Foster City, CA Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school6,918100.0
Nursery school, preschool4366.3
Kindergarten3505.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)2,89341.8
High school (grades 9-12)1,31419.0
College or graduate school1,92527.8
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over21,232100.0
Less than 9th grade3161.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma6202.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)2,23310.5
Some college, no degree3,73317.6
Associate degree1,6257.7
Bachelor's degree7,55935.6
Graduate or professional degree5,14624.2
Percent high school graduate or higher95.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher59.8(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over23,644100.0
Never married5,71724.2
Now married, except separated14,55761.6
Separated2681.1
Widowed1,0164.3
Female
8573.6
Divorced2,0868.8
Female
1,2525.3
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years353100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren6919.5
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over22,728100.0
Civilian veterans2,1239.3
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years4,994100.0
With a disability1963.9
Population 21 to 64 years19,228100.0
With a disability2,13811.1
Percent employed
70.7(X)
No disability17,09088.9
Percent employed
79.9(X)
Population 65 years and over2,861100.0
With a disability80328.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over27,149100.0
Same house in 199513,58650.0
Different house in the U.S. in 199510,87340.0
Same county
5,29619.5
Different county
5,57720.5
Same state
3,20011.8
Different state
2,3778.8
Elsewhere in 19952,6909.9
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population28,803100.0
Native18,66264.8
Born in United States
18,37163.8
State of residence
10,88037.8
Different state
7,49126.0
Born outside United States
2911.0
Foreign born10,14135.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000
4,59015.9
Naturalized citizen
4,92817.1
Not a citizen
5,21318.1
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)10,141100.0
Europe1,79917.7
Asia6,94168.4
Africa2062.0
Oceania2382.3
Latin America6616.5
Northern America2962.9
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over27,149100.0
English only16,38060.3
Language other than English10,76939.7
Speak English less than 'very well
3,79314.0
Spanish
1,0633.9
Speak English less than "very well"
3351.2
Other Indo-European languages
3,04511.2
Speak English less than "very well"
8233.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages
6,24823.0
Speak English less than "very well"
2,6009.6
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population28,803100.0

Total ancestries reported

32,761113.7
Arab4851.7
Czech11470.5
Danish1880.7
Dutch3851.3
English2,4808.6
French (except Basque)19783.4
French Canadian11270.4
German3,16711.0
Greek2891.0
Hungarian1890.7
Irish12,3298.1
Italian1,8576.4
Lithuanian310.1
Norwegian3241.1
Polish7712.7
Portuguese2060.7
Russian1,0413.6
Scotch-Irish2460.9
Scottish6302.2
Slovak550.2
Subsaharan African1680.6
Swedish5101.8
Swiss1590.6
Ukrainian2030.7
United States or American6862.4
Welsh1500.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)300.1
Other ancestries14,93051.8
(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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