Fort Myers Shores, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1224175, place: Fort Myers Shores CDP, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,227 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 86 (7.01%)
Kindergarten: 45 (3.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 663 (54.03%)
High school (grades 9-12): 336 (27.38%)
College or graduate school: 97 (7.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,812 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 281 (7.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 678 (17.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,436 (37.67%)
Some college, no degree: 771 (20.23%)
Associate degree: 152 (3.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 293 (7.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 201 (5.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,599 (100%)
Never married: 929 (20.2%)
Now married, except separated: 2,703 (58.77%)
Separated: 74 (1.61%)
Total Widowed: 387 (8.41%)
Widowed Female: 262 (5.7%)
Total Divorced: 506 (11%)
Divorced Female: 328 (7.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 172 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 67 (38.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,329 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 697 (16.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,275 (100%)
--With a disability: 106 (8.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,290 (100%)
--With a disability: 631 (19.18%)
----Percent employed: 59.7%
--No disability: 2,659 (80.82%)
----Percent employed: 78.6%
Population 65 years and over: 833 (100%)
--With a disability: 373 (44.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,398 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,232 (59.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,977 (36.62%)
--Same county: 1,115 (20.66%)
--Different county: 862 (15.97%)
----Same state: 292 (5.41%)
----Different state: 570 (10.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 189 (3.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,746 (100%)
Native: 5,374 (93.53%)
--Born in United States: 5,052 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,062 (35.89%)
----Different state: 2,990 (52.04%)
--Born outside United States: 322 (5.6%)
Foreign born: 372 (6.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 152 (2.65%)
--Naturalized citizen: 139 (2.42%)
--Not a citizen: 233 (4.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 372 (100%)
Europe: 52 (13.98%)
Asia: 47 (12.63%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 256 (68.82%)
Northern America: 17 (4.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,398 (100%)
English only: 4,464 (82.7%)
Language other than English: 934 (17.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 332 (6.15%)
--Spanish: 726 (13.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 287 (5.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 143 (2.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 65 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.44%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,746 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,896% (102.61%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 45 (0.78%)
Danish: 23 (0.4%)
Dutch: 124 (2.16%)
English: 542 (9.43%)
French (except Basque): 150 (2.61%)
French Canadian: 66 (1.15%)
German: 954 (16.6%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 39 (0.68%)
Irish: 637 (11.09%)
Italian: 191 (3.32%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.28%)
Norwegian: 84 (1.46%)
Polish: 145 (2.52%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 126 (2.19%)
Scottish: 66 (1.15%)
Slovak: 9 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 49 (0.85%)
Swiss: 12 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 46 (0.8%)
United States or American: 745 (12.97%)
Welsh: 42 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 174 (3.03%)
Other ancestries: 1,601 (27.86%)

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