Social Statistics

Bell, California

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,232	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	506	4.1
Kindergarten	716	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,081	49.7
High school (grades 9-12)	2,923	23.9
College or graduate school	2,006	16.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	19,045	100.0
Less than 9th grade	7,358	38.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,996	26.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,401	17.9
Some college, no degree	1,954	10.3
Associate degree	575	3.0
Bachelor's degree	517	2.7
Graduate or professional degree	244	1.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	35.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	4.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	25,600	100.0
Never married	9,367	36.6
Now married, except separated	12,662	49.5
Separated	1,222	4.8
Widowed	1,081	4.2
Female	896	3.5
Divorced	1,268	5.0
Female	769	3.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,565	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	348	22.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	23,811	100.0
Civilian veterans	747	3.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,990	100.0
With a disability	913	8.3

Population 21 to 64 years	19,913	100.0
With a disability	5,167	25.9
Percent employed	45.5	(X)
No disability	14,746	74.1
Percent employed	60.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,790	100.0
With a disability	1,108	61.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	32,800	100.0
Same house in 1995	15,663	47.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,446	47.1
Same county	14,380	43.8
Different county	1,066	3.3
Same state	674	2.1
Different state	392	1.2
Elsewhere in 1995	1,691	5.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	36,667	100.0
Native	17,137	46.7
Born in United States	16,881	46.0
State of residence	15,388	42.0
Different state	1,493	4.1
Born outside United States	256	0.7
Foreign born	19,530	53.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	6,160	16.8
Naturalized citizen	4,918	13.4
Not a citizen	14,612	39.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	19,530	100.0
Europe	133	0.7
Asia	668	3.4
Africa	16	0.1
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	18,694	95.7
Northern America	19	0.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	32,800	100.0
English only	3,871	11.8
Language other than English	28,929	88.2
Speak English less than 'very well	17,919	54.6
Spanish	27,965	85.3
Speak English less than "very well"	17,369	53.0
Other Indo-European languages	139	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	71	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	278	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	196	0.6

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	36,667	100.0
Total ancestries reported	34,074	92.9
Arab	603	1.6
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	14	0.0
Dutch	122	0.3
English	248	0.7
French (except Basque)¹	107	0.3
French Canadian¹	33	0.1
German	180	0.5
Greek	14	0.0
Hungarian	10	0.0
Irish¹	262	0.7
Italian	197	0.5
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	29	0.1
Polish	14	0.0
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	50	0.1
Scotch-Irish	94	0.3
Scottish	9	0.0
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	41	0.1
Swedish	46	0.1
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	866	2.4
Welsh	17	0.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	31,118	84.9

(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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