Selected Social Characteristics

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
	Estimate	Percent	Estimate	Percent	Estimate	Percent	Estimate	Percent	Estimate	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