Lantana, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1239375, place: Lantana town, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,342 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 109 (4.65%)
Kindergarten: 111 (4.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,198 (51.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 510 (21.78%)
College or graduate school: 414 (17.68%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,554 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 545 (8.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,039 (15.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,913 (29.19%)
Some college, no degree: 1,471 (22.44%)
Associate degree: 506 (7.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 632 (9.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 448 (6.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,597 (100%)
Never married: 2,131 (28.05%)
Now married, except separated: 3,771 (49.64%)
Separated: 217 (2.86%)
Total Widowed: 484 (6.37%)
Widowed Female: 411 (5.41%)
Total Divorced: 994 (13.08%)
Divorced Female: 504 (6.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 125 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 47 (37.6%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,250 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 900 (12.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,935 (100%)
--With a disability: 208 (10.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,468 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,154 (21.1%)
----Percent employed: 63.6%
--No disability: 4,314 (78.9%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,418 (100%)
--With a disability: 589 (41.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,954 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,861 (54.29%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,691 (41.22%)
--Same county: 2,546 (28.43%)
--Different county: 1,145 (12.79%)
----Same state: 471 (5.26%)
----Different state: 674 (7.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 402 (4.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,541 (100%)
Native: 7,485 (78.45%)
--Born in United States: 7,257 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,781 (29.15%)
----Different state: 4,476 (46.91%)
--Born outside United States: 228 (2.39%)
Foreign born: 2,056 (21.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 920 (9.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 639 (6.7%)
--Not a citizen: 1,417 (14.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,056 (100%)
Europe: 596 (28.99%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 7 (0.34%)
Oceania: 5 (0.24%)
Latin America: 1,286 (62.55%)
Northern America: 162 (7.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,954 (100%)
English only: 6,432 (71.83%)
Language other than English: 2,522 (28.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,165 (13.01%)
--Spanish: 1,226 (13.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 511 (5.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 849 (9.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 496 (5.54%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,541 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,518% (110.24%)
Arab: 17 (0.18%)
Czech: 27 (0.28%)
Danish: 11 (0.12%)
Dutch: 358 (3.75%)
English: 908 (9.52%)
French (except Basque): 506 (5.3%)
French Canadian: 89 (0.93%)
German: 1,307 (13.7%)
Greek: 62 (0.65%)
Hungarian: 71 (0.74%)
Irish: 1,311 (13.74%)
Italian: 619 (6.49%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 102 (1.07%)
Polish: 253 (2.65%)
Portuguese: 47 (0.49%)
Russian: 177 (1.86%)
Scotch-Irish: 170 (1.78%)
Scottish: 112 (1.17%)
Slovak: 45 (0.47%)
Subsaharan African: 41 (0.43%)
Swedish: 213 (2.23%)
Swiss: 48 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 31 (0.32%)
United States or American: 548 (5.74%)
Welsh: 62 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 652 (6.83%)
Other ancestries: 2,724 (28.55%)

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