Albertville, AL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0100988, place: Albertville city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,803 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 247 (6.49%)
Kindergarten: 364 (9.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,011 (52.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 725 (19.06%)
College or graduate school: 456 (11.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,336 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,870 (16.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,419 (21.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,118 (27.51%)
Some college, no degree: 1,741 (15.36%)
Associate degree: 731 (6.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 965 (8.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 492 (4.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,666 (100%)
Never married: 2,540 (18.59%)
Now married, except separated: 8,369 (61.24%)
Separated: 238 (1.74%)
Total Widowed: 1,095 (8.01%)
Widowed Female: 916 (6.7%)
Total Divorced: 1,424 (10.42%)
Divorced Female: 934 (6.83%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 271 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 147 (54.24%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,967 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,218 (9.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,789 (100%)
--With a disability: 291 (7.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,670 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,863 (19.27%)
----Percent employed: 47.7%
--No disability: 7,807 (80.73%)
----Percent employed: 75.9%
Population 65 years and over: 2,370 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,172 (49.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,057 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,144 (50.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,993 (43.55%)
--Same county: 4,809 (29.95%)
--Different county: 2,184 (13.6%)
----Same state: 1,095 (6.82%)
----Different state: 1,089 (6.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 920 (5.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,373 (100%)
Native: 15,249 (87.77%)
--Born in United States: 15,213 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,410 (71.43%)
----Different state: 2,803 (16.13%)
--Born outside United States: 36 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 2,124 (12.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,700 (9.79%)
--Naturalized citizen: 428 (2.46%)
--Not a citizen: 1,696 (9.76%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,124 (100%)
Europe: 42 (1.98%)
Asia: 48 (2.26%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,034 (95.76%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,057 (100%)
English only: 13,777 (85.8%)
Language other than English: 2,280 (14.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,719 (10.71%)
--Spanish: 2,149 (13.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,690 (10.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 122 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,373 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,024% (74.97%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 29 (0.17%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 184 (1.06%)
English: 1,655 (9.53%)
French (except Basque): 164 (0.94%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.04%)
German: 869 (5%)
Greek: 24 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.12%)
Irish: 1,523 (8.77%)
Italian: 212 (1.22%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 47 (0.27%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.05%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 260 (1.5%)
Scottish: 285 (1.64%)
Slovak: 19 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 17 (0.1%)
Swedish: 39 (0.22%)
Swiss: 11 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 3,939 (22.67%)
Welsh: 53 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 24 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 3,633 (20.91%)

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