SFV CCD ACS DP04 2012

SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS - 2005
IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY - DP02

2001-2005 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

Supporting documentation on code lists, subject definitions, data accuracy, and statistical testing can be found on the American Community Survey website in the Data and Documentation section. Sample size and data quality measures (including coverage rates, allocation rates, and response rates) can be found on the American Community Survey website in the Methodology section. Although the American Community Survey (ACS) produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates, it is the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program that produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities and towns and estimates of housing units for states and counties.

San Fernando Valley CCD
Los Angeles County, California

San Fernando Valley CCD Tracts

City of Los Angeles, California

County of Los Angeles, California

State of California

United States

Selected Social Characteristics: 2005

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Total population

1,742,760

3,731,437

9,758,886

35,278,768

288,378,137

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

498,000

28.58%

1,078,165

28.29%

2,908,346

29.80%

10,281,601

29.14%

75,919,435

26.33%

Nursery school, preschool

29,105

5.84%

64,130

5.95%

166,393

5.72%

588,835

5.73%

4,785,409

6.30%

Kindergarten

24,980

5.02%

58,132

5.39%

154,272

5.30%

524,244

5.10%

3,964,774

5.22%

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

204,590

41.08%

445,658

41.33%

1,222,977

42.05%

4,274,808

41.58%

32,121,770

42.31%

High school (grades 9-12)

109,615

22.01%

237,977

22.07%

651,740

22.41%

2,295,771

22.33%

17,008,891

22.40%

College or graduate school

129,705

26.05%

272,268

25.25%

712,964

24.51%

2,597,943

25.27%

18,038,591

23.76%

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

1,126,870

64.66%

2,352,984

63.06%

6,105,497

62.56%

22,299,041

63.21%

188,950,759

65.52%

Less than 9th grade

139,500

12.38%

382,277

16.25%

883,387

14.47%

2,337,733

10.48%

11,793,051

6.24%

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

125,335

11.12%

276,776

11.76%

679,156

11.12%

2,104,465

9.44%

17,989,278

9.52%

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

235,845

20.93%

484,140

20.58%

1,331,136

21.80%

4,868,430

21.83%

55,856,936

29.56%

Some college, no degree

208,800

18.53%

400,751

17.03%

1,114,684

18.26%

4,692,874

21.05%

37,984,610

20.10%

Associate's degree

81,950

7.27%

134,148

5.70%

410,305

6.72%

1,709,579

7.67%

13,960,054

7.39%

Bachelor's degree

227,470

20.19%

447,649

19.02%

1,105,013

18.10%

4,215,208

18.90%

32,536,186

17.22%

Graduate or professional degree

107,955

9.58%

227,243

9.66%

581,816

9.53%

2,370,752

10.63%

18,830,644

9.97%

Percent high school graduate or higher

76.50%

72.00%

74.40%

80.10%

84.20%

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

29.80%

28.70%

27.60%

29.50%

27.20%

MARITAL STATUS

Males 15 years and over

675,105

38.74%

1,426,174

38.22%

3,648,218

37.38%

13,375,995

37.92%

110,298,693

38.25%

Never married

254,175

37.65%

610,570

42.81%

1,402,307

38.44%

4,629,429

34.61%

34,171,130

30.98%

Now married, except separated

352,415

52.20%

659,092

46.21%

1,841,346

50.47%

7,195,952

53.80%

61,663,386

55.91%

Separated

12,225

1.81%

34,034

2.39%

79,264

2.17%

246,692

1.84%

1,978,838

1.79%

Widowed

11,450

1.70%

23,156

1.62%

70,694

1.94%

270,813

2.02%

2,672,437

2.42%

Divorced

44,845

6.64%

99,322

6.96%

254,607

6.98%

1,033,109

7.72%

9,812,902

8.90%

Females 15 years and over

692,420

39.73%

1,464,381

39.24%

3,827,367

39.22%

13,858,846

39.28%

117,499,798

40.75%

Never married

210,115

30.35%

530,523

36.23%

1,254,044

32.77%

3,922,016

28.30%

29,943,646

25.48%

Now married, except separated

330,040

47.66%

618,326

42.22%

1,751,007

45.75%

6,884,327

49.67%

59,916,721

50.99%

Separated

25,425

3.67%

55,748

3.81%

134,351

3.51%

391,732

2.83%

3,069,996

2.61%

Widowed

61,470

8.88%

120,748

8.25%

312,460

8.16%

1,125,702

8.12%

11,060,297

9.41%

Divorced

65,370

9.44%

139,036

9.49%

375,505

9.81%

1,535,069

11.08%

13,509,138

11.50%

FERTILITY

Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months

25,415

1.46%

56,114

1.50%

145,988

1.50%

533,931

1.51%

4,247,399

1.47%

Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and
never married)

