Sarasota, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1264175, place: Sarasota city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,781 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 821 (7.62%)
Kindergarten: 631 (5.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,636 (43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,987 (18.43%)
College or graduate school: 2,706 (25.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 38,323 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,397 (6.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,229 (13.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 10,524 (27.46%)
Some college, no degree: 8,161 (21.3%)
Associate degree: 2,170 (5.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,338 (16.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,504 (9.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 44,372 (100%)
Never married: 12,066 (27.19%)
Now married, except separated: 19,124 (43.1%)
Separated: 1,359 (3.06%)
Total Widowed: 5,001 (11.27%)
Widowed Female: 4,067 (9.17%)
Total Divorced: 6,822 (15.37%)
Divorced Female: 3,794 (8.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 966 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 472 (48.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 42,957 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,261 (14.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,842 (100%)
--With a disability: 784 (8.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 28,414 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,114 (25.04%)
----Percent employed: 60.8%
--No disability: 21,300 (74.96%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 10,627 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,077 (38.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 49,890 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 22,107 (44.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 24,998 (50.11%)
--Same county: 13,543 (27.15%)
--Different county: 11,455 (22.96%)
----Same state: 4,979 (9.98%)
----Different state: 6,476 (12.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,785 (5.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 52,537 (100%)
Native: 45,248 (86.13%)
--Born in United States: 44,521 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,460 (27.52%)
----Different state: 30,061 (57.22%)
--Born outside United States: 727 (1.38%)
Foreign born: 7,289 (13.87%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,858 (7.34%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,328 (4.43%)
--Not a citizen: 4,961 (9.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,289 (100%)
Europe: 1,624 (22.28%)
Asia: 503 (6.9%)
Africa: 105 (1.44%)
Oceania: 71 (0.97%)
Latin America: 4,655 (63.86%)
Northern America: 331 (4.54%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 49,890 (100%)
English only: 41,115 (82.41%)
Language other than English: 8,775 (17.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,734 (9.49%)
--Spanish: 5,957 (11.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,841 (7.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,071 (4.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 561 (1.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 422 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 212 (0.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 52,537 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 52,822% (100.54%)
Arab: 317 (0.6%)
Czech: 211 (0.4%)
Danish: 198 (0.38%)
Dutch: 905 (1.72%)
English: 5,501 (10.47%)
French (except Basque): 1,718 (3.27%)
French Canadian: 415 (0.79%)
German: 7,341 (13.97%)
Greek: 165 (0.31%)
Hungarian: 506 (0.96%)
Irish: 5,496 (10.46%)
Italian: 2,923 (5.56%)
Lithuanian: 158 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 490 (0.93%)
Polish: 1,550 (2.95%)
Portuguese: 55 (0.1%)
Russian: 679 (1.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 857 (1.63%)
Scottish: 1,208 (2.3%)
Slovak: 149 (0.28%)
Subsaharan African: 407 (0.77%)
Swedish: 861 (1.64%)
Swiss: 280 (0.53%)
Ukrainian: 192 (0.37%)
United States or American: 3,256 (6.2%)
Welsh: 362 (0.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 347 (0.66%)
Other ancestries: 16,275 (30.98%)

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