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Frostproof, FL

Polk County, Florida

Latitude: 27.745571     Longitude: -81.531144
Population 2,950 (2005)
Elevation of Frostproof, Florida: 102 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1224900, place: Frostproof city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 869 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 53 (6.1%)
Kindergarten: 44 (5.06%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 430 (49.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 294 (33.83%)
College or graduate school: 48 (5.52%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,842 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 320 (17.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 336 (18.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 596 (32.36%)
Some college, no degree: 352 (19.11%)
Associate degree: 37 (2.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 116 (6.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 85 (4.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,364 (100%)
Never married: 538 (22.76%)
Now married, except separated: 1,352 (57.19%)
Separated: 67 (2.83%)
Total Widowed: 176 (7.45%)
Widowed Female: 140 (5.92%)
Total Divorced: 231 (9.77%)
Divorced Female: 157 (6.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 55 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (69.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,189 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 351 (16.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 905 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (4.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,450 (100%)
--With a disability: 389 (26.83%)
----Percent employed: 68.1%
--No disability: 1,061 (73.17%)
----Percent employed: 82.8%
Population 65 years and over: 568 (100%)
--With a disability: 307 (54.05%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,923 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,692 (57.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,072 (36.67%)
--Same county: 738 (25.25%)
--Different county: 334 (11.43%)
----Same state: 161 (5.51%)
----Different state: 173 (5.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 159 (5.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,158 (100%)
Native: 2,742 (86.83%)
--Born in United States: 2,635 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,538 (48.7%)
----Different state: 1,097 (34.74%)
--Born outside United States: 107 (3.39%)
Foreign born: 416 (13.17%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 234 (7.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 119 (3.77%)
--Not a citizen: 297 (9.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 416 (100%)
Europe: 24 (5.77%)
Asia: 18 (4.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 369 (88.7%)
Northern America: 5 (1.2%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,923 (100%)
English only: 2,243 (76.74%)
Language other than English: 680 (23.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 336 (11.5%)
--Spanish: 619 (21.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 299 (10.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 43 (1.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 18 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.62%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,158 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,537% (80.34%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 36 (1.14%)
English: 252 (7.98%)
French (except Basque): 93 (2.94%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 249 (7.88%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 212 (6.71%)
Italian: 49 (1.55%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 9 (0.28%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 28 (0.89%)
Scottish: 12 (0.38%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 557 (17.64%)
Welsh: 11 (0.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.57%)
Other ancestries: 1,011 (32.01%)

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