This document presents a selection from the 1980 United States Census of demographic data potentially useful to California educators, researchers, and planners. The data are presented in the following 10 statistical tables, with explanatory notes appended to each: (1) comparison of California's population, civilian labor force, and public school students and staff, by racial or ethnic group; (2) age and educational level of California's population, by racial or ethnic group; (3) persons of limited English proficiency, ages 5 to 17, compared to limited English-speaking students enrolled in California public schools (1980 and 1983); (4) distribution of California's population by county, area, poverty level, and school age; (5) housing value, contract rent, and median family income in California, by county; (6) status of persons in California, ages 16 to 19; (7) type of household in which California children under 18 live; (8) profile of California's labor force; (9) employment status of California's labor force, by industry; and (10) employment status of California's population, by occupation and enrollment in related vocational education courses, 1980-81 through 1982-83. Appendixes provide a glossary of selected census terms and sources of census data. (TE)