Sebring, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1264875, place: Sebring city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,125 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 222 (10.45%)
Kindergarten: 150 (7.06%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,043 (49.08%)
High school (grades 9-12): 455 (21.41%)
College or graduate school: 255 (12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,740 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 802 (11.9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,382 (20.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,121 (31.47%)
Some college, no degree: 1,195 (17.73%)
Associate degree: 312 (4.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 513 (7.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 415 (6.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,930 (100%)
Never married: 1,829 (23.06%)
Now married, except separated: 3,622 (45.67%)
Separated: 225 (2.84%)
Total Widowed: 1,207 (15.22%)
Widowed Female: 990 (12.48%)
Total Divorced: 1,047 (13.2%)
Divorced Female: 571 (7.2%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 242 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 111 (45.87%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,572 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,218 (16.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,867 (100%)
--With a disability: 294 (15.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,226 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,307 (30.93%)
----Percent employed: 53.8%
--No disability: 2,919 (69.07%)
----Percent employed: 69.3%
Population 65 years and over: 2,366 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,140 (48.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,146 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,243 (46.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,579 (50.07%)
--Same county: 2,348 (25.67%)
--Different county: 2,231 (24.39%)
----Same state: 1,012 (11.06%)
----Different state: 1,219 (13.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 324 (3.54%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,802 (100%)
Native: 9,070 (92.53%)
--Born in United States: 8,827 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,758 (38.34%)
----Different state: 5,069 (51.71%)
--Born outside United States: 243 (2.48%)
Foreign born: 732 (7.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 328 (3.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 318 (3.24%)
--Not a citizen: 414 (4.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 732 (100%)
Europe: 62 (8.47%)
Asia: 75 (10.25%)
Africa: 4 (0.55%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 469 (64.07%)
Northern America: 122 (16.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,146 (100%)
English only: 8,029 (87.79%)
Language other than English: 1,117 (12.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 624 (6.82%)
--Spanish: 914 (9.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 505 (5.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 158 (1.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (0.81%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 45 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.49%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,802 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,072% (92.55%)
Arab: 6 (0.06%)
Czech: 28 (0.29%)
Danish: 16 (0.16%)
Dutch: 147 (1.5%)
English: 867 (8.85%)
French (except Basque): 291 (2.97%)
French Canadian: 131 (1.34%)
German: 1,133 (11.56%)
Greek: 17 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 66 (0.67%)
Irish: 1,050 (10.71%)
Italian: 309 (3.15%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 85 (0.87%)
Polish: 107 (1.09%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.08%)
Russian: 7 (0.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 180 (1.84%)
Scottish: 115 (1.17%)
Slovak: 30 (0.31%)
Subsaharan African: 114 (1.16%)
Swedish: 81 (0.83%)
Swiss: 17 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.07%)
United States or American: 1,010 (10.3%)
Welsh: 56 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 122 (1.24%)
Other ancestries: 3,059 (31.21%)

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