Tarpon Springs, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1271150, place: Tarpon Springs city, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,124 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 315 (7.64%)
Kindergarten: 203 (4.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,836 (44.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 981 (23.79%)
College or graduate school: 789 (19.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,589 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 908 (5.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,945 (12.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,726 (30.32%)
Some college, no degree: 3,727 (23.91%)
Associate degree: 1,092 (7%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,067 (13.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,124 (7.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,690 (100%)
Never married: 3,118 (17.63%)
Now married, except separated: 10,424 (58.93%)
Separated: 322 (1.82%)
Total Widowed: 1,878 (10.62%)
Widowed Female: 1,506 (8.51%)
Total Divorced: 1,948 (11.01%)
Divorced Female: 1,079 (6.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 330 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 114 (34.55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,003 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,107 (18.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,731 (100%)
--With a disability: 301 (8.07%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,955 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,499 (22.81%)
----Percent employed: 57.9%
--No disability: 8,456 (77.19%)
----Percent employed: 75.9%
Population 65 years and over: 4,990 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,813 (36.33%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,950 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,468 (52.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,099 (45.61%)
--Same county: 4,576 (22.94%)
--Different county: 4,523 (22.67%)
----Same state: 1,466 (7.35%)
----Different state: 3,057 (15.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 383 (1.92%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 21,066 (100%)
Native: 18,933 (89.87%)
--Born in United States: 18,583 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,480 (26.01%)
----Different state: 13,103 (62.2%)
--Born outside United States: 350 (1.66%)
Foreign born: 2,133 (10.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 439 (2.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,355 (6.43%)
--Not a citizen: 778 (3.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,133 (100%)
Europe: 1,171 (54.9%)
Asia: 243 (11.39%)
Africa: 33 (1.55%)
Oceania: 49 (2.3%)
Latin America: 390 (18.28%)
Northern America: 247 (11.58%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,950 (100%)
English only: 16,668 (83.55%)
Language other than English: 3,282 (16.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 920 (4.61%)
--Spanish: 677 (3.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 305 (1.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,432 (12.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 558 (2.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 119 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 21,066 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,791% (112.94%)
Arab: 126 (0.6%)
Czech: 240 (1.14%)
Danish: 60 (0.28%)
Dutch: 458 (2.17%)
English: 2,588 (12.29%)
French (except Basque): 849 (4.03%)
French Canadian: 225 (1.07%)
German: 3,726 (17.69%)
Greek: 2,479 (11.77%)
Hungarian: 117 (0.56%)
Irish: 3,132 (14.87%)
Italian: 1,991 (9.45%)
Lithuanian: 47 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 228 (1.08%)
Polish: 837 (3.97%)
Portuguese: 121 (0.57%)
Russian: 236 (1.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 436 (2.07%)
Scottish: 629 (2.99%)
Slovak: 61 (0.29%)
Subsaharan African: 147 (0.7%)
Swedish: 333 (1.58%)
Swiss: 98 (0.47%)
Ukrainian: 24 (0.11%)
United States or American: 895 (4.25%)
Welsh: 230 (1.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 103 (0.49%)
Other ancestries: 3,375 (16.02%)

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