Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, California Population and Demographics
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Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley is a Census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, with a population of 1,993. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 82.20% of residents identify as white, 0.00% as Black or African American, 0.00% as American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.80% as Asian, 0.00% as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 11.90% as Hispanic or Latino, and 5.10% as some other race or combination of races.
Nationally, some 61.1% of Americans identify as white, 12.3% as Black or African American, 0.7% as American Indian or Alaska Native, 5.4% as Asian, 0.2% as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 17.8% as Hispanic or Latino, and 2.6% as some other race or combination of races.
Census respondents are also asked to report ancestry. Some of the most commonly reported ancestries in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley include Italian, English, American, Portuguese, and German. Measured by location quotient — comparing the Census-designated place share to the national share — some of the most highly concentrated ancestries in Census-designated place are Canadian, Portuguese, and Croatian.
An estimated 89.20% of Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley residents are native-born, meaning they were born in the United States, Puerto Rico, a U.S. Island Area, or abroad to a U.S. citizen. Of the 10.80% of the population that is foreign-born, 20.80% have become naturalized U.S. citizens. Nationwide, 86.5% of Americans are native-born. And of the 13.5% of Americans who are foreign-born, 48.5% have become naturalized U.S. citizens.
The population of Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley is older than the United States as a whole. The median age is 50.2 years, 12.3 years more than the national median age of 37.9 years. An estimated 23.30% of the population is 65 years and over, compared to 15.2% of the U.S. population.
Family and household composition also varies heavily across the United States. In Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, 57.40% of households are occupied by married-couple families, compared to the 48.3% national figure. Some 3.40% of households are occupied by single male householders, 5.90% by single female householders, and 33.20% by non-family occupants. Nationwide, 4.9% of households are occupied by single male householders, 12.6% by single female householders, and 34.3% by non-family occupants. An estimated 82.60% of heads of household own their homes, compared to the national homeownership rate of 63.8%.
English is by far the most commonly spoken language in California and across the U.S. as a whole. Similarly, in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, 97.9% of local residents aged 5 and up speak English exclusively, or, if they are multilingual, speak English very well. For context, 81.9% of the 5 and older population across California only speaks English, or speak it very well, and 91.5% of the same age group nationwide do.
Residents of Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley are more likely than the typical American to be married. Of all local residents aged 15 and older, 52.6% are currently married, compared to 48.1% of Americans nationwide in the same age group. Across California as a whole, 46.8% of residents 15 and older are married.
Divorce is more common in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley than it is across the U.S. as a whole. According to Census estimates, 12.4% of residents 15 and older are divorced — compared to 10.8% of the U.S. population in the same age group. In California, 9.3% of the 15 and older population is divorced.
An estimated 28.8% of Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley residents 15 and older have never married, compared to one-third of all Americans in the same age group.
In Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, 5.2% of the 18 and older civilian population are veterans — compared to 7.5% of adult civilians nationwide and 5.4% of the civilian population in all of California.
In Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, adults are more likely to have a high school education than the typical American adult, and are also more likely to have a four-year college education. Among Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley residents 25 and older, 89.90% have a high school diploma or equivalent, and 51.60% have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 87.7% and 31.5% of adults nationwide, respectively. Across California, 82.9% of adults have graduated high school, and 33.3 have a bachelor’s degree.
The typical household in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley earns $108,226 a year, about $47,900 more than the national median of $60,293 and $37,000 more than the median household income across the state of $71,228.
Serious financial hardship is less common in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley than it is nationwide. The local poverty rate stands at 11.60%, while the national poverty rate is 14.1%. Across the state as a whole, 14.3% of the population lives below the poverty line.
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