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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: Los Altos 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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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
7,012 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
726 |
10.4 |
Kindergarten |
338 |
4.8 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
3,431 |
48.9 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
1,183 |
16.9 |
College or graduate school |
1,334 |
19.0 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
20,128 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
140 |
0.7 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
414 |
2.1 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
1,524 |
7.6 |
Some college, no degree |
2,829 |
14.1 |
Associate degree |
870 |
4.3 |
Bachelor's degree |
7,150 |
35.5 |
Graduate or professional degree |
7,201 |
35.8 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
97.2 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
71.3 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
22,021 |
100.0 |
Never married |
3,755 |
17.1 |
Now married, except separated |
15,312 |
69.5 |
Separated |
175 |
0.8 |
Widowed |
1,415 |
6.4 |
Female |
1,174 |
5.3 |
Divorced |
1,364 |
6.2 |
Female |
789 |
3.6 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
270 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
58 |
21.5 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
21,067 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
2,854 |
13.5 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
5,323 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
210 |
3.9 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
15,268 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,343 |
8.8 |
Percent employed |
68.5 |
(X) |
No disability |
13,925 |
91.2 |
Percent employed |
77.4 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
5,059 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,413 |
27.9 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
26,023 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
17,303 |
66.5 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
7,970 |
30.6 |
Same county |
4,929 |
18.9 |
Different county |
3,041 |
11.7 |
Same state |
1,695 |
6.5 |
Different state |
1,346 |
5.2 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
750 |
2.9 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
27,585 |
100.0 |
Native |
22,728 |
82.4 |
Born in United States |
22,335 |
81.0 |
State of residence |
12,218 |
44.3 |
Different state |
10,117 |
36.7 |
Born outside United States |
393 |
1.4 |
Foreign born |
4,857 |
17.6 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
1,093 |
4.0 |
Naturalized citizen |
2,967 |
10.8 |
Not a citizen |
1,890 |
6.9 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
4,857 |
100.0 |
Europe |
1,402 |
28.9 |
Asia |
2,744 |
56.5 |
Africa |
89 |
1.8 |
Oceania |
25 |
0.5 |
Latin America |
285 |
5.9 |
Northern America |
312 |
6.4 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
26,023 |
100.0 |
English only |
20,760 |
79.8 |
Language other than English |
5,263 |
20.2 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
1,266 |
4.9 |
Spanish |
583 |
2.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
113 |
0.4 |
Other Indo-European languages |
1,761 |
6.8 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
315 |
1.2 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
2,678 |
10.3 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
802 |
3.1 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
27,585 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
32,277 |
117.0 |
Arab |
126 |
0.5 |
Czech1 |
228 |
0.8 |
Danish |
372 |
1.3 |
Dutch |
551 |
2.0 |
English |
4,134 |
15.0 |
French (except Basque)1 |
991 |
3.6 |
French Canadian1 |
150 |
0.5 |
German |
4,541 |
16.5 |
Greek |
100 |
0.4 |
Hungarian |
190 |
0.7 |
Irish1 |
3,045 |
11.0 |
Italian |
1,866 |
6.8 |
Lithuanian |
97 |
0.4 |
Norwegian |
650 |
2.4 |
Polish |
808 |
2.9 |
Portuguese |
209 |
0.8 |
Russian |
790 |
2.9 |
Scotch-Irish |
597 |
2.2 |
Scottish |
882 |
3.2 |
Slovak |
66 |
0.2 |
Subsaharan African |
32 |
0.1 |
Swedish |
769 |
2.8 |
Swiss |
341 |
1.2 |
Ukrainian |
113 |
0.4 |
United States or American |
1,119 |
4.1 |
Welsh |
295 |
1.1 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
0 |
0.0 |
Other ancestries |
9,215 |
33.4 |
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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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