Okeechobee County, FL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Okeechobee county florida dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,521	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	487	5.7
Kindergarten	415	4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,206	49.4
High school (grades 9-12)	2,277	26.7
College or graduate school	1,136	13.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	23,388	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,439	14.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,722	20.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,925	33.9
Some college, no degree	4,243	18.1
Associate degree	971	4.2
Bachelor's degree	1,423	6.1
Graduate or professional degree	665	2.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	65.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	28,590	100.0
Never married	6,368	22.3
Now married, except separated	16,044	56.1
Separated	651	2.3
Widowed	2,287	8.0
Female	1,679	5.9
Divorced	3,240	11.3
Female	1,482	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	729	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	382	52.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	26,862	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,249	15.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,939	100.0
With a disability	854	10.8

Population 21 to 64 years	17,861	100.0
With a disability	5,078	28.4
Percent employed	57.3	(X)
No disability	12,783	71.6
Percent employed	72.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,696	100.0
With a disability	2,707	47.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	33,568	100.0
Same house in 1995	17,271	51.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,119	45.0
Same county	8,323	24.8
Different county	6,796	20.2
Same state	4,357	13.0
Different state	2,439	7.3
Elsewhere in 1995	1,178	3.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	35,910	100.0
Native	31,779	88.5
Born in United States	31,506	87.7
State of residence	16,217	45.2
Different state	15,289	42.6
Born outside United States	273	0.8
Foreign born	4,131	11.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	2,048	5.7
Naturalized citizen	1,050	2.9
Not a citizen	3,081	8.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	4,131	100.0
Europe	132	3.2
Asia	218	5.3
Africa	30	0.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	3,630	87.9
Northern America	121	2.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	33,568	100.0
English only	27,112	80.8
Language other than English	6,456	19.2
Speak English less than 'very well	3,258	9.7
Spanish	5,786	17.2
Speak English less than "very well"	3,061	9.1
Other Indo-European languages	544	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	153	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	46	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	29	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	35,910	100.0
Total ancestries reported	32,120	89.4
Arab	65	0.2
Czech¹	66	0.2
Danish	6	0.0
Dutch	440	1.2
English	3,463	9.6
French (except Basque)¹	962	2.7
French Canadian¹	188	0.5
German	3,635	10.1
Greek	39	0.1
Hungarian	39	0.1
Irish¹	3,998	11.1
Italian	990	2.8
Lithuanian	22	0.1
Norwegian	204	0.6
Polish	256	0.7
Portuguese	72	0.2
Russian	124	0.3
Scotch-Irish	483	1.3
Scottish	503	1.4
Slovak	18	0.1
Subsaharan African	196	0.5
Swedish	194	0.5
Swiss	76	0.2
Ukrainian	46	0.1
United States or American	4,752	13.2
Welsh	95	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	215	0.6
Other ancestries	10,973	30.6

(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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