Gifford, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1225925, place: Gifford CDP, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,913 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 151 (7.89%)
Kindergarten: 79 (4.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,034 (54.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 431 (22.53%)
College or graduate school: 218 (11.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,002 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 850 (16.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,225 (24.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,133 (22.65%)
Some college, no degree: 750 (14.99%)
Associate degree: 235 (4.7%)
Bachelor's degree: 532 (10.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 277 (5.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 58.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,946 (100%)
Never married: 1,569 (26.39%)
Now married, except separated: 2,750 (46.25%)
Separated: 289 (4.86%)
Total Widowed: 659 (11.08%)
Widowed Female: 481 (8.09%)
Total Divorced: 679 (11.42%)
Divorced Female: 328 (5.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 311 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 233 (74.92%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,621 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 775 (13.79%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,777 (100%)
--With a disability: 160 (9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,421 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,146 (33.5%)
----Percent employed: 54.3%
--No disability: 2,275 (66.5%)
----Percent employed: 68.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,669 (100%)
--With a disability: 692 (41.46%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,084 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,457 (48.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,428 (48.39%)
--Same county: 1,845 (26.04%)
--Different county: 1,583 (22.35%)
----Same state: 692 (9.77%)
----Different state: 891 (12.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 199 (2.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,615 (100%)
Native: 6,972 (91.56%)
--Born in United States: 6,916 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,912 (51.37%)
----Different state: 3,004 (39.45%)
--Born outside United States: 56 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 643 (8.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 261 (3.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 176 (2.31%)
--Not a citizen: 467 (6.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 643 (100%)
Europe: 50 (7.78%)
Asia: 19 (2.95%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 7 (1.09%)
Latin America: 548 (85.23%)
Northern America: 19 (2.95%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,084 (100%)
English only: 6,319 (89.2%)
Language other than English: 765 (10.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 413 (5.83%)
--Spanish: 501 (7.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 320 (4.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 254 (3.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 93 (1.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,615 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,760% (88.77%)
Arab: 13 (0.17%)
Czech: 7 (0.09%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 41 (0.54%)
English: 467 (6.13%)
French (except Basque): 75 (0.98%)
French Canadian: 28 (0.37%)
German: 399 (5.24%)
Greek: 9 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.08%)
Irish: 334 (4.39%)
Italian: 137 (1.8%)
Lithuanian: 17 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.22%)
Polish: 67 (0.88%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 23 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 52 (0.68%)
Scottish: 107 (1.41%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 188 (2.47%)
Swedish: 62 (0.81%)
Swiss: 7 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.08%)
United States or American: 398 (5.23%)
Welsh: 7 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 333 (4.37%)
Other ancestries: 3,960 (52%)

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