5,705

22.45%

17,557

31.29%

45,836

31.40%

146,305

27.40%

1,300,312

30.61%

Per 1,000 unmarried women

25

32

34

33

37

Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old

56

57

57

58

57

Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old

34

40

31

26

31

Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old

99

84

98

104

108

Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old

29

35

28

29

23

GRANDPARENTS

Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years in households

46,410

2.66%

95,288

2.55%

298,292

3.06%

885,034

2.51%

5,742,583

1.99%

Responsible for grandchildren

9,970

21.48%

23,834

25.01%

78,294

26.25%

269,496

30.45%

2,458,806

42.82%

Years responsible for grandchildren

Less than 1 year

3,090

30.99%

4,513

18.94%

14,737

18.82%

51,632

19.16%

533,559

21.70%

1 or 2 years

2,010

20.16%

4,955

20.79%

18,133

23.16%

67,321

24.98%

594,911

24.20%

3 or 4 years

1,860

18.66%

4,358

18.28%

13,886

17.74%

48,614

18.04%

418,325

17.01%

5 or more years

3,005

30.14%

10,008

41.99%

31,538

40.28%

101,929

37.82%

912,011

37.09%

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years

Who are female

59.50%

63.80%

62.50%

60.90%

62.80%

Who are married

70.40%

66.20%

68.10%

72.20%

71.10%

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

1,293,345

74.21%

2,729,886

73.16%

7,025,430

71.99%

25,543,447

72.40%

214,524,444

74.39%

Civilian veterans

72,720

5.62%

135,035

4.95%

417,690

5.95%

2,193,336

8.59%

23,427,584

10.92%

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 years and over

1,623,590

93.16%

3,442,748

92.26%

8,999,482

92.22%

32,519,278

92.18%

267,387,983

92.72%

With a disability

209,305

12.89%

424,631

12.33%

1,073,928

11.93%

4,122,404

12.68%

39,740,709

14.86%

Population 5 to 15 years

281,485

16.15%

608,892

16.32%

1,682,365

17.24%

5,911,867

16.76%

44,586,147

15.46%

With a disability

12,060

4.28%

29,617

4.86%

74,798

4.45%

283,706

4.80%

2,886,534

6.47%

Population 16 to 64 years

1,160,835

66.61%

2,487,869

66.67%

6,364,104

65.21%

22,906,307

64.93%

188,041,309

65.21%

With a disability

123,275

10.62%

253,406

10.19%

616,285

9.68%

2,357,073

10.29%

22,790,299

12.12%

Population 65 years and over

181,280

10.40%

345,987

9.27%

953,013

9.77%

3,701,104

10.49%

34,760,527

12.05%

With a disability

73,970

40.80%

141,608

40.93%

382,845

40.17%

1,481,625

40.03%

14,063,876

40.46%

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO

Population 1 year and over

1,717,820

98.57%

3,667,157

98.28%

9,599,793

98.37%

34,737,860

98.47%

284,366,827

98.61%

Same house

1,489,295

86.70%

3,187,235

86.91%

8,359,982

87.09%

29,082,579

83.72%

238,488,435

83.87%

Different house in the U.S.

211,760

12.33%

437,590

11.93%

1,143,839

11.92%

5,353,304

15.41%

44,116,146

15.51%

Same county

180,830

85.39%

363,830

83.14%

952,680

83.29%

3,872,832

72.34%

28,195,874

63.91%

Different county

30,930

14.61%

73,760

16.86%

191,159

16.71%

1,480,472

27.66%

15,920,272

36.09%

Same state

10,305

33.32%

23,619

32.02%

95,594

50.01%

1,031,754

69.69%

8,868,144

55.70%

Different state

20,625

66.68%

50,141

67.98%

95,565

49.99%

448,718

30.31%

7,052,128

44.30%

Abroad

16,765

0.98%

42,332

1.15%

95,972

1.00%

301,977

0.87%

1,762,246

0.62%

PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

1,742,760

3,731,437

9,758,886

35,278,768

288,378,137

Native

1,031,570

59.19%

2,226,100

59.66%

6,248,059

64.02%

25,667,412

72.76%

252,688,295

87.62%

Born in United States

1,018,070

98.69%

2,193,038

98.51%

6,161,172

98.61%

25,299,229

98.57%

249,119,844

98.59%

State of residence

726,900

71.40%

1,573,284

71.74%

4,611,946

74.86%

18,313,789

72.39%

170,473,495

68.43%

Different state

291,170

28.60%

619,754

28.26%

1,549,226

25.14%

6,985,440

27.61%

78,646,349

31.57%

Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born

abroad to American parent(s)

