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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: San Francisco County
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 776,733 100.0
      enrolled in school 182,963 100.0   Native 491,192 63.2
Nursery school, preschool 9,343 5.1       Born in United States 478,811 61.6
Kindergarten 6,579 3.6           State of residence 268,519 34.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 52,351 28.6           Different state 210,292 27.1
High school (grades 9-12) 29,531 16.1       Born outside United States 12,381 1.6
College or graduate school 85,159 46.5   Foreign born 285,541 36.8
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 106,200 13.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 163,426 21.0
  Population 25 years and over 595,805 100.0       Not a citizen 122,115 15.7
Less than 9th grade 62,549 10.5        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 49,516 8.3   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 82,618 13.9     Total (excluding born at sea) 285,541 100.0
Some college, no degree 99,933 16.8   Europe 39,799 13.9
Associate degree 33,197 5.6   Asia 175,302 61.4
Bachelor's degree 170,186 28.6   Africa 3,257 1.1
Graduate or professional degree 97,806 16.4   Oceania 2,830 1.0
        Latin America 60,569 21.2
Percent high school graduate or higher 81.2 (X)   Northern America 3,784 1.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 45.0 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 745,650 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 682,575 100.0   English only 404,571 54.3
Never married 305,498 44.8   Language other than English 341,079 45.7
Now married, except separated 264,016 38.7           Speak English less than '"very well"' 186,401 25.0
Separated 12,644 1.9   Spanish 89,759 12.0
Widowed 41,770 6.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 44,779 6.0
 Female 34,676 5.1   Other Indo-European languages 49,788 6.7
Divorced 58,647 8.6           Speak English less than '"very well"' 18,377 2.5
 Female 32,719 4.8   Asian and Pacific Island languages 194,584 26.1
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 120,900 16.2
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 776,733 100.0
           under 18 years 19,838 100.0     Total ancestries reported 822,590 105.9
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 5,474 27.6   Arab 5,430 0.7
        Czech¹ 2,931 0.4
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 3,970 0.5
          Civilian population 18 years and over 664,541 100.0   Dutch 6,319 0.8
Civilian veterans 46,345 7.0   English 47,221 6.1
        French (except Basque)¹ 18,113 2.3
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 3,275 0.4
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 60,176 7.7
     Population 5 to 20 years 102,655 100.0   Greek 3,831 0.5
With a disability 8,331 8.1   Hungarian 3,711 0.5
     Population 21 to 64 years 533,008 100.0   Irish¹ 68,876 8.9
With a disability 95,576 17.9   Italian 39,144 5.0
 Percent employed 56.3 (X)   Lithuanian 2,038 0.3
No disability 437,432 82.1   Norwegian 7,830 1.0
 Percent employed 79.5 (X)   Polish 14,332 1.8
     Population 65 years and over 104,934 100.0   Portuguese 3,679 0.5
With a disability 46,224 44.1   Russian 21,727 2.8
        Scotch-Irish 8,129 1.0
        Scottish 13,596 1.8
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 734 0.1
  Population 5 years and over 745,650 100.0   Subsaharan African 5,454 0.7
Same house in 1995 403,806 54.2   Swedish 9,748 1.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 292,101 39.2   Swiss 3,381 0.4
 Same county 147,006 19.7   Ukrainian 5,516 0.7
 Different county 145,095 19.5   United States or American 12,520 1.6
  Same state 75,766 10.2   Welsh 4,487 0.6
  Different state 69,329 9.3   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 1,639 0.2
Elsewhere in 1995 49,743 6.7   Other ancestries 444,783 57.3
 
Date: July 7, 2006
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (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. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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