Lassen County, CA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lassen county california dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,900	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	369	4.1
Kindergarten	336	3.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,644	40.9
High school (grades 9-12)	2,538	28.5
College or graduate school	2,013	22.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	22,963	100.0
Less than 9th grade	971	4.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,702	16.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,091	30.9
Some college, no degree	6,577	28.6
Associate degree	2,166	9.4
Bachelor's degree	1,764	7.7
Graduate or professional degree	692	3.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	27,876	100.0
Never married	4,066	14.6
Now married, except separated	19,006	68.2
Separated	508	1.8
Widowed	1,157	4.2
Female	881	3.2
Divorced	3,139	11.3
Female	1,161	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	501	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	263	52.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	26,467	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,377	16.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,737	100.0
With a disability	454	6.7

Population 21 to 64 years	13,694	100.0
With a disability	2,964	21.6
Percent employed	43.4	(X)
No disability	10,730	78.4
Percent employed	72.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,930	100.0
With a disability	1,207	41.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	32,185	100.0
Same house in 1995	14,636	45.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,497	51.3
Same county	4,875	15.1
Different county	11,622	36.1
Same state	10,276	31.9
Different state	1,346	4.2
Elsewhere in 1995	1,052	3.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	33,828	100.0
Native	33,039	97.7
Born in United States	32,012	94.6
State of residence	22,060	65.2
Different state	9,952	29.4
Born outside United States	1,027	3.0
Foreign born	789	2.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	157	0.5
Naturalized citizen	438	1.3
Not a citizen	351	1.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	789	100.0
Europe	224	28.4
Asia	86	10.9
Africa	18	2.3
Oceania	6	0.8
Latin America	396	50.2
Northern America	59	7.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	32,185	100.0
English only	27,748	86.2
Language other than English	4,437	13.8
Speak English less than 'very well	1,245	3.9
Spanish	3,241	10.1
Speak English less than "very well"	955	3.0
Other Indo-European languages	392	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	86	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	651	2.0
Speak English less than "very well"	185	0.6

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	33,828	100.0
Total ancestries reported	26,897	79.5
Arab	68	0.2
Czech¹	73	0.2
Danish	267	0.8
Dutch	733	2.2
English	3,121	9.2
French (except Basque)¹	1,133	3.3
French Canadian¹	155	0.5
German	3,850	11.4
Greek	14	0.0
Hungarian	34	0.1
Irish¹	3,844	11.4
Italian	1,237	3.7
Lithuanian	37	0.1
Norwegian	459	1.4
Polish	259	0.8
Portuguese	499	1.5
Russian	51	0.2
Scotch-Irish	499	1.5
Scottish	529	1.6
Slovak	9	0.0
Subsaharan African	69	0.2
Swedish	508	1.5
Swiss	134	0.4
Ukrainian	42	0.1
United States or American	1,706	5.0
Welsh	217	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	13	0.0
Other ancestries	7,337	21.7

(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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