2020 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan

City of Irvine

Table 2-3: Educational Attainment of Residents 25+ Years of Age in Irvine and Orange County (2017) F 6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

IRVINE

ORANGE COUNTY, CA

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Less than 9 th grade

3,478 3,117

2.10% 1.90% 8.30% 13.5% 6.70%

181,950 144,085 369,128 437,417 166,462 537,600 295,516

8.5% 6.8%

9 th grade to 12 th grade (no diploma) High school graduate or equivalent

13,746 22,472 11,181 63,193 48,877 11,329

17.3% 20.5%

Some college (no degree)

Associate degree Bachelor’s degree

7.8%

38.10% 29.40% 100.0%

25.2% 13.9% 100%

Graduate or professional degree

Total

2,132,158

Note: Percentage values are rounded to the nearest tenth decimal.

Irvine has a wide range of different non-English languages that are spoken at home among its residents, with varying levels of proficiency. Generally, Asian and Pacific Islander languages are the second most- spoken languages in Irvine, with a bit more than 41% who are not fluent in English, which is 10% less than the level of English fluency among the Countywide population of Asian and Pacific Islander language speakers. Indo-European languages are the third most-spoken languages in Irvine, with a quarter of these speakers unable to speak English fluently. This is like the rest of Orange County, where a majority of Indo- European language speakers can speak English fluently. Table 2-4 shows the most spoken languages in Irvine and the levels of fluency among speakers age five and older in Irvine and Orange County. Table 2-4: English Proficiency and Languages Spoken at Home Among Residents 5 Years or Older in Irvine and Orange County (2015) 7 LANGUAGE IRVINE ORANGE COUNTY, CA NUMBER OF SPEAKERS NUMBER OF SPEAKERS

PERCENTAGE NOT FLUENT IN ENGLISH

English only

122,519 14,257 27,850 67,916

1,615,355

Spanish

18.90% 25.60% 41.20%

766,744 121,533 430,720

42.90% 26.90%

Indo-European* Asian and Pacific Islander* All other languages

51%

8,581

33.70% 100.0%

32,492

33.30%

Total

241,123

2,966,864

100%

Note: Percentage values are rounded to the nearest tenth decimal. * Census data does not break down the specific languages for these regions

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