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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: West Palm Beach city, Florida |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
19,294 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
1,206 |
6.3 |
Kindergarten |
977 |
5.1 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
8,210 |
42.6 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
4,123 |
21.4 |
College or graduate school |
4,778 |
24.8 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
56,549 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
5,242 |
9.3 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
8,606 |
15.2 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
12,697 |
22.5 |
Some college, no degree |
11,403 |
20.2 |
Associate degree |
3,414 |
6.0 |
Bachelor's degree |
9,377 |
16.6 |
Graduate or professional degree |
5,810 |
10.3 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
75.5 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
26.9 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
67,153 |
100.0 |
Never married |
22,274 |
33.2 |
Now married, except separated |
28,078 |
41.8 |
Separated |
2,353 |
3.5 |
Widowed |
5,729 |
8.5 |
Female |
4,470 |
6.7 |
Divorced |
8,719 |
13.0 |
Female |
4,819 |
7.2 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
1,498 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
839 |
56.0 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
64,389 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
6,684 |
10.4 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
15,662 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,764 |
11.3 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
47,533 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
11,744 |
24.7 |
Percent employed |
62.2 |
(X) |
No disability |
35,789 |
75.3 |
Percent employed |
74.5 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
12,578 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
5,910 |
47.0 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
76,938 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
32,928 |
42.8 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
38,218 |
49.7 |
Same county |
24,014 |
31.2 |
Different county |
14,204 |
18.5 |
Same state |
5,161 |
6.7 |
Different state |
9,043 |
11.8 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
5,792 |
7.5 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
81,539 |
100.0 |
Native |
61,387 |
75.3 |
Born in United States |
59,592 |
73.1 |
State of residence |
26,454 |
32.4 |
Different state |
33,138 |
40.6 |
Born outside United States |
1,795 |
2.2 |
Foreign born |
20,152 |
24.7 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
9,460 |
11.6 |
Naturalized citizen |
7,116 |
8.7 |
Not a citizen |
13,036 |
16.0 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
20,152 |
100.0 |
Europe |
2,182 |
10.8 |
Asia |
1,332 |
6.6 |
Africa |
193 |
1.0 |
Oceania |
69 |
0.3 |
Latin America |
15,858 |
78.7 |
Northern America |
518 |
2.6 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
76,938 |
100.0 |
English only |
55,174 |
71.7 |
Language other than English |
21,764 |
28.3 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
11,628 |
15.1 |
Spanish |
13,476 |
17.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
8,254 |
10.7 |
Other Indo-European languages |
6,804 |
8.8 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
2,781 |
3.6 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
699 |
0.9 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
235 |
0.3 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
81,539 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
80,072 |
98.2 |
Arab |
839 |
1.0 |
Czech1 |
268 |
0.3 |
Danish |
176 |
0.2 |
Dutch |
764 |
0.9 |
English |
5,016 |
6.2 |
French (except Basque)1 |
1,740 |
2.1 |
French Canadian1 |
410 |
0.5 |
German |
6,078 |
7.5 |
Greek |
379 |
0.5 |
Hungarian |
576 |
0.7 |
Irish1 |
5,742 |
7.0 |
Italian |
4,034 |
4.9 |
Lithuanian |
168 |
0.2 |
Norwegian |
346 |
0.4 |
Polish |
1,834 |
2.2 |
Portuguese |
334 |
0.4 |
Russian |
1,425 |
1.7 |
Scotch-Irish |
835 |
1.0 |
Scottish |
1,041 |
1.3 |
Slovak |
89 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
779 |
1.0 |
Swedish |
538 |
0.7 |
Swiss |
94 |
0.1 |
Ukrainian |
218 |
0.3 |
United States or American |
4,276 |
5.2 |
Welsh |
324 |
0.4 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
6,338 |
7.8 |
Other ancestries |
35,411 |
43.4 |
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Number |
Percent |
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(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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
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