13,500

1.31%

33,062

1.49%

86,887

1.39%

368,183

1.43%

3,568,451

1.41%

Foreign born

711,190

40.81%

1,505,337

40.34%

3,510,827

35.98%

9,611,356

27.24%

35,689,842

12.38%

U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS

Foreign-born population

711,185

40.81%

1,505,337

40.34%

3,510,827

35.98%

9,611,356

27.24%

35,689,842

12.38%

Naturalized U.S. citizen

330,520

46.47%

559,064

37.14%

1,473,462

41.97%

4,128,137

42.95%

14,967,828

41.94%

Not a U.S. citizen

380,665

53.53%

946,273

62.86%

2,037,365

58.03%

5,483,219

57.05%

20,722,014

58.06%

YEAR OF ENTRY

Population born outside the United States

724,690

41.58%

1,538,399

41.23%

3,597,714

36.87%

9,979,539

28.29%

39,258,293

13.61%

Native

13,505

1.86%

33,062

2.15%

86,887

2.42%

368,183

3.69%

3,568,451

9.09%

Entered 2000 or later

2,360

17.48%

5,195

15.71%

12,257

14.11%

45,711

12.42%

447,811

12.55%

Entered before 2000

11,145

82.52%

27,867

84.29%

74,630

85.89%

322,472

87.58%

3,120,640

87.45%

Foreign born

711,190

98.14%

1,505,337

97.85%

3,510,827

97.58%

9,611,356

96.31%

35,689,842

90.91%

Entered 2000 or later

117,410

16.51%

258,192

17.15%

553,490

15.77%

1,658,255

17.25%

7,939,822

22.25%

Entered before 2000

593,780

83.49%

1,247,145

82.85%

2,957,337

84.23%

7,953,101

82.75%

27,750,020

77.75%

WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Foreign-born population, excluding

population born at sea

711,190

40.81%

1,505,337

40.34%

3,510,827

35.98%

9,611,075

27.24%

35,689,467

12.38%

Europe

54,475

7.66%

90,181

5.99%

181,046

5.16%

684,987

7.13%

4,869,898

13.65%

Asia

263,825

37.10%

407,911

27.10%

1,096,254

31.22%

3,264,303

33.96%

9,534,429

26.71%

Africa

8,405

1.18%

17,209

1.14%

46,987

1.34%

136,406

1.42%

1,252,020

3.51%

Oceania

970

0.14%

3,562

0.24%

11,116

0.32%

68,445

0.71%

185,466

0.52%

Latin America

373,510

52.52%

972,212

64.58%

2,141,809

61.01%

5,319,064

55.34%

19,018,949

53.29%

Northern America

10,000

1.41%

14,262

0.95%

33,615

0.96%

137,870

1.43%

828,705

2.32%

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

1,623,785

93.17%

3,444,207

92.30%

9,005,052

92.28%

32,599,457

92.41%

268,110,961

92.97%

English only

667,650

41.12%

1,349,250

39.17%

3,905,236

43.37%

18,808,277

57.70%

216,176,111

80.63%

Language other than English

956,130

58.88%

2,094,957

60.83%

5,099,816

56.63%

13,791,180

42.30%

51,934,850

19.37%

Speak English less than "very well"

449,055

46.97%

1,078,990

51.50%

2,510,805

49.23%

6,594,802

47.82%

23,142,029

44.56%

Spanish

597,925

62.54%

1,526,441

72.86%

3,618,948

70.96%

9,192,012

66.65%

32,184,293

61.97%

Speak English less than "very well"

291,850

48.81%

817,093

53.53%

1,806,210

49.91%

4,565,527

49.67%

15,396,674

47.84%

Other Indo-European languages

214,365

22.42%

231,914

11.07%

460,057

9.02%

1,378,597

10.00%

9,929,004

19.12%

Speak English less than "very well"

96,275

44.91%

92,913

40.06%

176,379

38.34%

449,963

32.64%

3,302,077

33.26%

Asian and Pacific Islander languages

114,380

11.96%

289,268

13.81%

922,359

18.09%

2,950,221

21.39%

7,769,500

14.96%

Speak English less than "very well"

52,880

46.23%

156,626

54.15%

499,380

54.14%

1,501,224

50.89%

3,828,819

49.28%

Other languages

29,460

3.08%

47,334

2.26%

98,452

1.93%

270,350

1.96%

2,052,053

3.95%

Speak English less than "very well"

