Sanibel, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1263700, place: Sanibel city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 695 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (5.04%)
Kindergarten: 49 (7.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 326 (46.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 162 (23.31%)
College or graduate school: 123 (17.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,316 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 39 (0.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 172 (3.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 661 (12.43%)
Some college, no degree: 1,164 (21.9%)
Associate degree: 361 (6.79%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,739 (32.71%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,180 (22.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 54.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,524 (100%)
Never married: 478 (8.65%)
Now married, except separated: 4,063 (73.55%)
Separated: 36 (0.65%)
Total Widowed: 478 (8.65%)
Widowed Female: 382 (6.92%)
Total Divorced: 469 (8.49%)
Divorced Female: 231 (4.18%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 64 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 50 (78.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,410 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,355 (25.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 552 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (3.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,001 (100%)
--With a disability: 436 (14.53%)
----Percent employed: 70.9%
--No disability: 2,565 (85.47%)
----Percent employed: 55.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,357 (100%)
--With a disability: 382 (16.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,910 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,106 (52.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,648 (44.81%)
--Same county: 939 (15.89%)
--Different county: 1,709 (28.92%)
----Same state: 147 (2.49%)
----Different state: 1,562 (26.43%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 156 (2.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,042 (100%)
Native: 5,597 (92.63%)
--Born in United States: 5,525 (100%)
----State of residence: 561 (9.29%)
----Different state: 4,964 (82.16%)
--Born outside United States: 72 (1.19%)
Foreign born: 445 (7.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 102 (1.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 249 (4.12%)
--Not a citizen: 196 (3.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 445 (100%)
Europe: 243 (54.61%)
Asia: 82 (18.43%)
Africa: 8 (1.8%)
Oceania: 6 (1.35%)
Latin America: 26 (5.84%)
Northern America: 80 (17.98%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,910 (100%)
English only: 5,523 (93.45%)
Language other than English: 387 (6.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 152 (2.57%)
--Spanish: 143 (2.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 80 (1.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 181 (3.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.74%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 57 (0.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.47%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,042 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,124% (117.91%)
Arab: 16 (0.26%)
Czech: 57 (0.94%)
Danish: 59 (0.98%)
Dutch: 157 (2.6%)
English: 1,279 (21.17%)
French (except Basque): 295 (4.88%)
French Canadian: 57 (0.94%)
German: 1,283 (21.23%)
Greek: 27 (0.45%)
Hungarian: 83 (1.37%)
Irish: 916 (15.16%)
Italian: 480 (7.94%)
Lithuanian: 110 (1.82%)
Norwegian: 169 (2.8%)
Polish: 219 (3.62%)
Portuguese: 23 (0.38%)
Russian: 120 (1.99%)
Scotch-Irish: 202 (3.34%)
Scottish: 224 (3.71%)
Slovak: 18 (0.3%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 181 (3%)
Swiss: 39 (0.65%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.22%)
United States or American: 409 (6.77%)
Welsh: 105 (1.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 583 (9.65%)

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