Sierra County, CA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Sierra county california dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	875	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	52	5.9
Kindergarten	41	4.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	377	43.1
High school (grades 9-12)	281	32.1
College or graduate school	124	14.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	2,540	100.0
Less than 9th grade	123	4.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	252	9.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	730	28.7
Some college, no degree	776	30.6
Associate degree	223	8.8
Bachelor's degree	289	11.4
Graduate or professional degree	147	5.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	2,906	100.0
Never married	560	19.3
Now married, except separated	1,730	59.5
Separated	64	2.2
Widowed	207	7.1
Female	162	5.6
Divorced	345	11.9
Female	140	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	37	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	33	89.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	2,723	100.0
Civilian veterans	528	19.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	789	100.0
With a disability	41	5.2

Population 21 to 64 years	1,999	100.0
With a disability	476	23.8
Percent employed	51.3	(X)
No disability	1,523	76.2
Percent employed	72.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	585	100.0
With a disability	213	36.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	3,409	100.0
Same house in 1995	2,084	61.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	1,312	38.5
Same county	473	13.9
Different county	839	24.6
Same state	606	17.8
Different state	233	6.8
Elsewhere in 1995	13	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	3,555	100.0
Native	3,448	97.0
Born in United States	3,428	96.4
State of residence	2,045	57.5
Different state	1,383	38.9
Born outside United States	20	0.6
Foreign born	107	3.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	34	1.0
Naturalized citizen	55	1.5
Not a citizen	52	1.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	107	100.0
Europe	26	24.3
Asia	23	21.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	53	49.5
Northern America	5	4.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	3,409	100.0
English only	3,194	93.7
Language other than English	215	6.3
Speak English less than 'very well	68	2.0
Spanish	109	3.2
Speak English less than "very well"	57	1.7
Other Indo-European languages	95	2.8
Speak English less than "very well"	4	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	11	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	7	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	3,555	100.0
Total ancestries reported	4,189	117.8
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	30	0.8
Danish	37	1.0
Dutch	88	2.5
English	739	20.8
French (except Basque)¹	205	5.8
French Canadian¹	26	0.7
German	464	13.1
Greek	5	0.1
Hungarian	5	0.1
Irish¹	688	19.4
Italian	317	8.9
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	67	1.9
Polish	43	1.2
Portuguese	33	0.9
Russian	39	1.1
Scotch-Irish	52	1.5
Scottish	148	4.2
Slovak	7	0.2
Subsaharan African	4	0.1
Swedish	115	3.2
Swiss	143	4.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	283	8.0
Welsh	17	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	634	17.8

(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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