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Jensen Beach, FL

Martin County, Florida

Latitude: 27.234926     Longitude: -80.231112
Population 11,100 (2000)
Elevation of Jensen Beach, Florida: 8 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1235550, place: Jensen Beach CDP, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,198 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 211 (9.6%)
Kindergarten: 136 (6.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 969 (44.09%)
High school (grades 9-12): 485 (22.07%)
College or graduate school: 397 (18.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,426 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 191 (2.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 970 (11.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,820 (33.47%)
Some college, no degree: 2,220 (26.35%)
Associate degree: 570 (6.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,177 (13.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 478 (5.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,426 (100%)
Never married: 1,710 (18.14%)
Now married, except separated: 5,243 (55.62%)
Separated: 174 (1.85%)
Total Widowed: 993 (10.53%)
Widowed Female: 774 (8.21%)
Total Divorced: 1,306 (13.86%)
Divorced Female: 737 (7.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 118 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30 (25.42%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,014 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,698 (18.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,849 (100%)
--With a disability: 113 (6.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,020 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,021 (16.96%)
----Percent employed: 59.5%
--No disability: 4,999 (83.04%)
----Percent employed: 78.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,772 (100%)
--With a disability: 953 (34.38%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,641 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,917 (55.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,620 (43.42%)
--Same county: 1,983 (18.64%)
--Different county: 2,637 (24.78%)
----Same state: 1,254 (11.78%)
----Different state: 1,383 (13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 104 (0.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,103 (100%)
Native: 10,600 (95.47%)
--Born in United States: 10,491 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,341 (21.08%)
----Different state: 8,150 (73.4%)
--Born outside United States: 109 (0.98%)
Foreign born: 503 (4.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 132 (1.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 267 (2.4%)
--Not a citizen: 236 (2.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 503 (100%)
Europe: 261 (51.89%)
Asia: 8 (1.59%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 9 (1.79%)
Latin America: 196 (38.97%)
Northern America: 29 (5.77%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,641 (100%)
English only: 9,944 (93.45%)
Language other than English: 697 (6.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 170 (1.6%)
--Spanish: 326 (3.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 105 (0.99%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 327 (3.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (0.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.03%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,103 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,156% (118.49%)
Arab: 15 (0.14%)
Czech: 62 (0.56%)
Danish: 51 (0.46%)
Dutch: 283 (2.55%)
English: 1,914 (17.24%)
French (except Basque): 494 (4.45%)
French Canadian: 119 (1.07%)
German: 2,316 (20.86%)
Greek: 8 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 71 (0.64%)
Irish: 2,214 (19.94%)
Italian: 1,422 (12.81%)
Lithuanian: 61 (0.55%)
Norwegian: 83 (0.75%)
Polish: 553 (4.98%)
Portuguese: 40 (0.36%)
Russian: 109 (0.98%)
Scotch-Irish: 217 (1.95%)
Scottish: 360 (3.24%)
Slovak: 33 (0.3%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 246 (2.22%)
Swiss: 46 (0.41%)
Ukrainian: 25 (0.23%)
United States or American: 734 (6.61%)
Welsh: 121 (1.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 97 (0.87%)
Other ancestries: 1,462 (13.17%)

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