Akron, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0100676, place: Akron town, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 114 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 9 (7.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 69 (60.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 23 (20.18%)
College or graduate school: 13 (11.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 330 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 52 (15.76%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 60 (18.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 130 (39.39%)
Some college, no degree: 64 (19.39%)
Associate degree: 4 (1.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 14 (4.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6 (1.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 394 (100%)
Never married: 140 (35.53%)
Now married, except separated: 143 (36.29%)
Separated: 26 (6.6%)
Total Widowed: 39 (9.9%)
Widowed Female: 36 (9.14%)
Total Divorced: 46 (11.68%)
Divorced Female: 24 (6.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (58.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 380 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 26 (6.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 119 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (14.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 309 (100%)
--With a disability: 98 (31.72%)
----Percent employed: 37.8%
--No disability: 211 (68.28%)
----Percent employed: 58.8%
Population 65 years and over: 52 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (46.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 480 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 295 (61.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 180 (37.5%)
--Same county: 142 (29.58%)
--Different county: 38 (7.92%)
----Same state: 25 (5.21%)
----Different state: 13 (2.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (1.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 543 (100%)
Native: 543 (100%)
--Born in United States: 541 (100%)
----State of residence: 515 (94.84%)
----Different state: 26 (4.79%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 480 (100%)
English only: 478 (99.58%)
Language other than English: 2 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 543 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 431% (79.37%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 3 (0.55%)
French (except Basque): 5 (0.92%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 0 (0%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 2 (0.37%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.55%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 6 (1.1%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 412 (75.87%)

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