Bartow, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1203675, place: Bartow city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,862 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 283 (7.33%)
Kindergarten: 187 (4.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,627 (42.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,263 (32.7%)
College or graduate school: 502 (13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,293 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 748 (7.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,457 (14.16%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,542 (34.41%)
Some college, no degree: 2,350 (22.83%)
Associate degree: 447 (4.34%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,178 (11.44%)
Graduate or professional degree: 571 (5.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,445 (100%)
Never married: 3,030 (24.35%)
Now married, except separated: 6,245 (50.18%)
Separated: 359 (2.88%)
Total Widowed: 1,266 (10.17%)
Widowed Female: 978 (7.86%)
Total Divorced: 1,545 (12.41%)
Divorced Female: 789 (6.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 380 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 158 (41.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,663 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,905 (16.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,143 (100%)
--With a disability: 293 (9.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,442 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,496 (20.1%)
----Percent employed: 48.9%
--No disability: 5,946 (79.9%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 2,416 (100%)
--With a disability: 932 (38.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,464 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,832 (54.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,338 (43.82%)
--Same county: 4,499 (31.1%)
--Different county: 1,839 (12.71%)
----Same state: 839 (5.8%)
----Different state: 1,000 (6.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 294 (2.03%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,341 (100%)
Native: 14,519 (94.64%)
--Born in United States: 14,321 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,221 (60.11%)
----Different state: 5,100 (33.24%)
--Born outside United States: 198 (1.29%)
Foreign born: 822 (5.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 392 (2.56%)
--Naturalized citizen: 253 (1.65%)
--Not a citizen: 569 (3.71%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 822 (100%)
Europe: 50 (6.08%)
Asia: 128 (15.57%)
Africa: 9 (1.09%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 618 (75.18%)
Northern America: 17 (2.07%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,464 (100%)
English only: 13,143 (90.87%)
Language other than English: 1,321 (9.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 585 (4.04%)
--Spanish: 990 (6.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 476 (3.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 249 (1.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (0.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 82 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (0.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,341 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,792% (83.38%)
Arab: 25 (0.16%)
Czech: 18 (0.12%)
Danish: 9 (0.06%)
Dutch: 282 (1.84%)
English: 1,390 (9.06%)
French (except Basque): 257 (1.68%)
French Canadian: 129 (0.84%)
German: 1,126 (7.34%)
Greek: 19 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 56 (0.37%)
Irish: 1,199 (7.82%)
Italian: 286 (1.86%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 46 (0.3%)
Polish: 90 (0.59%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.1%)
Russian: 30 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 255 (1.66%)
Scottish: 213 (1.39%)
Slovak: 29 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 56 (0.37%)
Swedish: 33 (0.22%)
Swiss: 27 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.07%)
United States or American: 1,719 (11.21%)
Welsh: 65 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 128 (0.83%)
Other ancestries: 5,280 (34.42%)

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