Alabaster, AL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0100820, place: Alabaster city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,931 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 643 (10.84%)
Kindergarten: 455 (7.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,724 (45.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,160 (19.56%)
College or graduate school: 949 (16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,096 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 475 (3.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,259 (8.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,675 (24.34%)
Some college, no degree: 3,614 (23.94%)
Associate degree: 832 (5.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,005 (26.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,236 (8.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 34.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,369 (100%)
Never married: 3,189 (18.36%)
Now married, except separated: 11,748 (67.64%)
Separated: 218 (1.26%)
Total Widowed: 824 (4.74%)
Widowed Female: 616 (3.55%)
Total Divorced: 1,390 (8%)
Divorced Female: 820 (4.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 299 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 134 (44.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,449 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,885 (11.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,027 (100%)
--With a disability: 455 (9.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,138 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,656 (11.71%)
----Percent employed: 57.1%
--No disability: 12,482 (88.29%)
----Percent employed: 83.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,271 (100%)
--With a disability: 572 (45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,851 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,940 (42.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,782 (56.51%)
--Same county: 4,357 (20.9%)
--Different county: 7,425 (35.61%)
----Same state: 4,695 (22.52%)
----Different state: 2,730 (13.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 129 (0.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,210 (100%)
Native: 22,694 (97.78%)
--Born in United States: 22,469 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,857 (64.01%)
----Different state: 7,612 (32.8%)
--Born outside United States: 225 (0.97%)
Foreign born: 516 (2.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 222 (0.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 197 (0.85%)
--Not a citizen: 319 (1.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 516 (100%)
Europe: 168 (32.56%)
Asia: 72 (13.95%)
Africa: 9 (1.74%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 256 (49.61%)
Northern America: 11 (2.13%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,851 (100%)
English only: 20,049 (96.15%)
Language other than English: 802 (3.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 370 (1.77%)
--Spanish: 590 (2.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 308 (1.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 204 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,210 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,185% (86.97%)
Arab: 37 (0.16%)
Czech: 43 (0.19%)
Danish: 57 (0.25%)
Dutch: 318 (1.37%)
English: 3,015 (12.99%)
French (except Basque): 439 (1.89%)
French Canadian: 29 (0.12%)
German: 2,418 (10.42%)
Greek: 24 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.04%)
Irish: 2,402 (10.35%)
Italian: 628 (2.71%)
Lithuanian: 23 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 195 (0.84%)
Polish: 213 (0.92%)
Portuguese: 18 (0.08%)
Russian: 13 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 510 (2.2%)
Scottish: 743 (3.2%)
Slovak: 45 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 339 (1.46%)
Swedish: 98 (0.42%)
Swiss: 58 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.06%)
United States or American: 3,843 (16.56%)
Welsh: 100 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,555 (19.63%)

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