Melbourne, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1243975, place: Melbourne city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 17,436 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,093 (6.27%)
Kindergarten: 998 (5.72%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,739 (38.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,385 (19.41%)
College or graduate school: 5,221 (29.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 49,935 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,008 (4.02%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,337 (10.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 14,695 (29.43%)
Some college, no degree: 12,664 (25.36%)
Associate degree: 4,596 (9.2%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,932 (13.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,703 (7.42%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 59,392 (100%)
Never married: 14,412 (24.27%)
Now married, except separated: 30,404 (51.19%)
Separated: 1,264 (2.13%)
Total Widowed: 5,317 (8.95%)
Widowed Female: 4,288 (7.22%)
Total Divorced: 7,995 (13.46%)
Divorced Female: 4,730 (7.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,198 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 636 (53.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 56,321 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 11,288 (20.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 13,711 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,640 (11.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 39,133 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,640 (22.08%)
----Percent employed: 60.7%
--No disability: 30,493 (77.92%)
----Percent employed: 77.5%
Population 65 years and over: 12,945 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,504 (42.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 67,604 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 31,174 (46.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 34,295 (50.73%)
--Same county: 18,803 (27.81%)
--Different county: 15,492 (22.92%)
----Same state: 4,697 (6.95%)
----Different state: 10,795 (15.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,135 (3.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 71,371 (100%)
Native: 65,778 (92.16%)
--Born in United States: 63,787 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,376 (27.15%)
----Different state: 44,411 (62.23%)
--Born outside United States: 1,991 (2.79%)
Foreign born: 5,593 (7.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,373 (3.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,567 (3.6%)
--Not a citizen: 3,026 (4.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,593 (100%)
Europe: 1,760 (31.47%)
Asia: 1,620 (28.96%)
Africa: 183 (3.27%)
Oceania: 9 (0.16%)
Latin America: 1,528 (27.32%)
Northern America: 493 (8.81%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 67,604 (100%)
English only: 60,520 (89.52%)
Language other than English: 7,084 (10.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,196 (3.25%)
--Spanish: 3,144 (4.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,023 (1.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,459 (3.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 542 (0.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 976 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 439 (0.65%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 71,371 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 77,869% (109.1%)
Arab: 486 (0.68%)
Czech: 449 (0.63%)
Danish: 294 (0.41%)
Dutch: 1,624 (2.28%)
English: 9,106 (12.76%)
French (except Basque): 3,126 (4.38%)
French Canadian: 863 (1.21%)
German: 11,896 (16.67%)
Greek: 303 (0.42%)
Hungarian: 324 (0.45%)
Irish: 10,528 (14.75%)
Italian: 5,842 (8.19%)
Lithuanian: 305 (0.43%)
Norwegian: 786 (1.1%)
Polish: 2,407 (3.37%)
Portuguese: 209 (0.29%)
Russian: 597 (0.84%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,357 (1.9%)
Scottish: 1,906 (2.67%)
Slovak: 171 (0.24%)
Subsaharan African: 438 (0.61%)
Swedish: 834 (1.17%)
Swiss: 164 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 252 (0.35%)
United States or American: 5,124 (7.18%)
Welsh: 537 (0.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 504 (0.71%)
Other ancestries: 17,437 (24.43%)

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