Inyo County, CA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Inyo county california dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,326	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	320	7.4
Kindergarten	172	4.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,158	49.9
High school (grades 9-12)	1,130	26.1
College or graduate school	546	12.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,566	100.0
Less than 9th grade	546	4.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,674	13.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,934	31.3
Some college, no degree	3,294	26.2
Associate degree	965	7.7
Bachelor's degree	1,321	10.5
Graduate or professional degree	832	6.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,410	100.0
Never married	2,951	20.5
Now married, except separated	8,077	56.1
Separated	319	2.2
Widowed	1,289	8.9
Female	1,008	7.0
Divorced	1,774	12.3
Female	875	6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	231	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	153	66.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,556	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,329	17.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,956	100.0
With a disability	281	7.1

Population 21 to 64 years	9,539	100.0
With a disability	1,740	18.2
Percent employed	57.8	(X)
No disability	7,799	81.8
Percent employed	77.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,336	100.0
With a disability	1,191	35.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,962	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,213	54.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,534	44.4
Same county	4,080	24.1
Different county	3,454	20.4
Same state	2,556	15.1
Different state	898	5.3
Elsewhere in 1995	215	1.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,945	100.0
Native	16,578	92.4
Born in United States	16,422	91.5
State of residence	11,233	62.6
Different state	5,189	28.9
Born outside United States	156	0.9
Foreign born	1,367	7.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	502	2.8
Naturalized citizen	530	3.0
Not a citizen	837	4.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,367	100.0
Europe	186	13.6
Asia	185	13.5
Africa	11	0.8
Oceania	10	0.7
Latin America	888	65.0
Northern America	87	6.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,962	100.0
English only	14,960	88.2
Language other than English	2,002	11.8
Speak English less than 'very well	964	5.7
Spanish	1,565	9.2
Speak English less than "very well"	804	4.7
Other Indo-European languages	217	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	59	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	101	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	79	0.5

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,945	100.0
Total ancestries reported	21,541	120.0
Arab	14	0.1
Czech¹	75	0.4
Danish	178	1.0
Dutch	554	3.1
English	2,990	16.7
French (except Basque)¹	759	4.2
French Canadian¹	102	0.6
German	3,787	21.1
Greek	35	0.2
Hungarian	49	0.3
Irish¹	2,606	14.5
Italian	646	3.6
Lithuanian	41	0.2
Norwegian	314	1.7
Polish	302	1.7
Portuguese	60	0.3
Russian	115	0.6
Scotch-Irish	548	3.1
Scottish	665	3.7
Slovak	6	0.0
Subsaharan African	4	0.0
Swedish	637	3.5
Swiss	174	1.0
Ukrainian	7	0.0
United States or American	781	4.4
Welsh	263	1.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	16	0.1
Other ancestries	5,813	32.4

(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. 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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