Leesburg, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1239875, place: Leesburg city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,396 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 171 (5.04%)
Kindergarten: 227 (6.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,779 (52.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 862 (25.38%)
College or graduate school: 357 (10.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,994 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 977 (8.89%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,099 (19.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,638 (33.09%)
Some college, no degree: 2,349 (21.37%)
Associate degree: 441 (4.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 949 (8.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 541 (4.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,755 (100%)
Never married: 2,874 (22.53%)
Now married, except separated: 5,854 (45.9%)
Separated: 344 (2.7%)
Total Widowed: 1,829 (14.34%)
Widowed Female: 1,467 (11.5%)
Total Divorced: 1,854 (14.54%)
Divorced Female: 1,192 (9.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 289 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 105 (36.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,200 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,236 (18.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,306 (100%)
--With a disability: 468 (14.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,484 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,229 (29.78%)
----Percent employed: 58.5%
--No disability: 5,255 (70.22%)
----Percent employed: 77.5%
Population 65 years and over: 3,681 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,674 (45.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,950 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,886 (46.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,797 (52.15%)
--Same county: 4,494 (30.06%)
--Different county: 3,303 (22.09%)
----Same state: 1,760 (11.77%)
----Different state: 1,543 (10.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 267 (1.79%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,884 (100%)
Native: 15,001 (94.44%)
--Born in United States: 14,901 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,053 (44.4%)
----Different state: 7,848 (49.41%)
--Born outside United States: 100 (0.63%)
Foreign born: 883 (5.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 301 (1.89%)
--Naturalized citizen: 345 (2.17%)
--Not a citizen: 538 (3.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 883 (100%)
Europe: 227 (25.71%)
Asia: 110 (12.46%)
Africa: 12 (1.36%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 444 (50.28%)
Northern America: 90 (10.19%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,950 (100%)
English only: 13,967 (93.42%)
Language other than English: 983 (6.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 346 (2.31%)
--Spanish: 597 (3.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 241 (1.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 279 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 79 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (0.35%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,884 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,711% (92.62%)
Arab: 17 (0.11%)
Czech: 58 (0.37%)
Danish: 77 (0.48%)
Dutch: 194 (1.22%)
English: 1,878 (11.82%)
French (except Basque): 561 (3.53%)
French Canadian: 133 (0.84%)
German: 1,872 (11.79%)
Greek: 70 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 49 (0.31%)
Irish: 1,220 (7.68%)
Italian: 358 (2.25%)
Lithuanian: 20 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 130 (0.82%)
Polish: 216 (1.36%)
Portuguese: 46 (0.29%)
Russian: 37 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 196 (1.23%)
Scottish: 309 (1.95%)
Slovak: 48 (0.3%)
Subsaharan African: 417 (2.63%)
Swedish: 108 (0.68%)
Swiss: 5 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.05%)
United States or American: 1,313 (8.27%)
Welsh: 73 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 152 (0.96%)
Other ancestries: 5,146 (32.4%)

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