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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: East Palo Alto 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 |
9,792 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
590 |
6.0 |
Kindergarten |
632 |
6.5 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
5,046 |
51.5 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
2,232 |
22.8 |
College or graduate school |
1,292 |
13.2 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
15,170 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
4,660 |
30.7 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
3,195 |
21.1 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
2,733 |
18.0 |
Some college, no degree |
2,323 |
15.3 |
Associate degree |
645 |
4.3 |
Bachelor's degree |
1,069 |
7.0 |
Graduate or professional degree |
545 |
3.6 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
48.2 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
10.6 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
20,463 |
100.0 |
Never married |
7,898 |
38.6 |
Now married, except separated |
9,344 |
45.7 |
Separated |
808 |
3.9 |
Widowed |
927 |
4.5 |
Female |
699 |
3.4 |
Divorced |
1,486 |
7.3 |
Female |
829 |
4.1 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
1,296 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
493 |
38.0 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
19,073 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
947 |
5.0 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
9,270 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
737 |
8.0 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
15,925 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
4,431 |
27.8 |
Percent employed |
52.7 |
(X) |
No disability |
11,494 |
72.2 |
Percent employed |
65.6 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
1,372 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
705 |
51.4 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
26,621 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
14,417 |
54.2 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
9,772 |
36.7 |
Same county |
6,181 |
23.2 |
Different county |
3,591 |
13.5 |
Same state |
3,120 |
11.7 |
Different state |
471 |
1.8 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
2,432 |
9.1 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
29,450 |
100.0 |
Native |
16,546 |
56.2 |
Born in United States |
16,150 |
54.8 |
State of residence |
11,866 |
40.3 |
Different state |
4,284 |
14.5 |
Born outside United States |
396 |
1.3 |
Foreign born |
12,904 |
43.8 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
6,369 |
21.6 |
Naturalized citizen |
2,856 |
9.7 |
Not a citizen |
10,048 |
34.1 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
12,904 |
100.0 |
Europe |
98 |
0.8 |
Asia |
376 |
2.9 |
Africa |
93 |
0.7 |
Oceania |
1,530 |
11.9 |
Latin America |
10,773 |
83.5 |
Northern America |
34 |
0.3 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
26,621 |
100.0 |
English only |
9,372 |
35.2 |
Language other than English |
17,249 |
64.8 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
10,938 |
41.1 |
Spanish |
14,492 |
54.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
9,910 |
37.2 |
Other Indo-European languages |
642 |
2.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
124 |
0.5 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
1,992 |
7.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
864 |
3.2 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
29,450 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
25,618 |
87.0 |
Arab |
33 |
0.1 |
Czech1 |
21 |
0.1 |
Danish |
32 |
0.1 |
Dutch |
15 |
0.1 |
English |
223 |
0.8 |
French (except Basque)1 |
74 |
0.3 |
French Canadian1 |
25 |
0.1 |
German |
464 |
1.6 |
Greek |
7 |
0.0 |
Hungarian |
10 |
0.0 |
Irish1 |
263 |
0.9 |
Italian |
148 |
0.5 |
Lithuanian |
0 |
0.0 |
Norwegian |
51 |
0.2 |
Polish |
28 |
0.1 |
Portuguese |
66 |
0.2 |
Russian |
92 |
0.3 |
Scotch-Irish |
20 |
0.1 |
Scottish |
47 |
0.2 |
Slovak |
0 |
0.0 |
Subsaharan African |
602 |
2.0 |
Swedish |
45 |
0.2 |
Swiss |
0 |
0.0 |
Ukrainian |
0 |
0.0 |
United States or American |
351 |
1.2 |
Welsh |
16 |
0.1 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
64 |
0.2 |
Other ancestries |
22,921 |
77.8 |
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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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