Lely, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1239987, place: Lely CDP, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 386 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 30 (7.77%)
Kindergarten: 7 (1.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 83 (21.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 79 (20.47%)
College or graduate school: 187 (48.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,489 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 56 (1.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 321 (9.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 938 (26.88%)
Some college, no degree: 939 (26.91%)
Associate degree: 257 (7.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 592 (16.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 386 (11.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,644 (100%)
Never married: 270 (7.41%)
Now married, except separated: 2,350 (64.49%)
Separated: 20 (0.55%)
Total Widowed: 655 (17.97%)
Widowed Female: 520 (14.27%)
Total Divorced: 349 (9.58%)
Divorced Female: 201 (5.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 28 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,585 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 857 (23.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 235 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (3.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,543 (100%)
--With a disability: 367 (23.78%)
----Percent employed: 57.5%
--No disability: 1,176 (76.22%)
----Percent employed: 67.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,826 (100%)
--With a disability: 748 (40.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,753 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,838 (48.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,810 (48.23%)
--Same county: 897 (23.9%)
--Different county: 913 (24.33%)
----Same state: 230 (6.13%)
----Different state: 683 (18.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 105 (2.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,834 (100%)
Native: 3,613 (94.24%)
--Born in United States: 3,576 (100%)
----State of residence: 298 (7.77%)
----Different state: 3,278 (85.5%)
--Born outside United States: 37 (0.97%)
Foreign born: 221 (5.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 86 (2.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 129 (3.36%)
--Not a citizen: 92 (2.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 221 (100%)
Europe: 37 (16.74%)
Asia: 5 (2.26%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 104 (47.06%)
Northern America: 75 (33.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,753 (100%)
English only: 3,483 (92.81%)
Language other than English: 270 (7.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (2.05%)
--Spanish: 212 (5.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (1.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 58 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,834 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,207% (109.73%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 41 (1.07%)
Danish: 41 (1.07%)
Dutch: 51 (1.33%)
English: 662 (17.27%)
French (except Basque): 53 (1.38%)
French Canadian: 58 (1.51%)
German: 812 (21.18%)
Greek: 13 (0.34%)
Hungarian: 50 (1.3%)
Irish: 798 (20.81%)
Italian: 453 (11.82%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 79 (2.06%)
Polish: 149 (3.89%)
Portuguese: 25 (0.65%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 55 (1.43%)
Scottish: 197 (5.14%)
Slovak: 10 (0.26%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 63 (1.64%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 196 (5.11%)
Welsh: 16 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 378 (9.86%)

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