Punta Gorda, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1259200, place: Punta Gorda city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,361 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 135 (9.92%)
Kindergarten: 67 (4.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 611 (44.89%)
High school (grades 9-12): 289 (21.23%)
College or graduate school: 259 (19.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,895 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 258 (2%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 983 (7.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,529 (27.37%)
Some college, no degree: 3,198 (24.8%)
Associate degree: 796 (6.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,519 (19.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,612 (12.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,419 (100%)
Never married: 883 (6.58%)
Now married, except separated: 9,880 (73.63%)
Separated: 160 (1.19%)
Total Widowed: 1,427 (10.63%)
Widowed Female: 1,121 (8.35%)
Total Divorced: 1,069 (7.97%)
Divorced Female: 557 (4.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 151 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 115 (76.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,221 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,846 (29.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,078 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (7.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,276 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,334 (21.26%)
----Percent employed: 40.3%
--No disability: 4,942 (78.74%)
----Percent employed: 51.6%
Population 65 years and over: 6,628 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,967 (29.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,156 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,648 (46.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,296 (51.54%)
--Same county: 1,988 (14.04%)
--Different county: 5,308 (37.5%)
----Same state: 984 (6.95%)
----Different state: 4,324 (30.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 212 (1.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,433 (100%)
Native: 13,311 (92.23%)
--Born in United States: 13,126 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,257 (8.71%)
----Different state: 11,869 (82.24%)
--Born outside United States: 185 (1.28%)
Foreign born: 1,122 (7.77%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 279 (1.93%)
--Naturalized citizen: 677 (4.69%)
--Not a citizen: 445 (3.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,122 (100%)
Europe: 561 (50%)
Asia: 110 (9.8%)
Africa: 29 (2.58%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 108 (9.63%)
Northern America: 314 (27.99%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,156 (100%)
English only: 13,113 (92.63%)
Language other than English: 1,043 (7.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 244 (1.72%)
--Spanish: 222 (1.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 676 (4.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 141 (1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 81 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.34%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,433 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,643% (115.31%)
Arab: 69 (0.48%)
Czech: 111 (0.77%)
Danish: 150 (1.04%)
Dutch: 321 (2.22%)
English: 2,556 (17.71%)
French (except Basque): 442 (3.06%)
French Canadian: 184 (1.27%)
German: 3,419 (23.69%)
Greek: 95 (0.66%)
Hungarian: 183 (1.27%)
Irish: 2,430 (16.84%)
Italian: 1,244 (8.62%)
Lithuanian: 86 (0.6%)
Norwegian: 316 (2.19%)
Polish: 674 (4.67%)
Portuguese: 43 (0.3%)
Russian: 158 (1.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 320 (2.22%)
Scottish: 469 (3.25%)
Slovak: 64 (0.44%)
Subsaharan African: 19 (0.13%)
Swedish: 301 (2.09%)
Swiss: 164 (1.14%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.06%)
United States or American: 809 (5.61%)
Welsh: 139 (0.96%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 83 (0.58%)
Other ancestries: 1,786 (12.37%)

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