Riverside County, CA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Riverside county california dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school465,645100.0
Nursery school, preschool20,7964.5
Kindergarten28,3646.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)223,71448.0
High school (grades 9-12)104,06822.3
College or graduate school88,70319.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over936,024100.0
Less than 9th grade99,02410.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma135,44914.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)230,86724.7
Some college, no degree250,89026.8
Associate degree64,1186.9
Bachelor's degree100,22110.7
Graduate or professional degree55,4555.9
Percent high school graduate or higher75.0(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher16.6(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over1,149,415100.0
Never married295,20025.7
Now married, except separated642,74655.9
Separated27,3282.4
Widowed71,8826.3
Female
56,9695.0
Divorced112,2599.8
Female
64,5345.6
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years45,005100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren16,86337.5
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over1,075,892100.0
Civilian veterans144,17413.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years414,605100.0
With a disability30,5037.4
Population 21 to 64 years796,469100.0
With a disability172,16921.6
Percent employed
54.5(X)
No disability624,30078.4
Percent employed
71.0(X)
Population 65 years and over190,540100.0
With a disability78,24341.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over1,425,927100.0
Same house in 1995666,37846.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995719,21950.4
Same county
410,20228.8
Different county
309,01721.7
Same state
242,30417.0
Different state
66,7134.7
Elsewhere in 199540,3302.8
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population1,545,387100.0
Native1,251,67581.0
Born in United States
1,237,29680.1
State of residence
831,08953.8
Different state
406,20726.3
Born outside United States
14,3790.9
Foreign born293,71219.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000
91,8635.9
Naturalized citizen
106,8346.9
Not a citizen
186,87812.1
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)293,712100.0
Europe21,9697.5
Asia40,46713.8
Africa2,4440.8
Oceania1,2350.4
Latin America218,59974.4
Northern America8,9983.1
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over1,425,927100.0
English only957,09467.1
Language other than English468,83332.9
Speak English less than 'very well
221,99915.6
Spanish
394,32227.7
Speak English less than "very well"
196,44613.8
Other Indo-European languages
29,8762.1
Speak English less than "very well"
7,8110.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages
37,2422.6
Speak English less than "very well"
15,5381.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population1,545,387100.0

Total ancestries reported

1,626,277105.2
Arab7,0850.5
Czech15,9660.4
Danish8,4430.5
Dutch25,2211.6
English132,9018.6
French (except Basque)143,0312.8
French Canadian19,2370.6
German177,23811.5
Greek4,6310.3
Hungarian6,3590.4
Irish1131,5908.5
Italian61,9904.0
Lithuanian2,4710.2
Norwegian21,9871.4
Polish24,6541.6
Portuguese5,5970.4
Russian10,6610.7
Scotch-Irish21,0571.4
Scottish25,6931.7
Slovak1,1730.1
Subsaharan African6,0070.4
Swedish21,9331.4
Swiss3,7440.2
Ukrainian2,1060.1
United States or American65,1984.2
Welsh9,3720.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)3,0320.2
Other ancestries787,90051.0
(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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