SFV CCD ACS DP04 2012

SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS - 2006
IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY - DP02

2002-2006 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

Los Angeles city, California

Los Angeles county, California

California

United States

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Percent

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Percent

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Percent

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Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in

school

475,475

475,475

1,073,747

1,073,747

2,922,308

2,922,308

10,385,391

10,385,391

79,121,944

79,121,944

Nursery school, preschool

29,115

6.1%

64,925

6%

169,836

5.8%

605,484

5.8%

4,901,007

6.2%

Kindergarten

21,335

4.5%

52,931

4.9%

137,471

4.7%

501,274

4.8%

4,012,680

5.1%

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

195,050

41%

420,869

39.2%

1,196,097

40.9%

4,179,120

40.2%

32,256,951

40.8%

High school (grades 9-12)

107,090

22.5%

229,126

21.3%

651,218

22.3%

2,313,813

22.3%

17,500,473

22.1%

College or graduate school

122,890

25.8%

305,896

28.5%

767,686

26.3%

2,785,700

26.8%

20,450,833

25.8%

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

1,145,315

1,145,315

2,401,730

2,401,730

6,243,935

6,243,935

23,133,174

23,133,174

195,932,824

195,932,824

Less than 9th grade

138,595

12.1%

389,504

16.2%

893,814

14.3%

2,462,134

10.6%

12,743,555

6.5%

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

107,475

9.4%

264,689

11%

666,050

10.7%

2,143,220

9.3%

18,502,540

9.4%

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

274,380

24%

531,469

22.1%

1,439,106

23%

5,368,962

23.2%

59,123,954

30.2%

Some college, no degree

202,805

17.7%

388,652

16.2%

1,098,393

17.6%

4,684,571

20.3%

38,185,678

19.5%

Associate's degree

80,555

7%

137,485

5.7%

418,595

6.7%

1,767,989

7.6%

14,486,202

7.4%

Bachelor's degree

234,590

20.5%

455,153

19%

1,142,934

18.3%

4,311,428

18.6%

33,496,187

17.1%

Graduate or professional degree

106,920

9.3%

234,778

9.8%

585,043

9.4%

2,394,870

10.4%

19,394,708

9.9%

Percent high school graduate or higher

78.5

78.5%

72.8%

72.8%%

75.0%

75.0%%

80.1%

80.1%%

84.1%

84.1%%

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

29.8

29.8%

28.7%

28.7%%

27.7%

27.7%%

29.0%

29.0%%

27.0%

27.0%%

MARITAL STATUS

Males 15 years and over

675,455

675,455

1,464,088

1,464,088

3,789,268

3,789,268

14,185,501

14,185,501

116,327,232

116,327,232

Never married

266,255

39.4%

664,372

45.4%

1,588,628

41.9%

5,374,190

37.9%

39,401,560

33.9%

Now married, except separated

328,670

48.7%

624,739

42.7%

1,756,037

46.3%

7,097,824

50%

60,955,218

52.4%

Separated

13,915

2.1%

39,747

2.7%

88,686

2.3%

280,535

2%

2,194,345

1.9%

Widowed

15,785

2.3%

31,172

2.1%

83,082

2.2%

308,020

2.2%

2,959,354

2.5%

Divorced

50,835

7.5%

104,058

7.1%

272,835

7.2%

1,124,932

7.9%

10,816,755

9.3%

Females 15 years and over

706,440

706,440

1,506,483

1,506,483

3,934,118

3,934,118

14,384,278

14,384,278

122,258,450

122,258,450

Never married

222,710

31.5%

574,995

38.2%

1,364,290

34.7%

4,358,728

30.3%

33,385,649

27.3%

Now married, except separated

318,365

45.1%

586,782

39%

1,679,103

42.7%

6,745,609

46.9%

59,211,138

48.4%

Separated

23,560

3.3%

62,852

4.2%

145,863

3.7%

428,585

3%

3,210,647

2.6%

Widowed

69,275

9.8%

127,597

8.5%

347,652

8.8%

1,242,329

8.6%

12,223,537

10%

Divorced

72,540

10.3%

154,257

10.2%

397,210

10.1%

1,609,027

11.2%

14,227,479

11.6%

FERTILITY

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

22,650

22,650

51,904

51,904

131,326

131,326

515,991

515,991

4,182,942

4,182,942

Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)

