Lake Park, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1238600, place: Lake Park town, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,225 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 164 (7.37%)
Kindergarten: 109 (4.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,009 (45.35%)
High school (grades 9-12): 618 (27.78%)
College or graduate school: 325 (14.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,526 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 389 (7.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,066 (19.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,849 (33.46%)
Some college, no degree: 1,174 (21.25%)
Associate degree: 198 (3.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 550 (9.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 300 (5.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,601 (100%)
Never married: 2,107 (31.92%)
Now married, except separated: 3,016 (45.69%)
Separated: 232 (3.51%)
Total Widowed: 477 (7.23%)
Widowed Female: 370 (5.61%)
Total Divorced: 769 (11.65%)
Divorced Female: 401 (6.07%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 131 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 44 (33.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,273 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 633 (10.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,875 (100%)
--With a disability: 206 (10.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,659 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,219 (26.16%)
----Percent employed: 62.6%
--No disability: 3,440 (73.84%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,272 (100%)
--With a disability: 590 (46.38%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,806 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,861 (49.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,621 (46.39%)
--Same county: 2,482 (31.8%)
--Different county: 1,139 (14.59%)
----Same state: 384 (4.92%)
----Different state: 755 (9.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 324 (4.15%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,425 (100%)
Native: 6,333 (75.17%)
--Born in United States: 6,193 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,972 (35.28%)
----Different state: 3,221 (38.23%)
--Born outside United States: 140 (1.66%)
Foreign born: 2,092 (24.83%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,142 (13.55%)
--Naturalized citizen: 740 (8.78%)
--Not a citizen: 1,352 (16.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,092 (100%)
Europe: 164 (7.84%)
Asia: 241 (11.52%)
Africa: 33 (1.58%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,620 (77.44%)
Northern America: 34 (1.63%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,806 (100%)
English only: 5,650 (72.38%)
Language other than English: 2,156 (27.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,056 (13.53%)
--Spanish: 438 (5.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 121 (1.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,424 (18.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 767 (9.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 245 (3.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 139 (1.78%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,425 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,360% (99.23%)
Arab: 12 (0.14%)
Czech: 49 (0.58%)
Danish: 17 (0.2%)
Dutch: 102 (1.21%)
English: 496 (5.89%)
French (except Basque): 292 (3.47%)
French Canadian: 56 (0.66%)
German: 698 (8.28%)
Greek: 10 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 29 (0.34%)
Irish: 626 (7.43%)
Italian: 350 (4.15%)
Lithuanian: 34 (0.4%)
Norwegian: 65 (0.77%)
Polish: 165 (1.96%)
Portuguese: 35 (0.42%)
Russian: 16 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (0.39%)
Scottish: 59 (0.7%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 90 (1.07%)
Swedish: 76 (0.9%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.11%)
United States or American: 752 (8.93%)
Welsh: 47 (0.56%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,848 (21.93%)
Other ancestries: 2,394 (28.42%)

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