Colusa County, CA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Colusa county california dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,596	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	239	4.3
Kindergarten	391	7.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,641	47.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,603	28.6
College or graduate school	722	12.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,912	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,517	23.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,410	12.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,635	24.1
Some college, no degree	2,476	22.7
Associate degree	712	6.5
Bachelor's degree	858	7.9
Graduate or professional degree	304	2.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	64.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,948	100.0
Never married	3,431	24.6
Now married, except separated	8,182	58.7
Separated	246	1.8
Widowed	894	6.4
Female	708	5.1
Divorced	1,195	8.6
Female	594	4.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	546	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	237	43.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,859	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,543	12.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,211	100.0
With a disability	423	8.1

Population 21 to 64 years	9,817	100.0
With a disability	2,078	21.2
Percent employed	49.2	(X)
No disability	7,739	78.8
Percent employed	69.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,984	100.0
With a disability	842	42.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,275	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,959	57.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,418	37.2
Same county	3,893	22.5
Different county	2,525	14.6
Same state	2,254	13.0
Different state	271	1.6
Elsewhere in 1995	898	5.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	18,804	100.0
Native	13,623	72.4
Born in United States	13,519	71.9
State of residence	11,159	59.3
Different state	2,360	12.6
Born outside United States	104	0.6
Foreign born	5,181	27.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	2,199	11.7
Naturalized citizen	1,226	6.5
Not a citizen	3,955	21.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	5,181	100.0
Europe	54	1.0
Asia	137	2.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	85	1.6
Latin America	4,864	93.9
Northern America	41	0.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,275	100.0
English only	10,012	58.0
Language other than English	7,263	42.0
Speak English less than 'very well	4,177	24.2
Spanish	6,883	39.8
Speak English less than "very well"	4,012	23.2
Other Indo-European languages	287	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	122	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	80	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	41	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	18,804	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,610	99.0
Arab	11	0.1
Czech¹	30	0.2
Danish	167	0.9
Dutch	225	1.2
English	1,296	6.9
French (except Basque)¹	309	1.6
French Canadian¹	83	0.4
German	1,878	10.0
Greek	16	0.1
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,382	7.3
Italian	612	3.3
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	229	1.2
Polish	86	0.5
Portuguese	339	1.8
Russian	65	0.3
Scotch-Irish	232	1.2
Scottish	274	1.5
Slovak	3	0.0
Subsaharan African	9	0.0
Swedish	234	1.2
Swiss	140	0.7
Ukrainian	10	0.1
United States or American	843	4.5
Welsh	57	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	10,080	53.6

(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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