Chico, CA Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school26,600100.0
Nursery school, preschool7192.7
Kindergarten8363.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)5,38520.2
High school (grades 9-12)2,76510.4
College or graduate school16,89563.5
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over31,072100.0
Less than 9th grade1,5635.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,3797.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)5,29317.0
Some college, no degree8,63927.8
Associate degree2,7488.8
Bachelor's degree7,17423.1
Graduate or professional degree3,27610.5
Percent high school graduate or higher87.3(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher33.6(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over49,144100.0
Never married22,67046.1
Now married, except separated18,22037.1
Separated7681.6
Widowed2,6375.4
Female
2,1894.5
Divorced4,8499.9
Female
2,9706.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years448100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren12327.5
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over47,100100.0
Civilian veterans4,3139.2
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years15,413100.0
With a disability1,1047.2
Population 21 to 64 years34,349100.0
With a disability5,23115.2
Percent employed
47.4(X)
No disability29,11884.8
Percent employed
73.5(X)
Population 65 years and over5,627100.0
With a disability2,53945.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over55,881100.0
Same house in 199516,86330.2
Different house in the U.S. in 199536,86366.0
Same county
17,41031.2
Different county
19,45334.8
Same state
16,43329.4
Different state
3,0205.4
Elsewhere in 19952,1553.9
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population59,444100.0
Native54,12091.0
Born in United States
53,59090.2
State of residence
39,09565.8
Different state
14,49524.4
Born outside United States
5300.9
Foreign born5,3249.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000
2,4134.1
Naturalized citizen
1,8013.0
Not a citizen
3,5235.9
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)5,324100.0
Europe59411.2
Asia1,90335.7
Africa380.7
Oceania1132.1
Latin America2,48846.7
Northern America1883.5
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over55,881100.0
English only48,01785.9
Language other than English7,86414.1
Speak English less than 'very well
3,6166.5
Spanish
4,7248.5
Speak English less than "very well"
2,0323.6
Other Indo-European languages
1,0701.9
Speak English less than "very well"
2220.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1,8353.3
Speak English less than "very well"
1,3242.4
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population59,444100.0

Total ancestries reported

62,903105.8
Arab3020.5
Czech13560.6
Danish5781.0
Dutch1,1882.0
English6,73911.3
French (except Basque)12,0123.4
French Canadian12340.4
German9,84216.6
Greek1500.3
Hungarian3680.6
Irish17,45312.5
Italian3,8006.4
Lithuanian670.1
Norwegian1,5162.6
Polish9131.5
Portuguese9181.5
Russian5170.9
Scotch-Irish1,2952.2
Scottish1,8033.0
Slovak90.0
Subsaharan African1000.2
Swedish1,4912.5
Swiss2500.4
Ukrainian1190.2
United States or American2,4854.2
Welsh6631.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)140.0
Other ancestries17,72129.8
(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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