Plantation, FL Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school21,860100.0
Nursery school, preschool1,6847.7
Kindergarten1,0604.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)9,08741.6
High school (grades 9-12)4,51920.7
College or graduate school5,51025.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over58,498100.0
Less than 9th grade1,4232.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma3,8586.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)13,99623.9
Some college, no degree12,51421.4
Associate degree5,2459.0
Bachelor's degree13,55223.2
Graduate or professional degree7,91013.5
Percent high school graduate or higher91.0(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher36.7(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over67,189100.0
Never married16,90225.2
Now married, except separated37,41155.7
Separated1,3372.0
Widowed4,3736.5
Female
3,6365.4
Divorced7,16610.7
Female
4,5816.8
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,494100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren51134.2
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over64,019100.0
Civilian veterans7,00810.9
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years16,730100.0
With a disability8965.4
Population 21 to 64 years50,839100.0
With a disability7,39514.5
Percent employed
69.2(X)
No disability43,44485.5
Percent employed
80.9(X)
Population 65 years and over10,304100.0
With a disability3,82737.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over78,377100.0
Same house in 199538,06148.6
Different house in the U.S. in 199536,42746.5
Same county
22,84329.1
Different county
13,58417.3
Same state
5,2376.7
Different state
8,34710.6
Elsewhere in 19953,8895.0
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population83,274100.0
Native64,64277.6
Born in United States
62,92675.6
State of residence
22,67827.2
Different state
40,24848.3
Born outside United States
1,7162.1
Foreign born18,63222.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000
6,9858.4
Naturalized citizen
9,27211.1
Not a citizen
9,36011.2
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)18,632100.0
Europe2,45213.2
Asia2,00910.8
Africa3551.9
Oceania120.1
Latin America12,91869.3
Northern America8864.8
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over78,377100.0
English only60,47577.2
Language other than English17,90222.8
Speak English less than 'very well
5,7887.4
Spanish
10,08512.9
Speak English less than "very well"
3,6614.7
Other Indo-European languages
5,8197.4
Speak English less than "very well"
1,5692.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages
9261.2
Speak English less than "very well"
3740.5
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population83,274100.0

Total ancestries reported

91,555109.9
Arab7030.8
Czech15270.6
Danish2310.3
Dutch6870.8
English5,8947.1
French (except Basque)11,9282.3
French Canadian15780.7
German8,95910.8
Greek7760.9
Hungarian1,0701.3
Irish18,47310.2
Italian7,3828.9
Lithuanian1880.2
Norwegian5530.7
Polish3,5184.2
Portuguese4540.5
Russian3,4284.1
Scotch-Irish1,0541.3
Scottish1,2341.5
Slovak790.1
Subsaharan African6840.8
Swedish7070.8
Swiss1600.2
Ukrainian2580.3
United States or American6,6318.0
Welsh4260.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)7,2768.7
Other ancestries27,69733.3
(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. 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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