Ridge Wood Heights, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1260475, place: Ridge Wood Heights CDP, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,190 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 93 (7.82%)
Kindergarten: 57 (4.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 555 (46.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 300 (25.21%)
College or graduate school: 185 (15.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,653 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 110 (3.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 395 (10.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,185 (32.44%)
Some college, no degree: 828 (22.67%)
Associate degree: 366 (10.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 557 (15.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 212 (5.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,163 (100%)
Never married: 958 (23.01%)
Now married, except separated: 2,190 (52.61%)
Separated: 93 (2.23%)
Total Widowed: 200 (4.8%)
Widowed Female: 156 (3.75%)
Total Divorced: 722 (17.34%)
Divorced Female: 421 (10.11%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 75 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 41 (54.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,964 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 647 (16.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,035 (100%)
--With a disability: 134 (12.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,218 (100%)
--With a disability: 665 (20.67%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
--No disability: 2,553 (79.33%)
----Percent employed: 84.6%
Population 65 years and over: 599 (100%)
--With a disability: 190 (31.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,852 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,495 (51.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,153 (44.37%)
--Same county: 1,378 (28.4%)
--Different county: 775 (15.97%)
----Same state: 213 (4.39%)
----Different state: 562 (11.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 204 (4.2%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,149 (100%)
Native: 4,829 (93.79%)
--Born in United States: 4,753 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,197 (23.25%)
----Different state: 3,556 (69.06%)
--Born outside United States: 76 (1.48%)
Foreign born: 320 (6.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 179 (3.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 105 (2.04%)
--Not a citizen: 215 (4.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 320 (100%)
Europe: 142 (44.38%)
Asia: 38 (11.88%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 73 (22.81%)
Northern America: 67 (20.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,852 (100%)
English only: 4,418 (91.06%)
Language other than English: 434 (8.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 139 (2.86%)
--Spanish: 234 (4.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (1.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 159 (3.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (1.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 18 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,149 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,064% (117.77%)
Arab: 22 (0.43%)
Czech: 10 (0.19%)
Danish: 17 (0.33%)
Dutch: 59 (1.15%)
English: 781 (15.17%)
French (except Basque): 285 (5.54%)
French Canadian: 52 (1.01%)
German: 1,425 (27.68%)
Greek: 6 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 32 (0.62%)
Irish: 953 (18.51%)
Italian: 422 (8.2%)
Lithuanian: 9 (0.17%)
Norwegian: 34 (0.66%)
Polish: 178 (3.46%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.19%)
Russian: 87 (1.69%)
Scotch-Irish: 173 (3.36%)
Scottish: 178 (3.46%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 68 (1.32%)
Swiss: 35 (0.68%)
Ukrainian: 34 (0.66%)
United States or American: 380 (7.38%)
Welsh: 112 (2.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 702 (13.63%)

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