Amador County, CA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Amador county california dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,110	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	388	4.8
Kindergarten	331	4.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,418	42.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,910	35.9
College or graduate school	1,063	13.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	25,549	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,008	3.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,088	12.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,721	30.2
Some college, no degree	7,609	29.8
Associate degree	1,870	7.3
Bachelor's degree	2,710	10.6
Graduate or professional degree	1,543	6.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	29,596	100.0
Never married	4,685	15.8
Now married, except separated	19,006	64.2
Separated	521	1.8
Widowed	2,379	8.0
Female	1,622	5.5
Divorced	3,005	10.2
Female	1,569	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	531	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	170	32.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	27,818	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,328	19.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,191	100.0
With a disability	603	9.7

Population 21 to 64 years	16,758	100.0
With a disability	3,694	22.0
Percent employed	59.4	(X)
No disability	13,064	78.0
Percent employed	74.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,206	100.0
With a disability	2,294	37.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	33,690	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,004	53.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,479	45.9
Same county	5,726	17.0
Different county	9,753	28.9
Same state	8,596	25.5
Different state	1,157	3.4
Elsewhere in 1995	207	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	35,100	100.0
Native	33,920	96.6
Born in United States	33,714	96.1
State of residence	23,535	67.1
Different state	10,179	29.0
Born outside United States	206	0.6
Foreign born	1,180	3.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	275	0.8
Naturalized citizen	736	2.1
Not a citizen	444	1.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,180	100.0
Europe	355	30.1
Asia	254	21.5
Africa	9	0.8
Oceania	35	3.0
Latin America	395	33.5
Northern America	132	11.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	33,690	100.0
English only	31,125	92.4
Language other than English	2,565	7.6
Speak English less than 'very well	727	2.2
Spanish	1,692	5.0
Speak English less than "very well"	528	1.6
Other Indo-European languages	587	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	63	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	250	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	127	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	35,100	100.0
Total ancestries reported	36,351	103.6
Arab	103	0.3
Czech¹	113	0.3
Danish	471	1.3
Dutch	743	2.1
English	4,828	13.8
French (except Basque)¹	1,339	3.8
French Canadian¹	268	0.8
German	5,731	16.3
Greek	168	0.5
Hungarian	81	0.2
Irish¹	5,087	14.5
Italian	2,871	8.2
Lithuanian	27	0.1
Norwegian	598	1.7
Polish	555	1.6
Portuguese	972	2.8
Russian	187	0.5
Scotch-Irish	971	2.8
Scottish	996	2.8
Slovak	8	0.0
Subsaharan African	33	0.1
Swedish	761	2.2
Swiss	201	0.6
Ukrainian	30	0.1
United States or American	1,885	5.4
Welsh	341	1.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	43	0.1
Other ancestries	6,940	19.8

(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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