Plumas County, CA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Plumas county california dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,030	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	237	4.7
Kindergarten	259	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,300	45.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,312	26.1
College or graduate school	922	18.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,786	100.0
Less than 9th grade	430	2.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,340	9.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,102	27.7
Some college, no degree	4,771	32.3
Associate degree	1,554	10.5
Bachelor's degree	1,737	11.7
Graduate or professional degree	852	5.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	88.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,071	100.0
Never married	2,933	17.2
Now married, except separated	10,764	63.1
Separated	396	2.3
Widowed	1,048	6.1
Female	793	4.6
Divorced	1,930	11.3
Female	951	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	236	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	116	49.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,100	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,101	19.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,462	100.0
With a disability	331	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	11,626	100.0
With a disability	2,610	22.4
Percent employed	48.1	(X)
No disability	9,016	77.6
Percent employed	69.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,587	100.0
With a disability	1,350	37.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	19,853	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,155	56.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,528	43.0
Same county	3,332	16.8
Different county	5,196	26.2
Same state	3,822	19.3
Different state	1,374	6.9
Elsewhere in 1995	170	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	20,824	100.0
Native	20,298	97.5
Born in United States	20,157	96.8
State of residence	12,970	62.3
Different state	7,187	34.5
Born outside United States	141	0.7
Foreign born	526	2.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	120	0.6
Naturalized citizen	271	1.3
Not a citizen	255	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	526	100.0
Europe	159	30.2
Asia	62	11.8
Africa	3	0.6
Oceania	26	4.9
Latin America	221	42.0
Northern America	55	10.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	19,853	100.0
English only	18,762	94.5
Language other than English	1,091	5.5
Speak English less than 'very well	311	1.6
Spanish	705	3.6
Speak English less than "very well"	253	1.3
Other Indo-European languages	293	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	23	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	71	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	35	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	20,824	100.0
Total ancestries reported	24,215	116.3
Arab	31	0.1
Czech¹	176	0.8
Danish	209	1.0
Dutch	517	2.5
English	3,898	18.7
French (except Basque)¹	964	4.6
French Canadian¹	161	0.8
German	4,261	20.5
Greek	71	0.3
Hungarian	109	0.5
Irish¹	2,979	14.3
Italian	1,102	5.3
Lithuanian	4	0.0
Norwegian	532	2.6
Polish	346	1.7
Portuguese	263	1.3
Russian	163	0.8
Scotch-Irish	564	2.7
Scottish	908	4.4
Slovak	24	0.1
Subsaharan African	24	0.1
Swedish	557	2.7
Swiss	240	1.2
Ukrainian	14	0.1
United States or American	1,348	6.5
Welsh	245	1.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	4,505	21.6

(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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