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West Palm Beach Florida Social and demographic information
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West Palm Beach Florida Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: West Palm Beach city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
81,539 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
19,294 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
61,387 |
75.3 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
1,206 |
6.3 |
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Born in
United States |
59,592 |
73.1 |
| Kindergarten |
977 |
5.1 |
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State
of residence |
26,454 |
32.4 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
8,210 |
42.6 |
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Different state |
33,138 |
40.6 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
4,123 |
21.4 |
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Born
outside United States |
1,795 |
2.2 |
| College or
graduate school |
4,778 |
24.8 |
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Foreign born |
20,152 |
24.7 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
9,460 |
11.6 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
7,116 |
8.7 |
| Population
25 years and over |
56,549 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
13,036 |
16.0 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
5,242 |
9.3 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
8,606 |
15.2 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
12,697 |
22.5 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
20,152 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
11,403 |
20.2 |
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Europe |
2,182 |
10.8 |
| Associate
degree |
3,414 |
6.0 |
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Asia |
1,332 |
6.6 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
9,377 |
16.6 |
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Africa |
193 |
1.0 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
5,810 |
10.3 |
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Oceania |
69 |
0.3 |
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Latin America |
15,858 |
78.7 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
75.5 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
518 |
2.6 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
26.9 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
76,938 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
67,153 |
100.0 |
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English only |
55,174 |
71.7 |
| Never married |
22,274 |
33.2 |
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Language other
than English |
21,764 |
28.3 |
| Now married,
except separated |
28,078 |
41.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
11,628 |
15.1 |
| Separated |
2,353 |
3.5 |
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Spanish |
13,476 |
17.5 |
| Widowed |
5,729 |
8.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
8,254 |
10.7 |
| Female |
4,470 |
6.7 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
6,804 |
8.8 |
| Divorced |
8,719 |
13.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
2,781 |
3.6 |
| Female |
4,819 |
7.2 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
699 |
0.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
235 |
0.3 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
81,539 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
1,498 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
80,072 |
98.2 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
839 |
56.0 |
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Arab |
839 |
1.0 |
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Czech¹ |
268 |
0.3 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
176 |
0.2 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
64,389 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
764 |
0.9 |
| Civilian
veterans |
6,684 |
10.4 |
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English |
5,016 |
6.2 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
1,740 |
2.1 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
410 |
0.5 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
6,078 |
7.5 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
15,662 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
379 |
0.5 |
| With a
disability |
1,764 |
11.3 |
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Hungarian |
576 |
0.7 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
47,533 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
5,742 |
7.0 |
| With a
disability |
11,744 |
24.7 |
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Italian |
4,034 |
4.9 |
| Percent
employed |
62.2 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
168 |
0.2 |
| No disability |
35,789 |
75.3 |
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Norwegian |
346 |
0.4 |
| Percent
employed |
74.5 |
(X) |
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Polish |
1,834 |
2.2 |
| Population
65 years and over |
12,578 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
334 |
0.4 |
| With a
disability |
5,910 |
47.0 |
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Russian |
1,425 |
1.7 |
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Scotch-Irish |
835 |
1.0 |
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Scottish |
1,041 |
1.3 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
89 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
76,938 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
779 |
1.0 |
| Same house in
1995 |
32,928 |
42.8 |
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Swedish |
538 |
0.7 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
38,218 |
49.7 |
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Swiss |
94 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
24,014 |
31.2 |
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Ukrainian |
218 |
0.3 |
| Different
county |
14,204 |
18.5 |
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United States
or American |
4,276 |
5.2 |
| Same state |
5,161 |
6.7 |
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Welsh |
324 |
0.4 |
| Different
state |
9,043 |
11.8 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
6,338 |
7.8 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
5,792 |
7.5 |
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Other
ancestries |
35,411 |
43.4 |
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| Date: January
11, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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