Arcadia, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1201750, place: Arcadia city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,700 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 77 (4.53%)
Kindergarten: 112 (6.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,015 (59.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 317 (18.65%)
College or graduate school: 179 (10.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,991 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 761 (19.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 667 (16.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,431 (35.86%)
Some college, no degree: 624 (15.64%)
Associate degree: 106 (2.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 261 (6.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 141 (3.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,027 (100%)
Never married: 1,584 (31.51%)
Now married, except separated: 2,346 (46.67%)
Separated: 200 (3.98%)
Total Widowed: 309 (6.15%)
Widowed Female: 243 (4.83%)
Total Divorced: 588 (11.7%)
Divorced Female: 321 (6.39%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 273 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 185 (67.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,721 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 480 (10.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,903 (100%)
--With a disability: 145 (7.62%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,219 (100%)
--With a disability: 663 (20.6%)
----Percent employed: 55.7%
--No disability: 2,556 (79.4%)
----Percent employed: 76.6%
Population 65 years and over: 890 (100%)
--With a disability: 353 (39.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,196 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,115 (50.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,820 (45.51%)
--Same county: 1,698 (27.4%)
--Different county: 1,122 (18.11%)
----Same state: 602 (9.72%)
----Different state: 520 (8.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 261 (4.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,742 (100%)
Native: 5,670 (84.1%)
--Born in United States: 5,601 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,572 (52.98%)
----Different state: 2,029 (30.09%)
--Born outside United States: 69 (1.02%)
Foreign born: 1,072 (15.9%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 587 (8.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 194 (2.88%)
--Not a citizen: 878 (13.02%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,072 (100%)
Europe: 31 (2.89%)
Asia: 49 (4.57%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 985 (91.88%)
Northern America: 7 (0.65%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,196 (100%)
English only: 4,708 (75.98%)
Language other than English: 1,488 (24.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 917 (14.8%)
--Spanish: 1,314 (21.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 900 (14.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 144 (2.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 24 (0.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,742 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,501% (96.43%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (0.19%)
Danish: 5 (0.07%)
Dutch: 47 (0.7%)
English: 565 (8.38%)
French (except Basque): 129 (1.91%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.12%)
German: 415 (6.16%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 13 (0.19%)
Irish: 397 (5.89%)
Italian: 106 (1.57%)
Lithuanian: 17 (0.25%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.15%)
Polish: 68 (1.01%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 61 (0.9%)
Scottish: 91 (1.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 26 (0.39%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 7 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 784 (11.63%)
Welsh: 11 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 92 (1.36%)
Other ancestries: 3,630 (53.84%)

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