8,050

27.33%

12,358

26.11%

28,836

29.29%

78,088

28.88%

614,459

29.94%

ANCESTRY

Total population

1,742,760

3,731,437

9,758,886

35,278,768

288,378,137

American

52,615

3.02%

108,785

2.92%

306,920

3.15%

1,192,392

3.38%

20,535,853

7.12%

Arab

20,640

1.18%

24,651

0.66%

73,395

0.75%

229,779

0.65%

1,400,345

0.49%

Czech

3,890

0.22%

6,473

0.17%

19,707

0.20%

102,881

0.29%

1,555,767

0.54%

Danish

6,160

0.35%

7,918

0.21%

27,452

0.28%

194,858

0.55%

1,434,060

0.50%

Dutch

8,955

0.51%

15,224

0.41%

60,360

0.62%

431,530

1.22%

5,079,268

1.76%

English

82,750

4.75%

130,003

3.48%

414,975

4.25%

2,500,099

7.09%

27,761,546

9.63%

French (except Basque)

25,055

1.44%

45,358

1.22%

138,097

1.42%

814,425

2.31%

9,529,969

3.30%

French Canadian

5,120

0.29%

7,715

0.21%

23,535

0.24%

129,810

0.37%

2,265,648

0.79%

German

102,280

5.87%

167,075

4.48%

539,852

5.53%

3,517,470

9.97%

49,178,839

17.05%

Greek

5,850

0.34%

9,890

0.27%

25,034

0.26%

129,169

0.37%

1,291,381

0.45%

Hungarian

12,095

0.69%

19,177

0.51%

41,702

0.43%

135,965

0.39%

1,521,762

0.53%

Irish

84,115

4.83%

141,589

3.79%

417,845

4.28%

2,734,466

7.75%

34,668,723

12.02%

Italian

58,270

3.34%

92,394

2.48%

270,862

2.78%

1,533,423

4.35%

17,235,187

5.98%

Lithuanian

3,715

0.21%

6,616

0.18%

12,261

0.13%

50,315

0.14%

712,332

0.25%

Norwegian

12,655

0.73%

18,063

0.48%

60,216

0.62%

421,966

1.20%

4,601,154

1.60%

Polish

33,440

1.92%

56,577

1.52%

132,404

1.36%

530,733

1.50%

9,770,544

3.39%

Portuguese

3,330

0.19%

5,264

0.14%

20,439

0.21%

359,992

1.02%

1,378,995

0.48%

Russian

54,985

3.16%

88,833

2.38%

151,547

1.55%

439,534

1.25%

3,009,876

1.04%

Scotch-Irish

11,215

0.64%

19,205

0.51%

67,146

0.69%

441,639

1.25%

5,289,309

1.83%

Scottish

18,040

1.04%

27,391

0.73%

92,418

0.95%

591,837

1.68%

5,858,678

2.03%

Slovak

1,735

0.10%

2,353

0.06%

5,593

0.06%

27,594

0.08%

819,412

0.28%

Subsaharan African

11,080

0.64%

28,267

0.76%

55,282

0.57%

213,643

0.61%

2,262,558

0.78%

Swedish

13,855

0.80%

23,038

0.62%

68,819

0.71%

443,346

1.26%

4,259,792

1.48%

Swiss

2,750

0.16%

4,486

0.12%

16,381

0.17%

115,871

0.33%

1,017,277

0.35%

Ukrainian

8,175

0.47%

12,123

0.32%

22,235

0.23%

99,801

0.28%

963,263

0.33%

Welsh

5,240

0.30%

9,582

0.26%

28,745

0.29%

189,490

0.54%

1,928,031

0.67%

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

5,925

0.34%

18,633

0.50%

33,501

0.34%

63,897

0.18%

2,233,125

0.77%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey and Congressman Brad Sherman
Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.
Notes:
·Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of people who responded with a particular ancestry; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Demographic Table).
·The Census Bureau introduced a new skip pattern for the disability questions in the 2003 ACS questionnaire. This change mainly affected two individual items -- go-outside-home disability and employment disability -- and the recode for disability status, which includes the two items. Accordingly, comparisons of data from 2003 or later with data from prior years are not recommended for the relevant questions. For more information, see the ACS Subject Definitions for Disability.
·Data for year of entry of the native population reflect the year of entry into the U.S. by people who were born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island Areas or born outside the U.S. to a U.S. citizen parent and who subsequently moved to the U.S.
Explanation of Symbols:
1. An '*' entry in the margin of error column indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution.