Social Statistics

Plantation, Florida

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	21,860	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,684	7.7
Kindergarten	1,060	4.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	9,087	41.6
High school (grades 9-12)	4,519	20.7
College or graduate school	5,510	25.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	58,498	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,423	2.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,858	6.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	13,996	23.9
Some college, no degree	12,514	21.4
Associate degree	5,245	9.0
Bachelor's degree	13,552	23.2
Graduate or professional degree	7,910	13.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	91.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	36.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	67,189	100.0
Never married	16,902	25.2
Now married, except separated	37,411	55.7
Separated	1,337	2.0
Widowed	4,373	6.5
Female	3,636	5.4
Divorced	7,166	10.7
Female	4,581	6.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,494	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	511	34.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	64,019	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,008	10.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	16,730	100.0
With a disability	896	5.4

Population 21 to 64 years	50,839	100.0
With a disability	7,395	14.5
Percent employed	69.2	(X)
No disability	43,444	85.5
Percent employed	80.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	10,304	100.0
With a disability	3,827	37.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	78,377	100.0
Same house in 1995	38,061	48.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	36,427	46.5
Same county	22,843	29.1
Different county	13,584	17.3
Same state	5,237	6.7
Different state	8,347	10.6
Elsewhere in 1995	3,889	5.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	83,274	100.0
Native	64,642	77.6
Born in United States	62,926	75.6
State of residence	22,678	27.2
Different state	40,248	48.3
Born outside United States	1,716	2.1
Foreign born	18,632	22.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	6,985	8.4
Naturalized citizen	9,272	11.1
Not a citizen	9,360	11.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	18,632	100.0
Europe	2,452	13.2
Asia	2,009	10.8
Africa	355	1.9
Oceania	12	0.1
Latin America	12,918	69.3
Northern America	886	4.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	78,377	100.0
English only	60,475	77.2
Language other than English	17,902	22.8
Speak English less than 'very well	5,788	7.4
Spanish	10,085	12.9
Speak English less than "very well"	3,661	4.7
Other Indo-European languages	5,819	7.4
Speak English less than "very well"	1,569	2.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages	926	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	374	0.5

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	83,274	100.0
Total ancestries reported	91,555	109.9
Arab	703	0.8
Czech¹	527	0.6
Danish	231	0.3
Dutch	687	0.8
English	5,894	7.1
French (except Basque)¹	1,928	2.3
French Canadian¹	578	0.7
German	8,959	10.8
Greek	776	0.9
Hungarian	1,070	1.3
Irish¹	8,473	10.2
Italian	7,382	8.9
Lithuanian	188	0.2
Norwegian	553	0.7
Polish	3,518	4.2
Portuguese	454	0.5
Russian	3,428	4.1
Scotch-Irish	1,054	1.3
Scottish	1,234	1.5
Slovak	79	0.1
Subsaharan African	684	0.8
Swedish	707	0.8
Swiss	160	0.2
Ukrainian	258	0.3
United States or American	6,631	8.0
Welsh	426	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	7,276	8.7
Other ancestries	27,697	33.3

(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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