Chiefland, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1211925, place: Chiefland city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 557 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 54 (9.69%)
Kindergarten: 36 (6.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 284 (50.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 145 (26.03%)
College or graduate school: 38 (6.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,187 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 160 (13.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 262 (22.07%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 427 (35.97%)
Some college, no degree: 183 (15.42%)
Associate degree: 46 (3.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 90 (7.58%)
Graduate or professional degree: 19 (1.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,477 (100%)
Never married: 395 (26.74%)
Now married, except separated: 582 (39.4%)
Separated: 63 (4.27%)
Total Widowed: 233 (15.78%)
Widowed Female: 191 (12.93%)
Total Divorced: 204 (13.81%)
Divorced Female: 139 (9.41%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 81 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 49 (60.49%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,362 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 164 (12.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 534 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (16.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 951 (100%)
--With a disability: 330 (34.7%)
----Percent employed: 40%
--No disability: 621 (65.3%)
----Percent employed: 67.6%
Population 65 years and over: 340 (100%)
--With a disability: 223 (65.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,825 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 832 (45.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 965 (52.88%)
--Same county: 498 (27.29%)
--Different county: 467 (25.59%)
----Same state: 355 (19.45%)
----Different state: 112 (6.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 28 (1.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,996 (100%)
Native: 1,940 (97.19%)
--Born in United States: 1,931 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,380 (69.14%)
----Different state: 551 (27.61%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 56 (2.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 33 (1.65%)
--Naturalized citizen: 19 (0.95%)
--Not a citizen: 37 (1.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 56 (100%)
Europe: 5 (8.93%)
Asia: 38 (67.86%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13 (23.21%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,825 (100%)
English only: 1,670 (91.51%)
Language other than English: 155 (8.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (2.79%)
--Spanish: 99 (5.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (1.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.71%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 33 (1.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.49%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,996 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,451% (72.7%)
Arab: 1 (0.05%)
Czech: 2 (0.1%)
Danish: 1 (0.05%)
Dutch: 4 (0.2%)
English: 126 (6.31%)
French (except Basque): 45 (2.25%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 113 (5.66%)
Greek: 4 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 82 (4.11%)
Italian: 44 (2.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.1%)
Polish: 11 (0.55%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.2%)
Russian: 6 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 35 (1.75%)
Scottish: 9 (0.45%)
Slovak: 5 (0.25%)
Subsaharan African: 36 (1.8%)
Swedish: 6 (0.3%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.1%)
United States or American: 211 (10.57%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 12 (0.6%)
Other ancestries: 690 (34.57%)

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