Sumter County, FL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Sumter county florida dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,862	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	520	5.9
Kindergarten	477	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,170	47.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,474	27.9
College or graduate school	1,221	13.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	41,509	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,539	6.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,897	16.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	16,113	38.8
Some college, no degree	8,869	21.4
Associate degree	2,011	4.8
Bachelor's degree	3,194	7.7
Graduate or professional degree	1,886	4.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	46,258	100.0
Never married	7,248	15.7
Now married, except separated	29,200	63.1
Separated	1,032	2.2
Widowed	3,859	8.3
Female	2,999	6.5
Divorced	4,919	10.6
Female	2,085	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,044	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	503	48.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	44,709	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,689	21.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,511	100.0
With a disability	725	9.7

Population 21 to 64 years	23,095	100.0
With a disability	6,446	27.9
Percent employed	48.7	(X)
No disability	16,649	72.1
Percent employed	60.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	14,339	100.0
With a disability	5,381	37.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	51,222	100.0
Same house in 1995	22,486	43.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	27,967	54.6
Same county	5,989	11.7
Different county	21,978	42.9
Same state	9,681	18.9
Different state	12,297	24.0
Elsewhere in 1995	769	1.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	53,345	100.0
Native	50,407	94.5
Born in United States	49,812	93.4
State of residence	19,344	36.3
Different state	30,468	57.1
Born outside United States	595	1.1
Foreign born	2,938	5.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	828	1.6
Naturalized citizen	1,163	2.2
Not a citizen	1,775	3.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,938	100.0
Europe	596	20.3
Asia	243	8.3
Africa	47	1.6
Oceania	15	0.5
Latin America	1,747	59.5
Northern America	290	9.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	51,222	100.0
English only	46,576	90.9
Language other than English	4,646	9.1
Speak English less than 'very well	1,806	3.5
Spanish	3,399	6.6
Speak English less than "very well"	1,409	2.8
Other Indo-European languages	941	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	225	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	199	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	107	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	53,345	100.0
Total ancestries reported	51,311	96.2
Arab	100	0.2
Czech¹	244	0.5
Danish	178	0.3
Dutch	907	1.7
English	6,945	13.0
French (except Basque)¹	1,524	2.9
French Canadian¹	442	0.8
German	7,727	14.5
Greek	90	0.2
Hungarian	209	0.4
Irish¹	6,411	12.0
Italian	2,487	4.7
Lithuanian	150	0.3
Norwegian	483	0.9
Polish	1,073	2.0
Portuguese	94	0.2
Russian	142	0.3
Scotch-Irish	945	1.8
Scottish	1,089	2.0
Slovak	112	0.2
Subsaharan African	360	0.7
Swedish	585	1.1
Swiss	76	0.1
Ukrainian	58	0.1
United States or American	6,027	11.3
Welsh	359	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	248	0.5
Other ancestries	12,246	23.0

(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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