Washington County, FL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Washington county florida dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,640	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	255	5.5
Kindergarten	255	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,309	49.8
High school (grades 9-12)	1,255	27.0
College or graduate school	566	12.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,338	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,724	12.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,403	16.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,562	38.8
Some college, no degree	2,759	19.2
Associate degree	566	3.9
Bachelor's degree	818	5.7
Graduate or professional degree	506	3.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	71.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,955	100.0
Never married	3,332	19.7
Now married, except separated	9,827	58.0
Separated	594	3.5
Widowed	1,312	7.7
Female	1,105	6.5
Divorced	1,890	11.1
Female	815	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	466	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	280	60.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,044	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,772	17.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,286	100.0
With a disability	318	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	11,091	100.0
With a disability	2,953	26.6
Percent employed	39.7	(X)
No disability	8,138	73.4
Percent employed	74.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,991	100.0
With a disability	1,646	55.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	19,709	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,124	56.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,182	41.5
Same county	2,976	15.1
Different county	5,206	26.4
Same state	3,784	19.2
Different state	1,422	7.2
Elsewhere in 1995	403	2.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	20,973	100.0
Native	20,453	97.5
Born in United States	20,067	95.7
State of residence	11,992	57.2
Different state	8,075	38.5
Born outside United States	386	1.8
Foreign born	520	2.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	132	0.6
Naturalized citizen	349	1.7
Not a citizen	171	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	520	100.0
Europe	216	41.5
Asia	147	28.3
Africa	30	5.8
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	107	20.6
Northern America	20	3.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	19,709	100.0
English only	18,626	94.5
Language other than English	1,083	5.5
Speak English less than 'very well	523	2.7
Spanish	587	3.0
Speak English less than "very well"	228	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	327	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	209	1.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	141	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	79	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	20,973	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,776	75.2
Arab	21	0.1
Czech¹	28	0.1
Danish	38	0.2
Dutch	304	1.4
English	1,658	7.9
French (except Basque)¹	221	1.1
French Canadian¹	72	0.3
German	1,432	6.8
Greek	40	0.2
Hungarian	30	0.1
Irish¹	1,924	9.2
Italian	615	2.9
Lithuanian	87	0.4
Norwegian	104	0.5
Polish	197	0.9
Portuguese	35	0.2
Russian	67	0.3
Scotch-Irish	454	2.2
Scottish	241	1.1
Slovak	17	0.1
Subsaharan African	94	0.4
Swedish	41	0.2
Swiss	19	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,887	18.5
Welsh	73	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	40	0.2
Other ancestries	4,037	19.2

(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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