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Bakersfield California Social and demographic information
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Bakersfield California Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Bakersfield city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
247,385 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
81,155 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
213,754 |
86.4 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
4,213 |
5.2 |
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Born in
United States |
211,499 |
85.5 |
| Kindergarten |
4,357 |
5.4 |
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State
of residence |
158,479 |
64.1 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
37,907 |
46.7 |
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Different state |
53,020 |
21.4 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
18,445 |
22.7 |
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Born
outside United States |
2,255 |
0.9 |
| College or
graduate school |
16,233 |
20.0 |
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Foreign born |
33,631 |
13.6 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
12,785 |
5.2 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
11,229 |
4.5 |
| Population
25 years and over |
142,060 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
22,402 |
9.1 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
14,163 |
10.0 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
20,100 |
14.1 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
33,165 |
23.3 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
33,631 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
36,813 |
25.9 |
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Europe |
1,582 |
4.7 |
| Associate
degree |
10,332 |
7.3 |
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Asia |
7,436 |
22.1 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
18,339 |
12.9 |
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Africa |
524 |
1.6 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
9,148 |
6.4 |
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Oceania |
154 |
0.5 |
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Latin America |
23,330 |
69.4 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
75.9 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
605 |
1.8 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
19.3 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
226,174 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
179,497 |
100.0 |
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English only |
164,979 |
72.9 |
| Never married |
48,515 |
27.0 |
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Language other
than English |
61,195 |
27.1 |
| Now married,
except separated |
97,742 |
54.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
26,897 |
11.9 |
| Separated |
4,486 |
2.5 |
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Spanish |
49,986 |
22.1 |
| Widowed |
9,448 |
5.3 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
22,332 |
9.9 |
| Female |
7,625 |
4.2 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
4,778 |
2.1 |
| Divorced |
19,306 |
10.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,906 |
0.8 |
| Female |
11,695 |
6.5 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
5,183 |
2.3 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
2,284 |
1.0 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
247,385 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
5,998 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
241,323 |
97.5 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
2,684 |
44.7 |
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Arab |
1,161 |
0.5 |
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Czech¹ |
435 |
0.2 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
1,261 |
0.5 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
166,739 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
3,070 |
1.2 |
| Civilian
veterans |
18,680 |
11.2 |
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English |
17,663 |
7.1 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
5,147 |
2.1 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
898 |
0.4 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
25,541 |
10.3 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
70,017 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
716 |
0.3 |
| With a
disability |
5,340 |
7.6 |
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Hungarian |
313 |
0.1 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
133,386 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
19,115 |
7.7 |
| With a
disability |
29,689 |
22.3 |
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Italian |
7,400 |
3.0 |
| Percent
employed |
51.5 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
101 |
0.0 |
| No disability |
103,697 |
77.7 |
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Norwegian |
2,294 |
0.9 |
| Percent
employed |
74.0 |
(X) |
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Polish |
1,746 |
0.7 |
| Population
65 years and over |
20,493 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
1,330 |
0.5 |
| With a
disability |
9,415 |
45.9 |
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Russian |
729 |
0.3 |
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Scotch-Irish |
2,809 |
1.1 |
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Scottish |
3,546 |
1.4 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
46 |
0.0 |
| Population
5 years and over |
226,174 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
1,722 |
0.7 |
| Same house in
1995 |
99,264 |
43.9 |
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Swedish |
2,679 |
1.1 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
121,633 |
53.8 |
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Swiss |
623 |
0.3 |
| Same county |
91,269 |
40.4 |
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Ukrainian |
192 |
0.1 |
| Different
county |
30,364 |
13.4 |
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United States
or American |
13,935 |
5.6 |
| Same state |
21,187 |
9.4 |
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Welsh |
1,434 |
0.6 |
| Different
state |
9,177 |
4.1 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
120 |
0.0 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
5,277 |
2.3 |
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Other
ancestries |
125,297 |
50.6 |
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| Date: December
29, 2004 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (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. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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