Boca Raton, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1207300, place: Boca Raton city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 18,721 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,516 (8.1%)
Kindergarten: 827 (4.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,686 (35.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,438 (18.36%)
College or graduate school: 6,254 (33.41%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 55,137 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,273 (2.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,159 (5.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 10,491 (19.03%)
Some college, no degree: 11,999 (21.76%)
Associate degree: 3,853 (6.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 14,960 (27.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9,402 (17.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 44.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 63,821 (100%)
Never married: 14,084 (22.07%)
Now married, except separated: 37,721 (59.1%)
Separated: 929 (1.46%)
Total Widowed: 4,696 (7.36%)
Widowed Female: 3,775 (5.91%)
Total Divorced: 6,391 (10.01%)
Divorced Female: 3,706 (5.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 749 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 333 (44.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 61,395 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 8,439 (13.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 13,917 (100%)
--With a disability: 897 (6.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 43,194 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,591 (15.26%)
----Percent employed: 63.1%
--No disability: 36,603 (84.74%)
----Percent employed: 73.1%
Population 65 years and over: 14,508 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,638 (31.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 72,160 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 35,856 (49.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 31,934 (44.25%)
--Same county: 15,372 (21.3%)
--Different county: 16,562 (22.95%)
----Same state: 6,427 (8.91%)
----Different state: 10,135 (14.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,370 (6.06%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 75,594 (100%)
Native: 61,993 (82.01%)
--Born in United States: 60,812 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,194 (18.78%)
----Different state: 46,618 (61.67%)
--Born outside United States: 1,181 (1.56%)
Foreign born: 13,601 (17.99%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,076 (8.04%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,638 (7.46%)
--Not a citizen: 7,963 (10.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13,601 (100%)
Europe: 3,822 (28.1%)
Asia: 1,780 (13.09%)
Africa: 468 (3.44%)
Oceania: 24 (0.18%)
Latin America: 6,393 (47%)
Northern America: 1,114 (8.19%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 72,160 (100%)
English only: 57,156 (79.21%)
Language other than English: 15,004 (20.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,465 (7.57%)
--Spanish: 6,646 (9.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,608 (3.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6,682 (9.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,361 (3.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 827 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 308 (0.43%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 75,594 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 83,221% (110.09%)
Arab: 704 (0.93%)
Czech: 532 (0.7%)
Danish: 240 (0.32%)
Dutch: 1,241 (1.64%)
English: 7,127 (9.43%)
French (except Basque): 2,124 (2.81%)
French Canadian: 628 (0.83%)
German: 10,855 (14.36%)
Greek: 1,065 (1.41%)
Hungarian: 1,054 (1.39%)
Irish: 9,107 (12.05%)
Italian: 9,386 (12.42%)
Lithuanian: 343 (0.45%)
Norwegian: 796 (1.05%)
Polish: 4,521 (5.98%)
Portuguese: 450 (0.6%)
Russian: 4,066 (5.38%)
Scotch-Irish: 915 (1.21%)
Scottish: 1,816 (2.4%)
Slovak: 186 (0.25%)
Subsaharan African: 356 (0.47%)
Swedish: 1,045 (1.38%)
Swiss: 215 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 417 (0.55%)
United States or American: 4,229 (5.59%)
Welsh: 452 (0.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,352 (1.79%)
Other ancestries: 17,999 (23.81%)

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