Fort Pierce, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1224300, place: Fort Pierce city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,789 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 773 (7.9%)
Kindergarten: 635 (6.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,741 (48.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,170 (22.17%)
College or graduate school: 1,470 (15.02%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 23,612 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,199 (17.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,305 (22.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,877 (24.89%)
Some college, no degree: 4,150 (17.58%)
Associate degree: 1,072 (4.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,931 (8.18%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,078 (4.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 59.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 28,909 (100%)
Never married: 8,582 (29.69%)
Now married, except separated: 12,731 (44.04%)
Separated: 1,140 (3.94%)
Total Widowed: 2,894 (10.01%)
Widowed Female: 2,269 (7.85%)
Total Divorced: 3,562 (12.32%)
Divorced Female: 2,096 (7.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,203 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 669 (55.61%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 27,511 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,560 (12.94%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,893 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,126 (12.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,082 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,434 (33.72%)
----Percent employed: 56.3%
--No disability: 12,648 (66.28%)
----Percent employed: 69.2%
Population 65 years and over: 6,664 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,994 (44.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 34,662 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 16,134 (46.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 16,545 (47.73%)
--Same county: 10,892 (31.42%)
--Different county: 5,653 (16.31%)
----Same state: 2,866 (8.27%)
----Different state: 2,787 (8.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,983 (5.72%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 37,489 (100%)
Native: 30,592 (81.6%)
--Born in United States: 30,186 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,376 (43.68%)
----Different state: 13,810 (36.84%)
--Born outside United States: 406 (1.08%)
Foreign born: 6,897 (18.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,045 (10.79%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,436 (3.83%)
--Not a citizen: 5,461 (14.57%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,897 (100%)
Europe: 419 (6.08%)
Asia: 301 (4.36%)
Africa: 8 (0.12%)
Oceania: 12 (0.17%)
Latin America: 6,060 (87.86%)
Northern America: 97 (1.41%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 34,662 (100%)
English only: 26,071 (75.21%)
Language other than English: 8,591 (24.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,138 (14.82%)
--Spanish: 5,076 (14.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,344 (9.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,184 (9.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,568 (4.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 206 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 153 (0.44%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 37,489 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 35,975% (95.96%)
Arab: 53 (0.14%)
Czech: 134 (0.36%)
Danish: 38 (0.1%)
Dutch: 344 (0.92%)
English: 2,597 (6.93%)
French (except Basque): 510 (1.36%)
French Canadian: 208 (0.55%)
German: 2,971 (7.92%)
Greek: 112 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 130 (0.35%)
Irish: 3,084 (8.23%)
Italian: 1,171 (3.12%)
Lithuanian: 40 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 168 (0.45%)
Polish: 501 (1.34%)
Portuguese: 78 (0.21%)
Russian: 147 (0.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 381 (1.02%)
Scottish: 389 (1.04%)
Slovak: 29 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 583 (1.56%)
Swedish: 184 (0.49%)
Swiss: 7 (0.02%)
Ukrainian: 24 (0.06%)
United States or American: 2,478 (6.61%)
Welsh: 213 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2,816 (7.51%)
Other ancestries: 16,585 (44.24%)

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