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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Brevard County
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
107,243
102,123
112,363
Nursery school, preschool
4,965
2,502
7,428
Kindergarten
4,506
2,605
6,407
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
52,412
49,643
55,181
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22,084
19,362
24,807
College or graduate school
23,276
18,879
27,673
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
331,255
328,453
334,057
Less than 9th grade
11,973
8,747
15,199
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
32,585
26,838
38,332
High school graduate (including equivalency)
98,171
91,060
105,283
Some college, no degree
78,705
72,100
85,310
Associate degree
31,423
25,848
36,998
Bachelor's degree
50,188
44,504
55,872
Graduate or professional degree
28,210
23,941
32,479
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.5
84.9
88.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
23.7
21.7
25.7
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
184,080
182,052
186,108
Never married
47,806
43,183
52,429
Now married, except separated
105,421
99,166
111,676
Separated
3,968
2,085
5,851
Widowed
6,401
4,108
8,695
Divorced
20,484
16,102
24,866
 
Females 15 years and over
196,951
194,933
198,969
Never married
31,768
27,945
35,591
Now married, except separated
110,259
104,347
116,171
Separated
4,750
3,125
6,375
Widowed
22,777
19,647
25,907
Divorced
27,397
22,624
32,170
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
5,564
3,556
7,572
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
1,660
279
3,041
Per 1,000 unmarried women
33
7
59
As a percent of all women with a birth
29.8
10.0
49.6
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
52
34
70
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
16
0
42
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
115
62
168
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
23
8
38
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
5,117
3,158
7,076
Responsible for grandchildren
3,292
1,528
5,056
less than 1 year
289
0
777
1 or 2 years
1,481
405
2,557
3 or 4 years
607
21
1,193
5 or more years
915
237
1,593
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
58.8
49.4
68.2
Percent who are married
81.9
64.2
99.6
Percent who are in labor force
57.3
35.0
79.6
Percent who are in poverty
4.6
0.0
12.4
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
361,979
361,040
362,918
Civilian veterans
80,314
75,047
85,581
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
92,738
88,717
96,759
With a disability
7,047
4,263
9,831
 
Population 21 to 64 years
256,487
253,458
259,516
With a disability
38,098
32,278
43,918
Percent employed
39.9
33.0
46.8
No disability
218,389
211,918
224,860
Percent employed
74.8
72.0
77.6
 
Population 65 years and over
92,123
90,348
93,898
With a disability
33,940
29,153
38,727
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
463,311
462,097
464,525
Same house
386,779
374,023
399,535
Different house in the U.S.
74,337
61,418
87,257
Same county
47,480
36,692
58,268
Different county
26,857
18,891
34,823
Same state
7,152
3,283
11,021
Different state
19,705
12,412
26,998
Abroad
2,195
448
3,942
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
466,535
*****
*****
Native
434,310
427,997
440,623
Born in United States
423,411
416,684
430,138
State of residence
143,811
135,200
152,422
Different state
279,600
270,431
288,769
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
10,899
7,827
13,971
Foreign born
32,225
25,912
38,538
Naturalized citizen
19,561
14,207
24,915
Not a citizen
12,664
9,819
15,509
Entered 1990 or later
9,394
4,446
14,342
Entered before 1990
22,831
18,135
27,527
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
32,225
25,912
38,538
Europe
8,064
5,035
11,093
Asia
6,381
5,487
7,275
Africa
650
28
1,272
Oceania
232
0
607
Latin America
12,895
7,658
18,132
Northern America
4,003
1,919
6,087
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
441,900
439,392
444,408
English only
411,631
405,412
417,850
Language other than English
30,269
25,565
34,973
Speak English less than "very well"
6,255
4,329
8,181
Spanish
16,286
12,732
19,840
Speak English less than "very well"
3,385
1,888
4,882
Other Indo-European languages
8,429
5,297
11,561
Speak English less than "very well"
1,928
689
3,167
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
4,754
3,116
6,392
Speak English less than "very well"
756
0
1,535
Other languages
800
153
1,447
Speak English less than "very well"
186
0
486
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
466,535
*****
*****
Arab
2,571
749
4,393
Czech
1,368
456
2,280
Danish
1,560
534
2,586
Dutch
9,428
5,610
13,246
English
64,809
56,750
72,868
French (except Basque)
23,157
18,552
27,762
French Canadian
6,935
4,217
9,653
German
101,630
90,070
113,190
Greek
3,984
60
7,908
Hungarian
2,865
1,113
4,617
Irish
76,831
66,855
86,807
Italian
39,173
32,141
46,205
Lithuanian
3,889
0
7,963
Norwegian
6,384
3,640
9,128
Polish
15,695
11,194
20,196
Portuguese
1,844
428
3,260
Russian
2,423
1,362
3,484
Scotch-Irish
9,716
6,342
13,090
Scottish
19,459
14,590
24,328
Slovak
1,810
279
3,341
Subsaharan African
1,019
3
2,035
Swedish
6,387
3,552
9,222
Swiss
963
265
1,661
Ukrainian
1,496
579
2,413
United States or American
33,362
26,107
40,617
Welsh
8,144
3,527
12,761
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
7,107
1,911
12,303
 

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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