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Fort Myers Florida Social and demographic information
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Fort Myers Florida Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Fort Myers 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 |
48,046 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
11,782 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
41,618 |
86.6 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
794 |
6.7 |
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Born in
United States |
40,067 |
83.4 |
| Kindergarten |
642 |
5.4 |
|
State
of residence |
17,929 |
37.3 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
5,815 |
49.4 |
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Different state |
22,138 |
46.1 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
2,702 |
22.9 |
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Born
outside United States |
1,551 |
3.2 |
| College or
graduate school |
1,829 |
15.5 |
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Foreign born |
6,428 |
13.4 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
4,200 |
8.7 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
1,647 |
3.4 |
| Population
25 years and over |
29,875 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
4,781 |
10.0 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
2,904 |
9.7 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
5,836 |
19.5 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
8,674 |
29.0 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
6,428 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
5,441 |
18.2 |
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Europe |
673 |
10.5 |
| Associate
degree |
1,561 |
5.2 |
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Asia |
435 |
6.8 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
3,484 |
11.7 |
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Africa |
61 |
0.9 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
1,975 |
6.6 |
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Oceania |
7 |
0.1 |
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Latin America |
5,022 |
78.1 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
70.7 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
230 |
3.6 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
18.3 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
44,313 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
37,450 |
100.0 |
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English only |
34,962 |
78.9 |
| Never married |
12,582 |
33.6 |
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Language other
than English |
9,351 |
21.1 |
| Now married,
except separated |
14,657 |
39.1 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
4,817 |
10.9 |
| Separated |
1,508 |
4.0 |
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Spanish |
5,700 |
12.9 |
| Widowed |
3,281 |
8.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
2,875 |
6.5 |
| Female |
2,572 |
6.9 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
3,176 |
7.2 |
| Divorced |
5,422 |
14.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,732 |
3.9 |
| Female |
2,926 |
7.8 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
236 |
0.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
145 |
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 |
48,046 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
985 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
46,553 |
96.9 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
553 |
56.1 |
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Arab |
233 |
0.5 |
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Czech¹ |
161 |
0.3 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
62 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
35,556 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
521 |
1.1 |
| Civilian
veterans |
4,387 |
12.3 |
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English |
3,823 |
8.0 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
1,064 |
2.2 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
235 |
0.5 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
5,138 |
10.7 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
10,822 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
222 |
0.5 |
| With a
disability |
975 |
9.0 |
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Hungarian |
288 |
0.6 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
25,220 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
3,718 |
7.7 |
| With a
disability |
6,573 |
26.1 |
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Italian |
1,779 |
3.7 |
| Percent
employed |
58.2 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
71 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
18,647 |
73.9 |
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Norwegian |
416 |
0.9 |
| Percent
employed |
76.1 |
(X) |
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Polish |
793 |
1.7 |
| Population
65 years and over |
6,080 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
164 |
0.3 |
| With a
disability |
3,061 |
50.3 |
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Russian |
205 |
0.4 |
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Scotch-Irish |
533 |
1.1 |
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Scottish |
567 |
1.2 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
73 |
0.2 |
| Population
5 years and over |
44,313 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
462 |
1.0 |
| Same house in
1995 |
16,740 |
37.8 |
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Swedish |
284 |
0.6 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
24,659 |
55.6 |
|
Swiss |
68 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
14,933 |
33.7 |
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Ukrainian |
65 |
0.1 |
| Different
county |
9,726 |
21.9 |
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United States
or American |
3,068 |
6.4 |
| Same state |
3,658 |
8.3 |
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Welsh |
290 |
0.6 |
| Different
state |
6,068 |
13.7 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
2,509 |
5.2 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
2,914 |
6.6 |
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Other
ancestries |
19,741 |
41.1 |
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| Date: December
30, 2004 |
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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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