Miami, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1245000, place: Miami city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 90,866 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5,139 (5.66%)
Kindergarten: 4,942 (5.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 36,788 (40.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 23,293 (25.63%)
College or graduate school: 20,704 (22.79%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 252,504 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 61,818 (24.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 57,617 (22.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 49,988 (19.8%)
Some college, no degree: 31,514 (12.48%)
Associate degree: 10,563 (4.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 21,681 (8.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 19,323 (7.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 52.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 297,081 (100%)
Never married: 95,733 (32.22%)
Now married, except separated: 124,896 (42.04%)
Separated: 13,941 (4.69%)
Total Widowed: 24,532 (8.26%)
Widowed Female: 20,150 (6.78%)
Total Divorced: 37,979 (12.78%)
Divorced Female: 21,181 (7.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12,857 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4,810 (37.41%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 283,639 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 11,822 (4.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 70,371 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,754 (9.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 202,221 (100%)
--With a disability: 61,270 (30.3%)
----Percent employed: 48.5%
--No disability: 140,951 (69.7%)
----Percent employed: 61.5%
Population 65 years and over: 60,279 (100%)
--With a disability: 29,758 (49.37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 341,205 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 168,149 (49.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 134,797 (39.51%)
--Same county: 117,110 (34.32%)
--Different county: 17,687 (5.18%)
----Same state: 4,755 (1.39%)
----Different state: 12,932 (3.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 38,259 (11.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 362,563 (100%)
Native: 146,824 (40.5%)
--Born in United States: 137,419 (100%)
----State of residence: 96,406 (26.59%)
----Different state: 41,013 (11.31%)
--Born outside United States: 9,405 (2.59%)
Foreign born: 215,739 (59.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 80,911 (22.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 89,727 (24.75%)
--Not a citizen: 126,012 (34.76%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 215,739 (100%)
Europe: 4,506 (2.09%)
Asia: 2,260 (1.05%)
Africa: 449 (0.21%)
Oceania: 41 (0.02%)
Latin America: 207,970 (96.4%)
Northern America: 513 (0.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 341,205 (100%)
English only: 86,669 (25.4%)
Language other than English: 254,536 (74.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 160,790 (47.12%)
--Spanish: 227,293 (66.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 148,743 (43.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 25,220 (7.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11,203 (3.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,112 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 598 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 362,563 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 331,453% (91.42%)
Arab: 1,864 (0.51%)
Czech: 267 (0.07%)
Danish: 242 (0.07%)
Dutch: 573 (0.16%)
English: 3,893 (1.07%)
French (except Basque): 2,810 (0.78%)
French Canadian: 247 (0.07%)
German: 4,411 (1.22%)
Greek: 628 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 457 (0.13%)
Irish: 3,633 (1%)
Italian: 5,169 (1.43%)
Lithuanian: 233 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 380 (0.1%)
Polish: 1,492 (0.41%)
Portuguese: 488 (0.13%)
Russian: 1,888 (0.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 663 (0.18%)
Scottish: 1,019 (0.28%)
Slovak: 53 (0.01%)
Subsaharan African: 2,816 (0.78%)
Swedish: 389 (0.11%)
Swiss: 170 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 202 (0.06%)
United States or American: 11,317 (3.12%)
Welsh: 333 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 22,904 (6.32%)
Other ancestries: 262,912 (72.51%)

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