Margate, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1243125, place: Margate city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,511 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 985 (8.56%)
Kindergarten: 649 (5.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,155 (44.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,399 (20.84%)
College or graduate school: 2,323 (20.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 39,455 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,150 (5.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,647 (14.31%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 13,329 (33.78%)
Some college, no degree: 8,322 (21.09%)
Associate degree: 3,297 (8.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,472 (11.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,238 (5.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 44,519 (100%)
Never married: 9,682 (21.75%)
Now married, except separated: 24,093 (54.12%)
Separated: 1,030 (2.31%)
Total Widowed: 5,015 (11.26%)
Widowed Female: 3,962 (8.9%)
Total Divorced: 4,699 (10.56%)
Divorced Female: 2,845 (6.39%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 995 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 269 (27.04%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 42,769 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,987 (14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,483 (100%)
--With a disability: 760 (8.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 29,342 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,062 (20.66%)
----Percent employed: 65%
--No disability: 23,280 (79.34%)
----Percent employed: 79%
Population 65 years and over: 11,714 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,167 (44.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 50,824 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 26,563 (52.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 21,966 (43.22%)
--Same county: 14,433 (28.4%)
--Different county: 7,533 (14.82%)
----Same state: 2,135 (4.2%)
----Different state: 5,398 (10.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,295 (4.52%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 53,852 (100%)
Native: 42,002 (78%)
--Born in United States: 40,648 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,547 (21.44%)
----Different state: 29,101 (54.04%)
--Born outside United States: 1,354 (2.51%)
Foreign born: 11,850 (22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,315 (8.01%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,804 (10.78%)
--Not a citizen: 6,046 (11.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11,850 (100%)
Europe: 1,779 (15.01%)
Asia: 1,247 (10.52%)
Africa: 96 (0.81%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8,081 (68.19%)
Northern America: 647 (5.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 50,824 (100%)
English only: 38,001 (74.77%)
Language other than English: 12,823 (25.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,582 (10.98%)
--Spanish: 6,903 (13.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,990 (5.88%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,531 (8.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,830 (3.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,043 (2.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 641 (1.26%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 53,852 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 57,877% (107.47%)
Arab: 250 (0.46%)
Czech: 200 (0.37%)
Danish: 122 (0.23%)
Dutch: 546 (1.01%)
English: 3,508 (6.51%)
French (except Basque): 1,220 (2.27%)
French Canadian: 713 (1.32%)
German: 6,057 (11.25%)
Greek: 341 (0.63%)
Hungarian: 545 (1.01%)
Irish: 6,034 (11.2%)
Italian: 6,867 (12.75%)
Lithuanian: 186 (0.35%)
Norwegian: 300 (0.56%)
Polish: 2,393 (4.44%)
Portuguese: 189 (0.35%)
Russian: 1,650 (3.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 440 (0.82%)
Scottish: 666 (1.24%)
Slovak: 252 (0.47%)
Subsaharan African: 286 (0.53%)
Swedish: 400 (0.74%)
Swiss: 64 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 249 (0.46%)
United States or American: 3,332 (6.19%)
Welsh: 261 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4,094 (7.6%)
Other ancestries: 16,712 (31.03%)

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