6,665

29.4%

16,972

32.7%

43,747

33.3%

159,666

30.9%

1,370,877

32.8%

Per 1,000 unmarried women

28

28

29

29

30

30

33

33

35

35

Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old

50

50

51

51

50

50

55

55

55

55

Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old

38

38

32

32

24

24

24

24

26

26

Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old

85

85

80

80

85

85

96

96

104

104

Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old

25

25

29

29

27

27

27

27

23

23

GRANDPARENTS

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

41,765

41,765

99,034

99,034

299,383

299,383

956,156

956,156

6,062,034

6,062,034

Responsible for grandchildren

12,040

28.8%

29,619

29.9%

78,079

26.1%

273,070

28.6%

2,455,102

40.5%

Years responsible for grandchildren

Less than 1 year

2,885

6.9%

6,804

6.9%

16,555

5.5%

57,416

6%

553,508

9.1%

1 or 2 years

3,240

7.8%

7,724

7.8%

19,285

6.4%

66,327

6.9%

589,685

9.7%

3 or 4 years

1,760

4.2%

4,198

4.2%

13,987

4.7%

46,167

4.8%

393,958

6.5%

5 or more years

4,155

9.9%

10,893

11%

28,252

9.4%

103,160

10.8%

917,951

15.1%

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for

own grandchildren under 18 years

Who are female

67.3

67.3%

67.9%

67.9%%

65.8%

65.8%%

62.7%

62.7%%

63.5%

63.5%%

Who are married

59.4

59.4%

60.6%

60.6%%

67.2%

67.2%%

71.5%

71.5%%

70.1%

70.1%%

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

1,306,440

1,306,440

2,811,672

2,811,672

7,263,298

7,263,298

26,789,221

26,789,221

224,648,294

224,648,294

Civilian veterans

66,245

66,245

123,404

123,404

392,433

392,433

2,142,367

2,142,367

23,425,051

23,425,051

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 years and over

1,614,285

1,614,285

3,459,477

3,459,477

9,118,764

9,118,764

33,211,121

33,211,121

273,835,465

273,835,465

With a disability

208,735

12.9%

433,846

12.5%

1,117,394

12.3%

4,283,468

12.9%

41,259,809

15.1%

Population 5 to 15 years

268,005

268,005

576,489

576,489

1,638,781

1,638,781

5,765,810

5,765,810

44,696,789

44,696,789

With a disability

11,370

4.2%

30,333

5.3%

73,046

4.5%

274,922

4.8%

2,829,622

6.3%

Population 16 to 64 years

1,151,795

1,151,795

2,520,271

2,520,271

6,504,371

6,504,371

23,637,212

23,637,212

193,568,216

193,568,216

With a disability

112,665

9.8%

239,416

9.5%

616,740

9.5%

2,443,463

10.3%

23,863,097

12.3%

Population 65 years and over

194,480

194,480

362,717

362,717

975,612

975,612

3,808,099

3,808,099

35,570,460

35,570,460

With a disability

84,700

43.6%

164,097

45.2%

427,608

43.8%

1,565,083

41.1%

14,567,090

41%

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO

Population 1 year and over

1,722,345

1,722,345

3,716,869

3,716,869

9,800,949

9,800,949

35,932,693

35,932,693

295,345,172

295,345,172

Same house

1,510,965

87.7%

3,222,284

86.7%

8,522,898

87%

29,915,828

83.3%

245,677,993

83.2%

Different house in the U.S.

197,625

11.5%

462,013

12.4%

1,197,942

12.2%

5,696,055

15.9%

47,776,225

16.2%

Same county

167,860

9.7%

378,497

10.2%

989,238

10.1%

3,959,241

11%

29,298,359

9.9%

Different county

29,765

1.7%

83,516

2.2%

208,704

2.1%

1,736,814

4.8%

18,477,866

6.3%

Same state

11,970

0.7%

35,026

0.9%

109,952

1.1%

1,214,709

3.4%

10,530,806

3.6%

Different state

17,795

1%

48,490

1.3%

98,752

1%

522,105

1.5%

7,947,060

2.7%

Abroad

13,750

0.8%

32,572

0.9%

80,109

0.8%

320,810

0.9%

1,890,954

0.6%

PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

1,746,070

1,746,070

3,773,846

3,773,846

9,948,081

9,948,081

36,457,549

36,457,549

299,398,485

299,398,485

Native

1,042,455

59.7%

2,266,814

60.1%

6,431,111

64.6%

26,555,482

72.8%

261,850,696

87.5%

Born in United States

1,028,540

58.9%

2,233,921

59.2%

6,341,272

63.7%

26,159,970

71.8%

258,104,017

86.2%

State of residence

749,585

42.9%

1,615,760

42.8%

4,778,532

48%

19,089,635

52.4%

176,467,918

58.9%

Different state

278,955

16%

618,161

16.4%

1,562,740

15.7%

7,070,335

19.4%

81,636,099

27.3%

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

born abroad to American parent(s)

