U.S. Beacon March 28, 2024

Highland City, FL

Polk County, Florida

Latitude: 27.962901     Longitude: -81.879380
Population 2,051 (2000)
Elevation of Highland City, Florida: 120 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1230225, place: Highland City CDP, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 610 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (4.26%)
Kindergarten: 7 (1.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 373 (61.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 130 (21.31%)
College or graduate school: 74 (12.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,210 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 89 (7.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 168 (13.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 438 (36.2%)
Some college, no degree: 366 (30.25%)
Associate degree: 87 (7.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 35 (2.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 27 (2.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,442 (100%)
Never married: 341 (23.65%)
Now married, except separated: 811 (56.24%)
Separated: 12 (0.83%)
Total Widowed: 68 (4.72%)
Widowed Female: 41 (2.84%)
Total Divorced: 210 (14.56%)
Divorced Female: 164 (11.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 48 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 25 (52.08%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,341 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 229 (17.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 567 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (15.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,101 (100%)
--With a disability: 243 (22.07%)
----Percent employed: 38.7%
--No disability: 858 (77.93%)
----Percent employed: 87.9%
Population 65 years and over: 187 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (37.43%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,855 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,090 (58.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 756 (40.75%)
--Same county: 520 (28.03%)
--Different county: 236 (12.72%)
----Same state: 70 (3.77%)
----Different state: 166 (8.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,014 (100%)
Native: 1,978 (98.21%)
--Born in United States: 1,884 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,063 (52.78%)
----Different state: 821 (40.76%)
--Born outside United States: 94 (4.67%)
Foreign born: 36 (1.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 36 (1.79%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 36 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 36 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,855 (100%)
English only: 1,604 (86.47%)
Language other than English: 251 (13.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 133 (7.17%)
--Spanish: 251 (13.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 133 (7.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,014 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,615% (80.19%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (0.25%)
English: 184 (9.14%)
French (except Basque): 27 (1.34%)
French Canadian: 22 (1.09%)
German: 224 (11.12%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 21 (1.04%)
Irish: 214 (10.63%)
Italian: 64 (3.18%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 16 (0.79%)
Portuguese: 27 (1.34%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (1.04%)
Scottish: 28 (1.39%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 225 (11.17%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 537 (26.66%)

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