Lakeland Highlands, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1238262, place: Lakeland Highlands CDP, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,650 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 252 (6.9%)
Kindergarten: 197 (5.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,732 (47.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,003 (27.48%)
College or graduate school: 466 (12.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,428 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 169 (2.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 419 (4.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,850 (21.95%)
Some college, no degree: 1,819 (21.58%)
Associate degree: 781 (9.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,053 (24.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,337 (15.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,900 (100%)
Never married: 1,709 (17.26%)
Now married, except separated: 6,946 (70.16%)
Separated: 69 (0.7%)
Total Widowed: 573 (5.79%)
Widowed Female: 470 (4.75%)
Total Divorced: 603 (6.09%)
Divorced Female: 394 (3.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 118 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 51 (43.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,151 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,464 (16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,276 (100%)
--With a disability: 163 (4.98%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,111 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,205 (16.95%)
----Percent employed: 68%
--No disability: 5,906 (83.05%)
----Percent employed: 76.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,660 (100%)
--With a disability: 507 (30.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,056 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,524 (54.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,452 (45.22%)
--Same county: 2,728 (22.63%)
--Different county: 2,724 (22.59%)
----Same state: 934 (7.75%)
----Different state: 1,790 (14.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 80 (0.66%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,747 (100%)
Native: 11,957 (93.8%)
--Born in United States: 11,809 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,786 (37.55%)
----Different state: 7,023 (55.1%)
--Born outside United States: 148 (1.16%)
Foreign born: 790 (6.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 68 (0.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 447 (3.51%)
--Not a citizen: 343 (2.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 790 (100%)
Europe: 118 (14.94%)
Asia: 309 (39.11%)
Africa: 19 (2.41%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 268 (33.92%)
Northern America: 76 (9.62%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,056 (100%)
English only: 10,959 (90.9%)
Language other than English: 1,097 (9.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 209 (1.73%)
--Spanish: 575 (4.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 116 (0.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 265 (2.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 185 (1.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.4%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,747 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,450% (105.52%)
Arab: 69 (0.54%)
Czech: 69 (0.54%)
Danish: 8 (0.06%)
Dutch: 300 (2.35%)
English: 1,690 (13.26%)
French (except Basque): 366 (2.87%)
French Canadian: 200 (1.57%)
German: 2,211 (17.35%)
Greek: 17 (0.13%)
Hungarian: 45 (0.35%)
Irish: 1,733 (13.6%)
Italian: 770 (6.04%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 138 (1.08%)
Polish: 376 (2.95%)
Portuguese: 54 (0.42%)
Russian: 78 (0.61%)
Scotch-Irish: 342 (2.68%)
Scottish: 392 (3.08%)
Slovak: 11 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 63 (0.49%)
Swedish: 164 (1.29%)
Swiss: 24 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.15%)
United States or American: 1,943 (15.24%)
Welsh: 127 (1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 65 (0.51%)
Other ancestries: 2,176 (17.07%)

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