Riviera Beach, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1260975, place: Riviera Beach city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,874 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 689 (7.76%)
Kindergarten: 656 (7.39%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,508 (50.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,007 (22.62%)
College or graduate school: 1,014 (11.43%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,987 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,606 (8.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,591 (18.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,548 (29.22%)
Some college, no degree: 3,744 (19.72%)
Associate degree: 1,134 (5.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,206 (11.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,158 (6.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,737 (100%)
Never married: 7,337 (32.27%)
Now married, except separated: 9,692 (42.63%)
Separated: 852 (3.75%)
Total Widowed: 1,941 (8.54%)
Widowed Female: 1,542 (6.78%)
Total Divorced: 2,915 (12.82%)
Divorced Female: 1,644 (7.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,253 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 729 (58.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,400 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,070 (14.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,789 (100%)
--With a disability: 702 (9.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,574 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,586 (29.45%)
----Percent employed: 59.3%
--No disability: 10,988 (70.55%)
----Percent employed: 68.2%
Population 65 years and over: 4,661 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,722 (36.94%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 28,174 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,788 (52.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,721 (45.15%)
--Same county: 9,245 (32.81%)
--Different county: 3,476 (12.34%)
----Same state: 1,188 (4.22%)
----Different state: 2,288 (8.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 665 (2.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 30,414 (100%)
Native: 27,343 (89.9%)
--Born in United States: 26,936 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,311 (53.63%)
----Different state: 10,625 (34.93%)
--Born outside United States: 407 (1.34%)
Foreign born: 3,071 (10.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,246 (4.1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,280 (4.21%)
--Not a citizen: 1,791 (5.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,071 (100%)
Europe: 448 (14.59%)
Asia: 409 (13.32%)
Africa: 77 (2.51%)
Oceania: 11 (0.36%)
Latin America: 2,023 (65.87%)
Northern America: 103 (3.35%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 28,174 (100%)
English only: 25,080 (89.02%)
Language other than English: 3,094 (10.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,416 (5.03%)
--Spanish: 1,313 (4.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 648 (2.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,391 (4.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 589 (2.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 272 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 106 (0.38%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 30,414 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,756% (91.26%)
Arab: 68 (0.22%)
Czech: 64 (0.21%)
Danish: 26 (0.09%)
Dutch: 108 (0.36%)
English: 1,244 (4.09%)
French (except Basque): 378 (1.24%)
French Canadian: 142 (0.47%)
German: 1,331 (4.38%)
Greek: 80 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 65 (0.21%)
Irish: 1,150 (3.78%)
Italian: 752 (2.47%)
Lithuanian: 43 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 136 (0.45%)
Polish: 389 (1.28%)
Portuguese: 71 (0.23%)
Russian: 200 (0.66%)
Scotch-Irish: 154 (0.51%)
Scottish: 239 (0.79%)
Slovak: 34 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 344 (1.13%)
Swedish: 189 (0.62%)
Swiss: 30 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 48 (0.16%)
United States or American: 1,032 (3.39%)
Welsh: 94 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,533 (5.04%)
Other ancestries: 17,812 (58.57%)

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