Lighthouse Point, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1240450, place: Lighthouse Point city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,854 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 170 (9.17%)
Kindergarten: 154 (8.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 787 (42.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 311 (16.77%)
College or graduate school: 432 (23.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,625 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 157 (1.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 656 (7.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,051 (23.78%)
Some college, no degree: 2,002 (23.21%)
Associate degree: 582 (6.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,048 (23.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,129 (13.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 36.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,214 (100%)
Never married: 1,394 (15.13%)
Now married, except separated: 5,647 (61.29%)
Separated: 80 (0.87%)
Total Widowed: 915 (9.93%)
Widowed Female: 755 (8.19%)
Total Divorced: 1,178 (12.78%)
Divorced Female: 673 (7.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 86 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 58 (67.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,976 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,513 (16.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,323 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (5.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,294 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,058 (16.81%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
--No disability: 5,236 (83.19%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,557 (100%)
--With a disability: 837 (32.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,174 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,918 (58.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,069 (39.99%)
--Same county: 2,370 (23.29%)
--Different county: 1,699 (16.7%)
----Same state: 616 (6.05%)
----Different state: 1,083 (10.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 187 (1.84%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,668 (100%)
Native: 9,213 (86.36%)
--Born in United States: 9,039 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,152 (20.17%)
----Different state: 6,887 (64.56%)
--Born outside United States: 174 (1.63%)
Foreign born: 1,455 (13.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 265 (2.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 869 (8.15%)
--Not a citizen: 586 (5.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,455 (100%)
Europe: 730 (50.17%)
Asia: 158 (10.86%)
Africa: 37 (2.54%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 364 (25.02%)
Northern America: 166 (11.41%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,174 (100%)
English only: 8,732 (85.83%)
Language other than English: 1,442 (14.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 352 (3.46%)
--Spanish: 457 (4.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 106 (1.04%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 783 (7.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 181 (1.78%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 90 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (0.41%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,668 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,312% (124.78%)
Arab: 78 (0.73%)
Czech: 94 (0.88%)
Danish: 36 (0.34%)
Dutch: 154 (1.44%)
English: 1,600 (15%)
French (except Basque): 438 (4.11%)
French Canadian: 152 (1.42%)
German: 1,771 (16.6%)
Greek: 115 (1.08%)
Hungarian: 148 (1.39%)
Irish: 2,023 (18.96%)
Italian: 1,891 (17.73%)
Lithuanian: 73 (0.68%)
Norwegian: 158 (1.48%)
Polish: 573 (5.37%)
Portuguese: 49 (0.46%)
Russian: 228 (2.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 258 (2.42%)
Scottish: 396 (3.71%)
Slovak: 29 (0.27%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 242 (2.27%)
Swiss: 45 (0.42%)
Ukrainian: 39 (0.37%)
United States or American: 697 (6.53%)
Welsh: 104 (0.97%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 38 (0.36%)
Other ancestries: 1,883 (17.65%)

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