Longwood, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1241250, place: Longwood city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,386 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 208 (6.14%)
Kindergarten: 227 (6.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,553 (45.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 781 (23.07%)
College or graduate school: 617 (18.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,292 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 339 (3.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 924 (9.94%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,794 (30.07%)
Some college, no degree: 2,438 (26.24%)
Associate degree: 728 (7.83%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,466 (15.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 603 (6.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,953 (100%)
Never married: 2,664 (24.32%)
Now married, except separated: 5,881 (53.69%)
Separated: 223 (2.04%)
Total Widowed: 790 (7.21%)
Widowed Female: 680 (6.21%)
Total Divorced: 1,395 (12.74%)
Divorced Female: 840 (7.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 438 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 175 (39.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,322 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,530 (14.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,924 (100%)
--With a disability: 245 (8.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,210 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,541 (18.77%)
----Percent employed: 68.2%
--No disability: 6,669 (81.23%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,531 (100%)
--With a disability: 755 (49.31%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,824 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,517 (50.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,075 (47.37%)
--Same county: 3,129 (24.4%)
--Different county: 2,946 (22.97%)
----Same state: 1,685 (13.14%)
----Different state: 1,261 (9.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 232 (1.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,712 (100%)
Native: 12,272 (89.5%)
--Born in United States: 11,748 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,137 (30.17%)
----Different state: 7,611 (55.51%)
--Born outside United States: 524 (3.82%)
Foreign born: 1,440 (10.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 447 (3.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 639 (4.66%)
--Not a citizen: 801 (5.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,440 (100%)
Europe: 236 (16.39%)
Asia: 307 (21.32%)
Africa: 27 (1.88%)
Oceania: 4 (0.28%)
Latin America: 730 (50.69%)
Northern America: 136 (9.44%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,824 (100%)
English only: 10,729 (83.66%)
Language other than English: 2,095 (16.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 611 (4.76%)
--Spanish: 1,365 (10.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 465 (3.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 407 (3.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 232 (1.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 79 (0.62%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,712 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,529% (113.25%)
Arab: 132 (0.96%)
Czech: 95 (0.69%)
Danish: 17 (0.12%)
Dutch: 349 (2.55%)
English: 1,808 (13.19%)
French (except Basque): 438 (3.19%)
French Canadian: 91 (0.66%)
German: 2,474 (18.04%)
Greek: 61 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 183 (1.33%)
Irish: 2,199 (16.04%)
Italian: 1,255 (9.15%)
Lithuanian: 42 (0.31%)
Norwegian: 127 (0.93%)
Polish: 456 (3.33%)
Portuguese: 92 (0.67%)
Russian: 259 (1.89%)
Scotch-Irish: 190 (1.39%)
Scottish: 285 (2.08%)
Slovak: 101 (0.74%)
Subsaharan African: 37 (0.27%)
Swedish: 262 (1.91%)
Swiss: 64 (0.47%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.04%)
United States or American: 949 (6.92%)
Welsh: 72 (0.53%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 98 (0.71%)
Other ancestries: 3,387 (24.7%)

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