CITY OF LOMITA - 2000 CENSUS GENERAL INFORMATION

PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS: 2000

Subject	Number	Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,694	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	515	9.0
Kindergarten	456	8.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,485	43.6
High school (grades 9-12)	877	15.4
College or graduate school	1,361	23.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,139	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,004	7.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,844	13.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,376	23.9
Some college, no degree	3,673	26.0
Associate degree	1,156	8.2
Bachelor's degree	2,122	15.0
Graduate or professional degree	964	6.8
Percent high school graduate or higher	79.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	21.8	(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,217	100.0
Never married	4,448	27.4
Now married, except separated	8,041	49.6
Separated	475	2.9
Widowed	1,011	6.2
Female	852	5.3
Divorced	2,242	13.8
Female	1,383	8.5
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	438	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	159	36.3
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,684	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,559	9.9
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,255	100.0
With a disability	186	4.4
Population 21 to 64 years	12,727	100.0
With a disability	2,107	16.6
Percent employed	54.1	(X)
No disability	10,620	83.4
Percent employed	76.2	(X)
Population 65 years and over	2,287	100.0
With a disability	925	40.4
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	19,371	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,043	51.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,858	45.7
Same county	7,856	40.6
Different county	1,002	5.2
Same state	511	2.6
Different state	491	2.5
Elsewhere in 1995	470	2.4
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,057	100.0
Native	16,730	79.5
Born in United States	16,559	78.6
State of residence	11,791	56.0
Different state	4,768	22.6
Born outside United States	171	0.8
Foreign born	4,327	20.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,292	6.1
Naturalized citizen	2,027	9.6
Not a citizen	2,300	10.9
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	4,327	100.0
Europe	343	7.9
Asia	1,624	37.5
Africa	84	1.9
Oceania	20	0.5
Latin America	2,191	50.6
Northern America	65	1.5
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	19,371	100.0
English only	13,310	68.7
Language other than English	6,061	31.3
Speak English less than 'very well	2,624	13.5
Spanish	3,543	18.3
Speak English less than "very well"	1,533	7.9
Other Indo-European languages	814	4.2
Speak English less than "very well"	224	1.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	1,601	8.3
Speak English less than "very well"	825	4.3
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,057	100.0
Total ancestries reported	23,620	112.2
Arab	186	0.9
Czech 1	191	0.9
Danish	96	0.5
Dutch	264	1.3
English	1,726	8.2
French (except Basque) 1	729	3.5
French Canadian 1	171	0.8
German	2,706	12.9
Greek	108	0.5
Hungarian	163	0.8
Irish 1	2,243	10.7
Italian	1,160	5.5
Lithuanian	52	0.2
Norwegian	366	1.7
Polish	287	1.4
Portuguese	58	0.3
Russian	189	0.9
Scotch-Irish	200	0.9
Scottish	422	2.0
Slovak	10	0.0
Subsaharan African	13	0.1
Swedish	301	1.4
Swiss	46	0.2
Ukrainian	33	0.2
United States or American	576	2.7
Welsh	114	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	63	0.3
Other ancestries	11,147	52.9

(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.
Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB)
Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB)
Language Code List (PDF 17KB)
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