Alva, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1201125, place: Alva CDP, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 375 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 33 (8.8%)
Kindergarten: 11 (2.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 206 (54.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 91 (24.27%)
College or graduate school: 34 (9.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,554 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 70 (4.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 218 (14.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 576 (37.07%)
Some college, no degree: 329 (21.17%)
Associate degree: 99 (6.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 167 (10.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 95 (6.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,706 (100%)
Never married: 221 (12.95%)
Now married, except separated: 1,094 (64.13%)
Separated: 25 (1.47%)
Total Widowed: 153 (8.97%)
Widowed Female: 130 (7.62%)
Total Divorced: 213 (12.49%)
Divorced Female: 90 (5.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (55.26%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,626 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 319 (19.62%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 332 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (5.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,084 (100%)
--With a disability: 202 (18.63%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 882 (81.37%)
----Percent employed: 69.7%
Population 65 years and over: 515 (100%)
--With a disability: 208 (40.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,931 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,146 (59.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 772 (39.98%)
--Same county: 579 (29.98%)
--Different county: 193 (9.99%)
----Same state: 41 (2.12%)
----Different state: 152 (7.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,041 (100%)
Native: 1,983 (97.16%)
--Born in United States: 1,983 (100%)
----State of residence: 748 (36.65%)
----Different state: 1,235 (60.51%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 58 (2.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (1.32%)
--Not a citizen: 31 (1.52%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 58 (100%)
Europe: 50 (86.21%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (5.17%)
Northern America: 5 (8.62%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,931 (100%)
English only: 1,808 (93.63%)
Language other than English: 123 (6.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (2.85%)
--Spanish: 76 (3.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (1.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (1.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.93%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,041 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,102% (102.99%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 9 (0.44%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 53 (2.6%)
English: 399 (19.55%)
French (except Basque): 35 (1.71%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.39%)
German: 386 (18.91%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.59%)
Irish: 308 (15.09%)
Italian: 122 (5.98%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.88%)
Polish: 41 (2.01%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 9 (0.44%)
Scotch-Irish: 66 (3.23%)
Scottish: 75 (3.67%)
Slovak: 5 (0.24%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 34 (1.67%)
Swiss: 5 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 311 (15.24%)
Welsh: 19 (0.93%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 187 (9.16%)

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