Fort Meade, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1224100, place: Fort Meade city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,590 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 70 (4.4%)
Kindergarten: 49 (3.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,013 (63.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 361 (22.7%)
College or graduate school: 97 (6.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,844 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 600 (15.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 677 (17.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,527 (39.72%)
Some college, no degree: 647 (16.83%)
Associate degree: 176 (4.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 138 (3.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 79 (2.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,555 (100%)
Never married: 1,075 (23.6%)
Now married, except separated: 2,336 (51.28%)
Separated: 155 (3.4%)
Total Widowed: 475 (10.43%)
Widowed Female: 366 (8.04%)
Total Divorced: 514 (11.28%)
Divorced Female: 307 (6.74%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 84 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 46 (54.76%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,274 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 602 (14.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,516 (100%)
--With a disability: 149 (9.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,072 (100%)
--With a disability: 739 (24.06%)
----Percent employed: 49.3%
--No disability: 2,333 (75.94%)
----Percent employed: 73.9%
Population 65 years and over: 951 (100%)
--With a disability: 319 (33.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,612 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,315 (59.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,247 (40.04%)
--Same county: 1,646 (29.33%)
--Different county: 601 (10.71%)
----Same state: 283 (5.04%)
----Different state: 318 (5.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 50 (0.89%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,982 (100%)
Native: 5,351 (89.45%)
--Born in United States: 5,247 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,379 (56.49%)
----Different state: 1,868 (31.23%)
--Born outside United States: 104 (1.74%)
Foreign born: 631 (10.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 368 (6.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 85 (1.42%)
--Not a citizen: 546 (9.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 631 (100%)
Europe: 61 (9.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 570 (90.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,612 (100%)
English only: 4,500 (80.19%)
Language other than English: 1,112 (19.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 525 (9.35%)
--Spanish: 1,061 (18.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 510 (9.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 51 (0.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,982 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,578% (76.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 19 (0.32%)
Dutch: 31 (0.52%)
English: 337 (5.63%)
French (except Basque): 49 (0.82%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 296 (4.95%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.27%)
Irish: 395 (6.6%)
Italian: 60 (1%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.12%)
Polish: 9 (0.15%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 90 (1.5%)
Scottish: 83 (1.39%)
Slovak: 26 (0.43%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.08%)
Swedish: 9 (0.15%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.15%)
United States or American: 933 (15.6%)
Welsh: 53 (0.89%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 2,142 (35.81%)

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