El Cajon, CA Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school27,800100.0
Nursery school, preschool1,6415.9
Kindergarten1,5965.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)12,03943.3
High school (grades 9-12)5,52819.9
College or graduate school6,99625.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over57,867100.0
Less than 9th grade4,2457.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma7,79513.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)16,96929.3
Some college, no degree16,49028.5
Associate degree4,0066.9
Bachelor's degree5,6399.7
Graduate or professional degree2,7234.7
Percent high school graduate or higher79.2(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher14.5(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over72,373100.0
Never married20,13027.8
Now married, except separated35,46949.0
Separated2,1633.0
Widowed4,6006.4
Female
3,6605.1
Divorced10,01113.8
Female
6,2688.7
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,964100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren71036.2
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over66,710100.0
Civilian veterans9,91014.9
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years22,812100.0
With a disability1,9788.7
Population 21 to 64 years51,769100.0
With a disability12,15223.5
Percent employed
55.1(X)
No disability39,61776.5
Percent employed
74.7(X)
Population 65 years and over9,376100.0
With a disability4,25245.3
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over87,249100.0
Same house in 199534,95340.1
Different house in the U.S. in 199548,43255.5
Same county
37,42042.9
Different county
11,01212.6
Same state
4,4805.1
Different state
6,5327.5
Elsewhere in 19953,8644.4
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population94,819100.0
Native78,23682.5
Born in United States
77,06881.3
State of residence
46,57849.1
Different state
30,49032.2
Born outside United States
1,1681.2
Foreign born16,58317.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000
7,3337.7
Naturalized citizen
5,9986.3
Not a citizen
10,58511.2
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)16,583100.0
Europe1,75010.6
Asia5,88335.5
Africa2391.4
Oceania540.3
Latin America8,46051.0
Northern America1971.2
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over87,249100.0
English only63,99673.3
Language other than English23,25326.7
Speak English less than 'very well
10,49812.0
Spanish
14,81217.0
Speak English less than "very well"
6,7997.8
Other Indo-European languages
2,9033.3
Speak English less than "very well"
1,1961.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1,7102.0
Speak English less than "very well"
7920.9
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population94,819100.0

Total ancestries reported

101,648107.2
Arab2,4632.6
Czech15090.5
Danish4820.5
Dutch1,3121.4
English7,3977.8
French (except Basque)12,9523.1
French Canadian17170.8
German13,74714.5
Greek4030.4
Hungarian3860.4
Irish19,3349.8
Italian4,9055.2
Lithuanian980.1
Norwegian1,6491.7
Polish1,9472.1
Portuguese5140.5
Russian6360.7
Scotch-Irish1,3321.4
Scottish1,5401.6
Slovak1400.1
Subsaharan African4710.5
Swedish1,6571.7
Swiss2130.2
Ukrainian2110.2
United States or American5,4585.8
Welsh4550.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)2190.2
Other ancestries40,50142.7
(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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