Social Statistics

South San Francisco, California

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	17,007	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	969	5.7
Kindergarten	900	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,725	39.5
High school (grades 9-12)	3,375	19.8
College or graduate school	5,038	29.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	40,422	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,790	9.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,359	10.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,703	24.0
Some college, no degree	8,986	22.2
Associate degree	3,393	8.4
Bachelor's degree	7,816	19.3
Graduate or professional degree	2,375	5.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	25.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	48,348	100.0
Never married	13,932	28.8
Now married, except separated	25,829	53.4
Separated	989	2.0
Widowed	3,367	7.0
Female	2,735	5.7
Divorced	4,231	8.8
Female	2,449	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	2,286	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	688	30.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	46,101	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,966	8.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,176	100.0
With a disability	726	5.5

Population 21 to 64 years	35,689	100.0
With a disability	6,043	16.9
Percent employed	64.3	(X)
No disability	29,646	83.1
Percent employed	77.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,696	100.0
With a disability	3,275	42.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	56,711	100.0
Same house in 1995	34,651	61.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,296	34.0
Same county	12,000	21.2
Different county	7,296	12.9
Same state	6,356	11.2
Different state	940	1.7
Elsewhere in 1995	2,764	4.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	60,727	100.0
Native	36,988	60.9
Born in United States	36,158	59.5
State of residence	29,896	49.2
Different state	6,262	10.3
Born outside United States	830	1.4
Foreign born	23,739	39.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	7,268	12.0
Naturalized citizen	13,264	21.8
Not a citizen	10,475	17.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	23,739	100.0
Europe	1,435	6.0
Asia	11,949	50.3
Africa	113	0.5
Oceania	848	3.6
Latin America	9,230	38.9
Northern America	164	0.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	56,711	100.0
English only	25,716	45.3
Language other than English	30,995	54.7
Speak English less than 'very well	13,078	23.1
Spanish	14,139	24.9
Speak English less than "very well"	6,919	12.2
Other Indo-European languages	3,353	5.9
Speak English less than "very well"	1,256	2.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	12,479	22.0
Speak English less than "very well"	4,580	8.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	60,727	100.0
Total ancestries reported	66,024	108.7
Arab	1,152	1.9
Czech¹	101	0.2
Danish	252	0.4
Dutch	384	0.6
English	1,913	3.2
French (except Basque)¹	1,037	1.7
French Canadian¹	128	0.2
German	3,398	5.6
Greek	521	0.9
Hungarian	72	0.1
Irish¹	4,540	7.5
Italian	5,107	8.4
Lithuanian	11	0.0
Norwegian	544	0.9
Polish	497	0.8
Portuguese	446	0.7
Russian	431	0.7
Scotch-Irish	476	0.8
Scottish	449	0.7
Slovak	47	0.1
Subsaharan African	162	0.3
Swedish	509	0.8
Swiss	106	0.2
Ukrainian	213	0.4
United States or American	670	1.1
Welsh	65	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	60	0.1
Other ancestries	42,733	70.4

(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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