Placid Lakes, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1257407, place: Placid Lakes CDP, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 550 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 54 (9.82%)
Kindergarten: 52 (9.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 241 (43.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 129 (23.45%)
College or graduate school: 74 (13.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,284 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 161 (7.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 358 (15.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 804 (35.2%)
Some college, no degree: 563 (24.65%)
Associate degree: 114 (4.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 200 (8.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 84 (3.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,481 (100%)
Never married: 232 (9.35%)
Now married, except separated: 1,780 (71.75%)
Separated: 21 (0.85%)
Total Widowed: 268 (10.8%)
Widowed Female: 216 (8.71%)
Total Divorced: 180 (7.26%)
Divorced Female: 133 (5.36%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 35 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 25 (71.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,393 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 598 (24.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 491 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (11.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,252 (100%)
--With a disability: 306 (24.44%)
----Percent employed: 50.7%
--No disability: 946 (75.56%)
----Percent employed: 57.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,079 (100%)
--With a disability: 386 (35.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,822 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,716 (60.81%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,067 (37.81%)
--Same county: 340 (12.05%)
--Different county: 727 (25.76%)
----Same state: 380 (13.47%)
----Different state: 347 (12.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 39 (1.38%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,019 (100%)
Native: 2,793 (92.51%)
--Born in United States: 2,776 (100%)
----State of residence: 989 (32.76%)
----Different state: 1,787 (59.19%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 226 (7.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 40 (1.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 121 (4.01%)
--Not a citizen: 105 (3.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 226 (100%)
Europe: 37 (16.37%)
Asia: 21 (9.29%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 112 (49.56%)
Northern America: 56 (24.78%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,822 (100%)
English only: 2,541 (90.04%)
Language other than English: 281 (9.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 104 (3.69%)
--Spanish: 179 (6.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 87 (3.08%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 52 (1.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,019 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,026% (100.23%)
Arab: 53 (1.76%)
Czech: 9 (0.3%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 57 (1.89%)
English: 314 (10.4%)
French (except Basque): 82 (2.72%)
French Canadian: 54 (1.79%)
German: 416 (13.78%)
Greek: 9 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 61 (2.02%)
Irish: 330 (10.93%)
Italian: 158 (5.23%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.33%)
Norwegian: 36 (1.19%)
Polish: 100 (3.31%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.26%)
Russian: 21 (0.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (0.63%)
Scottish: 85 (2.82%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 35 (1.16%)
Swedish: 126 (4.17%)
Swiss: 38 (1.26%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.23%)
United States or American: 357 (11.83%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 55 (1.82%)
Other ancestries: 586 (19.41%)

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