General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1200625, place: Alford town, Florida)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 97 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1 (1.03%)
Kindergarten: 9 (9.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 44 (45.36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 40 (41.24%)
College or graduate school: 3 (3.09%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 333 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 67 (20.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 89 (26.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 88 (26.43%)
Some college, no degree: 69 (20.72%)
Associate degree: 11 (3.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 7 (2.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (0.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 53.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 2.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 410 (100%)
Never married: 85 (20.73%)
Now married, except separated: 218 (53.17%)
Separated: 17 (4.15%)
Total Widowed: 36 (8.78%)
Widowed Female: 34 (8.29%)
Total Divorced: 54 (13.17%)
Divorced Female: 36 (8.78%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (12.5%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 374 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 59 (15.78%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 100 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 282 (100%)
--With a disability: 105 (37.23%)
----Percent employed: 50.5%
--No disability: 177 (62.77%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
Population 65 years and over: 84 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (51.19%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 466 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 243 (52.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 223 (47.85%)
--Same county: 101 (21.67%)
--Different county: 122 (26.18%)
----Same state: 48 (10.3%)
----Different state: 74 (15.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 502 (100%)
Native: 492 (98.01%)
--Born in United States: 490 (100%)
----State of residence: 307 (61.16%)
----Different state: 183 (36.45%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 10 (1.99%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (1.39%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.6%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 10 (100%)
Europe: 8 (80%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (20%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 466 (100%)
English only: 444 (95.28%)
Language other than English: 22 (4.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 14 (3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 502 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 319% (63.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 7 (1.39%)
English: 40 (7.97%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.4%)
French Canadian: 5 (1%)
German: 26 (5.18%)
Greek: 3 (0.6%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.6%)
Irish: 64 (12.75%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 8 (1.59%)
Polish: 21 (4.18%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 16 (3.19%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.4%)
Swedish: 8 (1.59%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 50 (9.96%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 62 (12.35%)
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