Social Statistics

Lynwood, California

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	24,743	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	917	3.7
Kindergarten	1,665	6.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	12,783	51.7
High school (grades 9-12)	6,255	25.3
College or graduate school	3,123	12.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	34,029	100.0
Less than 9th grade	12,617	37.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	8,296	24.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,482	19.0
Some college, no degree	4,002	11.8
Associate degree	1,084	3.2
Bachelor's degree	947	2.8
Graduate or professional degree	601	1.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	38.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	4.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	47,014	100.0
Never married	17,478	37.2
Now married, except separated	23,507	50.0
Separated	1,813	3.9
Widowed	1,894	4.0
Female	1,407	3.0
Divorced	2,322	4.9
Female	1,346	2.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	3,733	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	938	25.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	43,336	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,648	3.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	22,974	100.0
With a disability	1,540	6.7

Population 21 to 64 years	35,261	100.0
With a disability	9,329	26.5
Percent employed	42.6	(X)
No disability	25,932	73.5
Percent employed	56.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,542	100.0
With a disability	1,374	54.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	62,479	100.0
Same house in 1995	34,236	54.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	25,407	40.7
Same county	23,297	37.3
Different county	2,110	3.4
Same state	1,351	2.2
Different state	759	1.2
Elsewhere in 1995	2,836	4.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	69,899	100.0
Native	39,424	56.4
Born in United States	38,895	55.6
State of residence	34,048	48.7
Different state	4,847	6.9
Born outside United States	529	0.8
Foreign born	30,475	43.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	8,931	12.8
Naturalized citizen	7,924	11.3
Not a citizen	22,551	32.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	30,475	100.0
Europe	76	0.2
Asia	472	1.5
Africa	57	0.2
Oceania	85	0.3
Latin America	29,746	97.6
Northern America	39	0.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	62,479	100.0
English only	13,695	21.9
Language other than English	48,784	78.1
Speak English less than 'very well	27,845	44.6
Spanish	47,913	76.7
Speak English less than "very well"	27,397	43.8
Other Indo-European languages	148	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	57	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	615	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	346	0.6

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	69,899	100.0
Total ancestries reported	60,675	86.8
Arab	11	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	28	0.0
Dutch	72	0.1
English	215	0.3
French (except Basque)¹	91	0.1
French Canadian¹	33	0.0
German	181	0.3
Greek	10	0.0
Hungarian	15	0.0
Irish¹	281	0.4
Italian	137	0.2
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	30	0.0
Polish	25	0.0
Portuguese	9	0.0
Russian	22	0.0
Scotch-Irish	29	0.0
Scottish	26	0.0
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	437	0.6
Swedish	27	0.0
Swiss	9	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	937	1.3
Welsh	9	0.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	96	0.1
Other ancestries	57,945	82.9

(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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