Palm Bay, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1254000, place: Palm Bay city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 21,703 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,180 (5.44%)
Kindergarten: 1,226 (5.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 10,392 (47.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,555 (20.99%)
College or graduate school: 4,350 (20.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 52,306 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,958 (3.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,593 (12.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 16,563 (31.67%)
Some college, no degree: 13,665 (26.13%)
Associate degree: 4,792 (9.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,181 (11.82%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,554 (4.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 61,940 (100%)
Never married: 13,322 (21.51%)
Now married, except separated: 35,762 (57.74%)
Separated: 1,345 (2.17%)
Total Widowed: 4,052 (6.54%)
Widowed Female: 3,209 (5.18%)
Total Divorced: 7,459 (12.04%)
Divorced Female: 4,333 (7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,673 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 878 (52.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 58,349 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 11,075 (18.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 18,931 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,826 (9.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 43,602 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,739 (22.34%)
----Percent employed: 55.7%
--No disability: 33,863 (77.66%)
----Percent employed: 78.4%
Population 65 years and over: 11,583 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,925 (42.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 74,522 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 38,728 (51.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 34,304 (46.03%)
--Same county: 19,589 (26.29%)
--Different county: 14,715 (19.75%)
----Same state: 3,971 (5.33%)
----Different state: 10,744 (14.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,490 (2%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 79,455 (100%)
Native: 71,871 (90.45%)
--Born in United States: 68,594 (100%)
----State of residence: 22,081 (27.79%)
----Different state: 46,513 (58.54%)
--Born outside United States: 3,277 (4.12%)
Foreign born: 7,584 (9.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,720 (2.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,910 (6.18%)
--Not a citizen: 2,674 (3.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,584 (100%)
Europe: 1,346 (17.75%)
Asia: 1,290 (17.01%)
Africa: 209 (2.76%)
Oceania: 42 (0.55%)
Latin America: 4,264 (56.22%)
Northern America: 433 (5.71%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 74,522 (100%)
English only: 65,200 (87.49%)
Language other than English: 9,322 (12.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,120 (4.19%)
--Spanish: 5,491 (7.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,837 (2.47%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,359 (3.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 618 (0.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 974 (1.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 523 (0.7%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 79,455 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 89,309% (112.4%)
Arab: 598 (0.75%)
Czech: 448 (0.56%)
Danish: 262 (0.33%)
Dutch: 1,671 (2.1%)
English: 8,038 (10.12%)
French (except Basque): 3,337 (4.2%)
French Canadian: 1,279 (1.61%)
German: 14,240 (17.92%)
Greek: 438 (0.55%)
Hungarian: 499 (0.63%)
Irish: 11,609 (14.61%)
Italian: 7,318 (9.21%)
Lithuanian: 281 (0.35%)
Norwegian: 731 (0.92%)
Polish: 3,059 (3.85%)
Portuguese: 445 (0.56%)
Russian: 440 (0.55%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,317 (1.66%)
Scottish: 1,636 (2.06%)
Slovak: 187 (0.24%)
Subsaharan African: 450 (0.57%)
Swedish: 1,042 (1.31%)
Swiss: 222 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 282 (0.35%)
United States or American: 6,286 (7.91%)
Welsh: 719 (0.9%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2,785 (3.51%)
Other ancestries: 19,690 (24.78%)

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