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Language Spoken At Home in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 11,509 | 100% |
English only | 8,977 | 78.0% |
Language other than English | 2,532 | 22.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 364 | 3.2% |
Spanish | 2,294 | 19.9% |
Speak English less than very well | 332 | 2.9% |
Other Indo-European languages | 120 | 1.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 49 | 0.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 32 | 0.3% |
Other languages | 69 | 0.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 11,956 | 100% |
American | 1,216 | 10.2% |
Arab | 7 | 0.1% |
Czech | 17 | 0.1% |
Danish | 30 | 0.3% |
Dutch | 282 | 2.4% |
English | 1,246 | 10.4% |
French (except Basque) | 294 | 2.5% |
French Canadian | 14 | 0.1% |
German | 1,927 | 16.1% |
Greek | 0 | 0.0% |
Hungarian | 35 | 0.3% |
Irish | 1,311 | 11.0% |
Italian | 115 | 1.0% |
Lithuanian | 13 | 0.1% |
Norwegian | 38 | 0.3% |
Polish | 134 | 1.1% |
Portuguese | 8 | 0.1% |
Russian | 24 | 0.2% |
Scotch-Irish | 199 | 1.7% |
Scottish | 174 | 1.5% |
Slovak | 0 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.0% |
Swedish | 79 | 0.7% |
Swiss | 0 | 0.0% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.0% |
Welsh | 84 | 0.7% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 0 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 4,261 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 2,365 | 55.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 422 | 9.9% |
Married-couple family | 1,849 | 43.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 199 | 4.7% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 91 | 2.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 45 | 1.1% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 425 | 10.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 178 | 4.2% |
Nonfamily households | 1,896 | 44.5% |
Householder living alone | 1,751 | 41.1% |
65 years and over | 983 | 23.1% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 489 | 11.5% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 2,233 | 52.4% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 4 | 0% |
Relationship in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 11,705 | 100% |
Householder | 4,261 | 36.4% |
Spouse | 1,814 | 15.5% |
Child | 4,038 | 34.5% |
Other relatives | 805 | 6.9% |
Nonrelatives | 787 | 6.7% |
Unmarried partner | 118 | 1.0% |
Marital Status in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 5,064 | 100% |
Never married | 1,561 | 30.8% |
Now married, except separated | 2,170 | 42.9% |
Separated | 117 | 2.3% |
Widowed | 345 | 6.8% |
Divorced | 871 | 17.2% |
Females 15 years and over | 5,065 | 100% |
Never married | 1,177 | 23.2% |
Now married, except separated | 1,841 | 36.3% |
Separated | 110 | 2.2% |
Widowed | 860 | 17.0% |
Divorced | 1,077 | 21.3% |
Fertility in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 18 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 9 | 50.0% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 7 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 10 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 0 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 14 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 10 | 0% |
Grandparents in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 66 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 60 | 90.9% |
Less than 1 year | 0 | 0.0% |
1 or 2 years | 28 | 42.4% |
3 or 4 years | 13 | 19.7% |
5 or more years | 19 | 28.8% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 60 | 100% |
Who are female | 52 | 86.7% |
Who are married | 24 | 40.0% |
School Enrollment in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 1,960 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 79 | 4.0% |
Kindergarten | 247 | 12.6% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 1,009 | 51.5% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 459 | 23.4% |
College or graduate school | 166 | 8.5% |
Educational Attainment in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 8,933 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 665 | 7.4% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 638 | 7.1% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 2,999 | 33.6% |
Some college, no degree | 2,317 | 25.9% |
Associate's degree | 473 | 5.3% |
Bachelor's degree | 1,292 | 14.5% |
Graduate or professional degree | 549 | 6.1% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 85.4% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 20.6% |
Veteran Status in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 9,744 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 2,033 | 20.9% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 11,720 | 100% |
With a disability | 3,475 | 29.7% |
Under 18 years | 2,212 | 100% |
With a disability | 37 | 1.7% |
18 to 64 years | 6,072 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,411 | 23.2% |
65 years and over | 3,436 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,027 | 59.0% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 11,945 | 100% |
Same house | 10,831 | 90.7% |
Different house in the U.S. | 1,101 | 9.2% |
Same county | 785 | 6.6% |
Different county | 316 | 2.6% |
Same state | 231 | 1.9% |
Different state | 85 | 0.7% |
Abroad | 13 | 0.1% |
Place Of Birth in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 11,956 | 100% |
Native | 11,426 | 95.6% |
Born in United States | 11,241 | 94.0% |
State of residence | 5,385 | 45.0% |
Different state | 5,856 | 49.0% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 185 | 1.5% |
Foreign born | 530 | 4.4% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 530 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 282 | 53.2% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 248 | 46.8% |
Year of Entry in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 715 | 100% |
Native | 185 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 17 | 9.2% |
Entered before 2010 | 168 | 90.8% |
Foreign born | 530 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 530 | 100.0% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Sierra County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 530 | 100% |
Europe | 37 | 7.0% |
Asia | 32 | 6.0% |
Africa | 0 | 0.0% |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0% |
Latin America | 390 | 73.6% |
Northern America | 71 | 13.4% |