Palm River-clair Mel, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1254387, place: Palm River-Clair Mel CDP, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,149 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 345 (6.7%)
Kindergarten: 381 (7.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,688 (52.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,018 (19.77%)
College or graduate school: 717 (13.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,680 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,117 (10.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,251 (21.08%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,533 (33.08%)
Some college, no degree: 2,154 (20.17%)
Associate degree: 496 (4.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 789 (7.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 340 (3.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,032 (100%)
Never married: 3,600 (27.62%)
Now married, except separated: 6,298 (48.33%)
Separated: 411 (3.15%)
Total Widowed: 819 (6.28%)
Widowed Female: 649 (4.98%)
Total Divorced: 1,904 (14.61%)
Divorced Female: 1,014 (7.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 714 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 303 (42.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,204 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,641 (13.45%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,646 (100%)
--With a disability: 431 (9.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,122 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,959 (29.23%)
----Percent employed: 55%
--No disability: 7,163 (70.77%)
----Percent employed: 75.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,444 (100%)
--With a disability: 844 (58.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,212 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,223 (50.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,270 (44.84%)
--Same county: 5,140 (31.7%)
--Different county: 2,130 (13.14%)
----Same state: 741 (4.57%)
----Different state: 1,389 (8.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 719 (4.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,598 (100%)
Native: 15,507 (88.12%)
--Born in United States: 14,492 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,955 (50.89%)
----Different state: 5,537 (31.46%)
--Born outside United States: 1,015 (5.77%)
Foreign born: 2,091 (11.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 799 (4.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 798 (4.53%)
--Not a citizen: 1,293 (7.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,091 (100%)
Europe: 78 (3.73%)
Asia: 205 (9.8%)
Africa: 36 (1.72%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,718 (82.16%)
Northern America: 54 (2.58%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,212 (100%)
English only: 12,259 (75.62%)
Language other than English: 3,953 (24.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,949 (12.02%)
--Spanish: 3,239 (19.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,716 (10.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 416 (2.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (0.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 264 (1.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 122 (0.75%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,598 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,443% (93.44%)
Arab: 58 (0.33%)
Czech: 10 (0.06%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 107 (0.61%)
English: 885 (5.03%)
French (except Basque): 154 (0.88%)
French Canadian: 59 (0.34%)
German: 1,059 (6.02%)
Greek: 47 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 43 (0.24%)
Irish: 920 (5.23%)
Italian: 508 (2.89%)
Lithuanian: 12 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 47 (0.27%)
Polish: 187 (1.06%)
Portuguese: 32 (0.18%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 224 (1.27%)
Scottish: 112 (0.64%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 105 (0.6%)
Swedish: 69 (0.39%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.11%)
United States or American: 1,684 (9.57%)
Welsh: 51 (0.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 500 (2.84%)
Other ancestries: 9,551 (54.27%)

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