Boynton Beach, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1207875, place: Boynton Beach city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 12,343 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,206 (9.77%)
Kindergarten: 577 (4.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,327 (43.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,515 (20.38%)
College or graduate school: 2,718 (22.02%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 44,564 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,695 (6.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,973 (13.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 13,274 (29.79%)
Some college, no degree: 10,118 (22.7%)
Associate degree: 3,289 (7.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,352 (14.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,863 (6.42%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 49,868 (100%)
Never married: 10,733 (21.52%)
Now married, except separated: 26,512 (53.16%)
Separated: 1,192 (2.39%)
Total Widowed: 5,534 (11.1%)
Widowed Female: 4,496 (9.02%)
Total Divorced: 5,897 (11.83%)
Divorced Female: 3,540 (7.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,010 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 315 (31.19%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 48,263 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 7,079 (14.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,673 (100%)
--With a disability: 808 (8.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 31,613 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,972 (22.05%)
----Percent employed: 65.3%
--No disability: 24,641 (77.95%)
----Percent employed: 78.5%
Population 65 years and over: 14,227 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,119 (35.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 56,466 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 27,698 (49.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 26,659 (47.21%)
--Same county: 15,240 (26.99%)
--Different county: 11,419 (20.22%)
----Same state: 4,329 (7.67%)
----Different state: 7,090 (12.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,109 (3.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 59,951 (100%)
Native: 49,543 (82.64%)
--Born in United States: 48,093 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,669 (26.14%)
----Different state: 32,424 (54.08%)
--Born outside United States: 1,450 (2.42%)
Foreign born: 10,408 (17.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,389 (7.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,289 (7.15%)
--Not a citizen: 6,119 (10.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10,408 (100%)
Europe: 2,064 (19.83%)
Asia: 660 (6.34%)
Africa: 123 (1.18%)
Oceania: 33 (0.32%)
Latin America: 6,979 (67.05%)
Northern America: 549 (5.27%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 56,466 (100%)
English only: 44,651 (79.08%)
Language other than English: 11,815 (20.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,307 (9.4%)
--Spanish: 4,072 (7.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,873 (3.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6,982 (12.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,197 (5.66%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 383 (0.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 93 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 59,951 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 61,957% (103.35%)
Arab: 164 (0.27%)
Czech: 280 (0.47%)
Danish: 131 (0.22%)
Dutch: 932 (1.55%)
English: 5,415 (9.03%)
French (except Basque): 1,619 (2.7%)
French Canadian: 471 (0.79%)
German: 7,057 (11.77%)
Greek: 304 (0.51%)
Hungarian: 627 (1.05%)
Irish: 6,976 (11.64%)
Italian: 5,829 (9.72%)
Lithuanian: 215 (0.36%)
Norwegian: 379 (0.63%)
Polish: 2,027 (3.38%)
Portuguese: 135 (0.23%)
Russian: 1,420 (2.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 774 (1.29%)
Scottish: 1,197 (2%)
Slovak: 196 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 339 (0.57%)
Swedish: 702 (1.17%)
Swiss: 84 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 226 (0.38%)
United States or American: 3,112 (5.19%)
Welsh: 309 (0.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5,221 (8.71%)
Other ancestries: 15,816 (26.38%)

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