North Palm Beach, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1249600, place: North Palm Beach village, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,837 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 264 (14.37%)
Kindergarten: 121 (6.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 736 (40.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 353 (19.22%)
College or graduate school: 363 (19.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,006 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 149 (1.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 572 (5.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,340 (23.39%)
Some college, no degree: 2,745 (27.43%)
Associate degree: 580 (5.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,380 (23.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,240 (12.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 36.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,697 (100%)
Never married: 1,945 (18.18%)
Now married, except separated: 6,106 (57.08%)
Separated: 131 (1.22%)
Total Widowed: 1,168 (10.92%)
Widowed Female: 927 (8.67%)
Total Divorced: 1,347 (12.59%)
Divorced Female: 697 (6.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 178 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 43 (24.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,443 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,960 (18.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,428 (100%)
--With a disability: 133 (9.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,483 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,043 (16.09%)
----Percent employed: 63.9%
--No disability: 5,440 (83.91%)
----Percent employed: 81.5%
Population 65 years and over: 3,755 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,130 (30.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,666 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,666 (57.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,838 (41.47%)
--Same county: 2,814 (24.12%)
--Different county: 2,024 (17.35%)
----Same state: 636 (5.45%)
----Different state: 1,388 (11.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 162 (1.39%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,129 (100%)
Native: 11,076 (91.32%)
--Born in United States: 10,941 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,809 (23.16%)
----Different state: 8,132 (67.05%)
--Born outside United States: 135 (1.11%)
Foreign born: 1,053 (8.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 245 (2.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 676 (5.57%)
--Not a citizen: 377 (3.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,053 (100%)
Europe: 465 (44.16%)
Asia: 163 (15.48%)
Africa: 10 (0.95%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 255 (24.22%)
Northern America: 160 (15.19%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,666 (100%)
English only: 10,538 (90.33%)
Language other than English: 1,128 (9.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 305 (2.61%)
--Spanish: 445 (3.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 149 (1.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 560 (4.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 124 (1.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 100 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,129 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,663% (120.89%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 57 (0.47%)
Danish: 85 (0.7%)
Dutch: 363 (2.99%)
English: 1,836 (15.14%)
French (except Basque): 583 (4.81%)
French Canadian: 106 (0.87%)
German: 2,469 (20.36%)
Greek: 183 (1.51%)
Hungarian: 83 (0.68%)
Irish: 2,686 (22.15%)
Italian: 1,393 (11.48%)
Lithuanian: 61 (0.5%)
Norwegian: 117 (0.96%)
Polish: 451 (3.72%)
Portuguese: 41 (0.34%)
Russian: 327 (2.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 345 (2.84%)
Scottish: 416 (3.43%)
Slovak: 15 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.07%)
Swedish: 154 (1.27%)
Swiss: 52 (0.43%)
Ukrainian: 85 (0.7%)
United States or American: 810 (6.68%)
Welsh: 132 (1.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 109 (0.9%)
Other ancestries: 1,696 (13.98%)

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