U.S. Beacon April 20, 2024

Waverly, FL

Polk County, Florida

Latitude: 27.967709     Longitude: -81.621819
Population 1,927 (2000)
Elevation of Waverly, Florida: 129 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1275475, place: Waverly CDP, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 294 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (3.06%)
Kindergarten: 10 (3.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 203 (69.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 59 (20.07%)
College or graduate school: 13 (4.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,514 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 138 (9.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 420 (27.74%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 617 (40.75%)
Some college, no degree: 216 (14.27%)
Associate degree: 23 (1.52%)
Bachelor's degree: 80 (5.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 20 (1.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,600 (100%)
Never married: 147 (9.19%)
Now married, except separated: 1,038 (64.88%)
Separated: 78 (4.88%)
Total Widowed: 166 (10.38%)
Widowed Female: 126 (7.88%)
Total Divorced: 171 (10.69%)
Divorced Female: 100 (6.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 52 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (40.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,571 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 370 (23.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 277 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (9.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 815 (100%)
--With a disability: 443 (54.36%)
----Percent employed: 54.9%
--No disability: 372 (45.64%)
----Percent employed: 65.6%
Population 65 years and over: 730 (100%)
--With a disability: 291 (39.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,822 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 920 (50.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 893 (49.01%)
--Same county: 379 (20.8%)
--Different county: 514 (28.21%)
----Same state: 104 (5.71%)
----Different state: 410 (22.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,845 (100%)
Native: 1,803 (97.72%)
--Born in United States: 1,785 (100%)
----State of residence: 498 (26.99%)
----Different state: 1,287 (69.76%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.98%)
Foreign born: 42 (2.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (0.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 42 (2.28%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 42 (100%)
Europe: 19 (45.24%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 15 (35.71%)
Northern America: 8 (19.05%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,822 (100%)
English only: 1,748 (95.94%)
Language other than English: 74 (4.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.33%)
--Spanish: 26 (1.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,845 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,709% (92.63%)
Arab: 10 (0.54%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 23 (1.25%)
English: 144 (7.8%)
French (except Basque): 34 (1.84%)
French Canadian: 37 (2.01%)
German: 230 (12.47%)
Greek: 9 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 18 (0.98%)
Irish: 185 (10.03%)
Italian: 136 (7.37%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.98%)
Polish: 27 (1.46%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (1.08%)
Scottish: 35 (1.9%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 18 (0.98%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.43%)
United States or American: 278 (15.07%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 15 (0.81%)
Other ancestries: 464 (25.15%)

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