
178 |
0.2 |
United States or American |
4,177 |
3.8 |
Welsh |
788 |
0.7 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
129 |
0.1 |
Other ancestries |
51,512 |
47.4 |
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Number |
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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