General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1201000, place: Altha town, Florida)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 144 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (5.56%)
Kindergarten: 15 (10.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 62 (43.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 28 (19.44%)
College or graduate school: 31 (21.53%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 346 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 45 (13.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 54 (15.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 125 (36.13%)
Some college, no degree: 81 (23.41%)
Associate degree: 13 (3.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 18 (5.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10 (2.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 426 (100%)
Never married: 113 (26.53%)
Now married, except separated: 204 (47.89%)
Separated: 3 (0.7%)
Total Widowed: 45 (10.56%)
Widowed Female: 34 (7.98%)
Total Divorced: 61 (14.32%)
Divorced Female: 31 (7.28%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (100%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 402 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 47 (11.69%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 129 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (10.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 308 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (27.6%)
----Percent employed: 54.1%
--No disability: 223 (72.4%)
----Percent employed: 79.4%
Population 65 years and over: 72 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (70.83%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 509 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 298 (58.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 204 (40.08%)
--Same county: 90 (17.68%)
--Different county: 114 (22.4%)
----Same state: 60 (11.79%)
----Different state: 54 (10.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (1.38%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 534 (100%)
Native: 512 (95.88%)
--Born in United States: 512 (100%)
----State of residence: 329 (61.61%)
----Different state: 183 (34.27%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 22 (4.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (3%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.94%)
--Not a citizen: 17 (3.18%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 22 (100%)
Europe: 2 (9.09%)
Asia: 1 (4.55%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 19 (86.36%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 509 (100%)
English only: 479 (94.11%)
Language other than English: 30 (5.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (3.34%)
--Spanish: 22 (4.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (3.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 534 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 498% (93.26%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 13 (2.43%)
English: 24 (4.49%)
French (except Basque): 15 (2.81%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 64 (11.99%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 69 (12.92%)
Italian: 1 (0.19%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 4 (0.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 1 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (3.18%)
Scottish: 8 (1.5%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 1 (0.19%)
United States or American: 212 (39.7%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 69 (12.92%)
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