Forest City, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1223375, place: Forest City CDP, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,139 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 187 (5.96%)
Kindergarten: 211 (6.72%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,404 (44.73%)
High school (grades 9-12): 705 (22.46%)
College or graduate school: 632 (20.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,632 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 267 (3.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 842 (9.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,330 (26.99%)
Some college, no degree: 2,313 (26.8%)
Associate degree: 585 (6.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,510 (17.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 785 (9.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,081 (100%)
Never married: 2,328 (23.09%)
Now married, except separated: 5,980 (59.32%)
Separated: 168 (1.67%)
Total Widowed: 544 (5.4%)
Widowed Female: 423 (4.2%)
Total Divorced: 1,061 (10.52%)
Divorced Female: 604 (5.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 271 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 110 (40.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,544 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,108 (11.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,678 (100%)
--With a disability: 152 (5.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,779 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,173 (15.08%)
----Percent employed: 66.9%
--No disability: 6,606 (84.92%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,352 (100%)
--With a disability: 695 (51.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,821 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,397 (45.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,828 (49.3%)
--Same county: 2,153 (18.21%)
--Different county: 3,675 (31.09%)
----Same state: 2,332 (19.73%)
----Different state: 1,343 (11.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 596 (5.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,712 (100%)
Native: 10,918 (85.89%)
--Born in United States: 10,335 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,816 (30.02%)
----Different state: 6,519 (51.28%)
--Born outside United States: 583 (4.59%)
Foreign born: 1,794 (14.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 970 (7.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 744 (5.85%)
--Not a citizen: 1,050 (8.26%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,794 (100%)
Europe: 202 (11.26%)
Asia: 365 (20.35%)
Africa: 63 (3.51%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,075 (59.92%)
Northern America: 89 (4.96%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,821 (100%)
English only: 9,215 (77.95%)
Language other than English: 2,606 (22.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,107 (9.36%)
--Spanish: 1,776 (15.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 852 (7.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 461 (3.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 120 (1.02%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 273 (2.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 119 (1.01%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,712 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,438% (105.71%)
Arab: 82 (0.65%)
Czech: 13 (0.1%)
Danish: 27 (0.21%)
Dutch: 229 (1.8%)
English: 1,461 (11.49%)
French (except Basque): 418 (3.29%)
French Canadian: 155 (1.22%)
German: 1,931 (15.19%)
Greek: 74 (0.58%)
Hungarian: 95 (0.75%)
Irish: 1,761 (13.85%)
Italian: 927 (7.29%)
Lithuanian: 46 (0.36%)
Norwegian: 135 (1.06%)
Polish: 335 (2.64%)
Portuguese: 71 (0.56%)
Russian: 131 (1.03%)
Scotch-Irish: 193 (1.52%)
Scottish: 294 (2.31%)
Slovak: 80 (0.63%)
Subsaharan African: 49 (0.39%)
Swedish: 228 (1.79%)
Swiss: 54 (0.42%)
Ukrainian: 47 (0.37%)
United States or American: 859 (6.76%)
Welsh: 76 (0.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 270 (2.12%)
Other ancestries: 3,397 (26.72%)

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