Florida City, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1222975, place: Florida City city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,782 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 245 (8.81%)
Kindergarten: 167 (6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,430 (51.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 801 (28.79%)
College or graduate school: 139 (5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,182 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 996 (23.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,286 (30.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 977 (23.36%)
Some college, no degree: 583 (13.94%)
Associate degree: 59 (1.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 196 (4.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 85 (2.03%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 45.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,525 (100%)
Never married: 2,178 (39.42%)
Now married, except separated: 1,877 (33.97%)
Separated: 264 (4.78%)
Total Widowed: 689 (12.47%)
Widowed Female: 627 (11.35%)
Total Divorced: 517 (9.36%)
Divorced Female: 327 (5.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 376 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 190 (50.53%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,005 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 343 (6.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,656 (100%)
--With a disability: 482 (18.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,699 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,410 (38.12%)
----Percent employed: 43%
--No disability: 2,289 (61.88%)
----Percent employed: 57.3%
Population 65 years and over: 859 (100%)
--With a disability: 617 (71.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,214 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,342 (46.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,692 (51.18%)
--Same county: 2,836 (39.31%)
--Different county: 856 (11.87%)
----Same state: 71 (0.98%)
----Different state: 785 (10.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 180 (2.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,028 (100%)
Native: 6,354 (79.15%)
--Born in United States: 6,159 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,212 (52.47%)
----Different state: 1,947 (24.25%)
--Born outside United States: 195 (2.43%)
Foreign born: 1,674 (20.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 610 (7.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 908 (11.31%)
--Not a citizen: 766 (9.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,674 (100%)
Europe: 332 (19.83%)
Asia: 32 (1.91%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,310 (78.26%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,214 (100%)
English only: 4,684 (64.93%)
Language other than English: 2,530 (35.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,371 (19%)
--Spanish: 2,025 (28.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,065 (14.76%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 453 (6.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 286 (3.96%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 52 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.28%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,028 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,008% (87.29%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 27 (0.34%)
French (except Basque): 35 (0.44%)
French Canadian: 13 (0.16%)
German: 44 (0.55%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 39 (0.49%)
Italian: 84 (1.05%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 19 (0.24%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 7 (0.09%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 144 (1.79%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 195 (2.43%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 609 (7.59%)
Other ancestries: 5,792 (72.15%)

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