Wekiwa Springs, FL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1275725, place: Wekiwa Springs CDP, Florida)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,216 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 421 (6.77%)
Kindergarten: 258 (4.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,878 (46.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,784 (28.7%)
College or graduate school: 875 (14.08%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,061 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 168 (1.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 469 (2.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,382 (14.83%)
Some college, no degree: 3,856 (24.01%)
Associate degree: 1,217 (7.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,183 (32.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,786 (17.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 49.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,725 (100%)
Never married: 3,851 (20.57%)
Now married, except separated: 12,280 (65.58%)
Separated: 223 (1.19%)
Total Widowed: 878 (4.69%)
Widowed Female: 726 (3.88%)
Total Divorced: 1,493 (7.97%)
Divorced Female: 914 (4.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 172 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 64 (37.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,445 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,582 (14.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,436 (100%)
--With a disability: 403 (7.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,956 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,599 (11.46%)
----Percent employed: 73.1%
--No disability: 12,357 (88.54%)
----Percent employed: 79.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,699 (100%)
--With a disability: 832 (30.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,134 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,665 (57.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,052 (40.9%)
--Same county: 3,648 (16.48%)
--Different county: 5,404 (24.41%)
----Same state: 2,707 (12.23%)
----Different state: 2,697 (12.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 417 (1.88%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,275 (100%)
Native: 21,463 (92.21%)
--Born in United States: 21,082 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,963 (25.62%)
----Different state: 15,119 (64.96%)
--Born outside United States: 381 (1.64%)
Foreign born: 1,812 (7.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 526 (2.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 994 (4.27%)
--Not a citizen: 818 (3.51%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,812 (100%)
Europe: 639 (35.26%)
Asia: 350 (19.32%)
Africa: 122 (6.73%)
Oceania: 7 (0.39%)
Latin America: 419 (23.12%)
Northern America: 275 (15.18%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,134 (100%)
English only: 20,051 (90.59%)
Language other than English: 2,083 (9.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 509 (2.3%)
--Spanish: 995 (4.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 216 (0.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 816 (3.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 165 (0.75%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 180 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (0.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,275 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 26,858% (115.39%)
Arab: 220 (0.95%)
Czech: 168 (0.72%)
Danish: 208 (0.89%)
Dutch: 396 (1.7%)
English: 3,654 (15.7%)
French (except Basque): 930 (4%)
French Canadian: 230 (0.99%)
German: 4,525 (19.44%)
Greek: 178 (0.76%)
Hungarian: 264 (1.13%)
Irish: 3,458 (14.86%)
Italian: 2,069 (8.89%)
Lithuanian: 143 (0.61%)
Norwegian: 346 (1.49%)
Polish: 1,208 (5.19%)
Portuguese: 59 (0.25%)
Russian: 730 (3.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 482 (2.07%)
Scottish: 535 (2.3%)
Slovak: 65 (0.28%)
Subsaharan African: 107 (0.46%)
Swedish: 466 (2%)
Swiss: 108 (0.46%)
Ukrainian: 61 (0.26%)
United States or American: 1,274 (5.47%)
Welsh: 215 (0.92%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 80 (0.34%)
Other ancestries: 4,679 (20.1%)

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