Surfside, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1270075, place: Surfside town, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,063 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 56 (5.27%)
Kindergarten: 63 (5.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 404 (38.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 215 (20.23%)
College or graduate school: 325 (30.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,003 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 184 (4.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 336 (8.39%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 710 (17.74%)
Some college, no degree: 768 (19.19%)
Associate degree: 369 (9.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 846 (21.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 790 (19.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,389 (100%)
Never married: 989 (22.53%)
Now married, except separated: 2,338 (53.27%)
Separated: 115 (2.62%)
Total Widowed: 354 (8.07%)
Widowed Female: 237 (5.4%)
Total Divorced: 593 (13.51%)
Divorced Female: 293 (6.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 33 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,249 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 353 (8.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 750 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (1.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,983 (100%)
--With a disability: 395 (13.24%)
----Percent employed: 46.6%
--No disability: 2,588 (86.76%)
----Percent employed: 69.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,183 (100%)
--With a disability: 498 (42.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,916 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,573 (52.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,963 (39.93%)
--Same county: 1,170 (23.8%)
--Different county: 793 (16.13%)
----Same state: 138 (2.81%)
----Different state: 655 (13.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 380 (7.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,128 (100%)
Native: 2,530 (49.34%)
--Born in United States: 2,449 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,010 (19.7%)
----Different state: 1,439 (28.06%)
--Born outside United States: 81 (1.58%)
Foreign born: 2,598 (50.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 816 (15.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,538 (29.99%)
--Not a citizen: 1,060 (20.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,598 (100%)
Europe: 606 (23.33%)
Asia: 68 (2.62%)
Africa: 17 (0.65%)
Oceania: 21 (0.81%)
Latin America: 1,816 (69.9%)
Northern America: 70 (2.69%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,916 (100%)
English only: 1,960 (39.87%)
Language other than English: 2,956 (60.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,043 (21.22%)
--Spanish: 2,297 (46.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 853 (17.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 558 (11.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 161 (3.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.02%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,128 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,687% (110.9%)
Arab: 128 (2.5%)
Czech: 39 (0.76%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 30 (0.59%)
English: 209 (4.08%)
French (except Basque): 70 (1.37%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.39%)
German: 419 (8.17%)
Greek: 26 (0.51%)
Hungarian: 72 (1.4%)
Irish: 242 (4.72%)
Italian: 347 (6.77%)
Lithuanian: 95 (1.85%)
Norwegian: 29 (0.57%)
Polish: 345 (6.73%)
Portuguese: 52 (1.01%)
Russian: 345 (6.73%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (0.41%)
Scottish: 54 (1.05%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 12 (0.23%)
Swedish: 31 (0.6%)
Swiss: 15 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 28 (0.55%)
United States or American: 210 (4.1%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 118 (2.3%)
Other ancestries: 2,730 (53.24%)

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