13,915

0.8%

32,893

0.9%

89,839

0.9%

395,512

1.1%

3,746,679

1.3%

Foreign born

703,610

40.3%

1,507,032

39.9%

3,516,970

35.4%

9,902,067

27.2%

37,547,789

12.5%

U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS

Foreign-born population

703,610

703,610

1,507,032

1,507,032

3,516,970

3,516,970

9,902,067

9,902,067

37,547,789

37,547,789

Naturalized U.S. citizen

351,085

49.9%

579,119

38.4%

1,525,965

43.4%

4,264,806

43.1%

15,767,731

42%

Not a U.S. citizen

352,525

50.1%

927,913

61.6%

1,991,005

56.6%

5,637,261

56.9%

21,780,058

58%

YEAR OF ENTRY

Population born outside the United States

717,525

717,525

1,539,925

1,539,925

3,606,809

3,606,809

10,297,579

10,297,579

41,294,468

41,294,468

Native

13,915

13,915

32,893

32,893

89,839

89,839

395,512

395,512

3,746,679

3,746,679

Entered 2000 or later

2,035

14.6%

5,352

16.3%

13,747

15.3%

51,937

13.1%

546,422

14.6%

Entered before 2000

11,880

85.4%

27,541

83.7%

76,092

84.7%

343,575

86.9%

3,200,257

85.4%

Foreign born

703,615

703,615

1,507,032

1,507,032

3,516,970

3,516,970

9,902,067

9,902,067

37,547,789

37,547,789

Entered 2000 or later

127,305

18.1%

308,462

20.5%

632,127

18%

1,954,316

19.7%

9,511,828

25.3%

Entered before 2000

576,310

81.9%

1,198,570

79.5%

2,884,843

82%

7,947,751

80.3%

28,035,961

74.7%

WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea

703,610

703,610

1,507,032

1,507,032

3,516,970

3,516,970

9,901,970

9,901,970

37,547,315

37,547,315

Europe

52,385

7.4%

96,261

6.4%

179,041

5.1%

682,224

6.9%

4,993,135

13.3%

Asia

270,525

38.4%

386,473

25.6%

1,107,761

31.5%

3,356,805

33.9%

10,052,929

26.8%

Africa

11,395

1.6%

24,252

1.6%

46,843

1.3%

143,882

1.5%

1,375,676

3.7%

Oceania

2,090

0.3%

4,111

0.3%

10,167

0.3%

66,273

0.7%

181,987

0.5%

Latin America

359,840

51.1%

983,874

65.3%

2,145,868

61%

5,517,741

55.7%

20,088,292

53.5%

Northern America

7,380

1%

12,061

0.8%

27,290

0.8%

135,045

1.4%

855,296

2.3%

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

1,624,400

1,624,400

3,492,521

3,492,521

9,206,139

9,206,139

33,784,883

33,784,883

279,012,712

279,012,712

English only

680,005

41.9%

1,383,965

39.6%

4,019,709

43.7%

19,414,977

57.5%

224,154,288

80.3%

Language other than English

944,390

58.1%

2,108,556

60.4%

5,186,430

56.3%

14,369,906

42.5%

54,858,424

19.7%

Speak English less than "very well"

454,190

28%

1,070,163

30.6%

2,505,864

27.2%

6,778,944

20.1%

24,212,711

8.7%

Spanish

573,910

35.3%

1,539,282

44.1%

3,671,532

39.9%

9,588,622

28.4%

34,044,945

12.2%

Speak English less than "very well"

291,925

18%

821,958

23.5%

1,793,048

19.5%

4,700,922

13.9%

16,118,920

5.8%

Other Indo-European languages

220,545

13.6%

243,518

7%

481,470

5.2%

1,459,471

4.3%

10,283,232

3.7%

Speak English less than "very well"

