Tallahassee, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1270600, place: Tallahassee city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 66,718 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,591 (3.88%)
Kindergarten: 1,709 (2.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 11,323 (16.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,951 (8.92%)
College or graduate school: 45,144 (67.66%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 79,856 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,521 (3.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,581 (6.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 13,285 (16.64%)
Some college, no degree: 16,076 (20.13%)
Associate degree: 6,492 (8.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 20,055 (25.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 15,846 (19.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 45%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 128,639 (100%)
Never married: 63,256 (49.17%)
Now married, except separated: 45,672 (35.5%)
Separated: 2,230 (1.73%)
Total Widowed: 5,533 (4.3%)
Widowed Female: 4,521 (3.51%)
Total Divorced: 11,948 (9.29%)
Divorced Female: 7,511 (5.84%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,751 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 971 (55.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 124,196 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 11,418 (9.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 40,002 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,654 (6.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 87,494 (100%)
--With a disability: 10,862 (12.41%)
----Percent employed: 61.6%
--No disability: 76,632 (87.59%)
----Percent employed: 76.2%
Population 65 years and over: 11,290 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,704 (41.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 142,852 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 47,417 (33.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 90,957 (63.67%)
--Same county: 35,426 (24.8%)
--Different county: 55,531 (38.87%)
----Same state: 36,184 (25.33%)
----Different state: 19,347 (13.54%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,478 (3.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 150,581 (100%)
Native: 142,298 (94.5%)
--Born in United States: 139,668 (100%)
----State of residence: 77,694 (51.6%)
----Different state: 61,974 (41.16%)
--Born outside United States: 2,630 (1.75%)
Foreign born: 8,283 (5.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,968 (2.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,038 (2.02%)
--Not a citizen: 5,245 (3.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8,283 (100%)
Europe: 1,676 (20.23%)
Asia: 2,870 (34.65%)
Africa: 498 (6.01%)
Oceania: 28 (0.34%)
Latin America: 2,728 (32.93%)
Northern America: 483 (5.83%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 142,852 (100%)
English only: 130,526 (91.37%)
Language other than English: 12,326 (8.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,181 (2.23%)
--Spanish: 5,838 (4.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,400 (0.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,579 (2.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 757 (0.53%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,112 (1.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 892 (0.62%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 150,581 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 138,337% (91.87%)
Arab: 651 (0.43%)
Czech: 368 (0.24%)
Danish: 421 (0.28%)
Dutch: 1,586 (1.05%)
English: 13,888 (9.22%)
French (except Basque): 3,390 (2.25%)
French Canadian: 730 (0.48%)
German: 14,091 (9.36%)
Greek: 772 (0.51%)
Hungarian: 503 (0.33%)
Irish: 13,401 (8.9%)
Italian: 5,035 (3.34%)
Lithuanian: 201 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 961 (0.64%)
Polish: 2,264 (1.5%)
Portuguese: 221 (0.15%)
Russian: 1,128 (0.75%)
Scotch-Irish: 3,309 (2.2%)
Scottish: 3,513 (2.33%)
Slovak: 217 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 2,240 (1.49%)
Swedish: 1,110 (0.74%)
Swiss: 339 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 294 (0.2%)
United States or American: 7,976 (5.3%)
Welsh: 1,061 (0.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2,340 (1.55%)
Other ancestries: 56,327 (37.41%)

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