98,015

6%

96,121

2.8%

184,632

2%

474,782

1.4%

3,393,412

1.2%

Asian and Pacific Islander languages

115,610

7.1%

276,551

7.9%

942,586

10.2%

3,040,704

9%

8,275,131

3%

Speak English less than "very well"

51,425

3.2%

138,640

4%

499,862

5.4%

1,515,494

4.5%

4,030,710

1.4%

Other languages

34,325

2.1%

49,205

1.4%

90,842

1%

281,109

0.8%

2,255,116

0.8%

Speak English less than "very well"

12,825

0.8%

13,444

0.4%

28,322

0.3%

87,746

0.3%

669,669

0.2%

ANCESTRY

Total population

1,746,070

1,746,070

3,773,846

3,773,846

9,948,081

9,948,081

36,457,549

36,457,549

299,398,485

299,398,485

American

55,960

3.2%

105,491

2.8%

292,045

2.9%

1,081,295

3%

20,372,454

6.8%

Arab

26,915

1.5%

29,276

0.8%

72,124

0.7%

238,846

0.7%

1,466,874

0.5%

Czech

3,755

0.2%

5,099

0.1%

16,905

0.2%

93,229

0.3%

1,637,218

0.5%

Danish

6,005

0.3%

9,236

0.2%

28,827

0.3%

207,023

0.6%

1,516,126

0.5%

Dutch

11,645

0.7%

17,787

0.5%

65,048

0.7%

439,105

1.2%

5,187,864

1.7%

English

76,905

4.4%

127,320

3.4%

406,308

4.1%

2,592,100

7.1%

28,290,369

9.4%

French (except Basque)

24,255

1.4%

45,288

1.2%

130,227

1.3%

807,575

2.2%

9,651,364

3.2%

French Canadian

3,075

0.2%

6,074

0.2%

16,718

0.2%

125,694

0.3%

2,240,648

0.7%

German

106,155

6.1%

170,074

4.5%

560,637

5.6%

3,640,022

10%

50,764,352

17%

Greek

8,705

0.5%

15,169

0.4%

34,922

0.4%

148,356

0.4%

1,380,258

0.5%

Hungarian

11,670

0.7%

17,374

0.5%

34,283

0.3%

129,159

0.4%

1,563,081

0.5%

Irish

84,935

4.9%

141,210

3.7%

439,462

4.4%

2,830,975

7.8%

35,975,855

12%

Italian

57,205

3.3%

99,281

2.6%

282,303

2.8%

1,560,870

4.3%

17,829,184

6%

Lithuanian

3,385

0.2%

7,642

0.2%

14,476

0.1%

50,506

0.1%

722,879

0.2%

Norwegian

12,445

0.7%

19,225

0.5%

65,544

0.7%

410,755

1.1%

4,669,516

1.6%

Polish

31,200

1.8%

57,706

1.5%

127,486

1.3%

518,536

1.4%

10,024,683

3.3%

Portuguese

2,450

0.1%

5,657

0.1%

21,806

0.2%

391,649

1.1%

1,442,077

0.5%

Russian

51,645

3%

91,654

2.4%

151,620

1.5%

444,146

1.2%

3,105,965

1%

Scotch-Irish

13,120

0.8%

20,828

0.6%

67,436

0.7%

471,320

1.3%

5,393,554

1.8%

Scottish

17,415

1%

30,122

0.8%

91,796

0.9%

590,878

1.6%

6,006,955

2%

Slovak

1,110

0.1%

1,612

0%

5,640

0.1%

27,015

0.1%

838,385

0.3%

Subsaharan African

7,195

0.4%

30,786

0.8%

73,059

0.7%

232,617

0.6%

2,540,781

0.8%

Swedish

12,070

0.7%

21,207

0.6%

68,071

0.7%

479,942

1.3%

4,417,115

1.5%

Swiss

3,055

0.2%

5,586

0.1%

17,668

0.2%

122,593

0.3%

1,018,910

0.3%

Ukrainian

6,640

0.4%

9,693

0.3%

20,538

0.2%

93,697

0.3%

961,113

0.3%

Welsh

5,730

0.3%

10,581

0.3%

28,621

0.3%

181,864

0.5%

1,959,794

0.7%

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

4,230

0.2%

17,013

0.5%

32,984

0.3%

73,004

0.2%

2,418,969

0.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey
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, http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACS/accuracy2006.pdf). 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.
·While the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the December 2005 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, in certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB definitions due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities.
Explanation of Symbols:
1. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that either no sample observations or 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 estimate column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of