Alexander City, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0101132, place: Alexander City city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,490 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 312 (8.94%)
Kindergarten: 193 (5.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,628 (46.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 944 (27.05%)
College or graduate school: 413 (11.83%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,353 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,033 (9.98%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,006 (19.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,365 (32.5%)
Some college, no degree: 1,853 (17.9%)
Associate degree: 422 (4.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,136 (10.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 538 (5.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,012 (100%)
Never married: 2,557 (21.29%)
Now married, except separated: 6,509 (54.19%)
Separated: 269 (2.24%)
Total Widowed: 1,399 (11.65%)
Widowed Female: 1,175 (9.78%)
Total Divorced: 1,278 (10.64%)
Divorced Female: 868 (7.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 395 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 214 (54.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,356 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,357 (11.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,126 (100%)
--With a disability: 257 (8.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,895 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,195 (27.8%)
----Percent employed: 46.3%
--No disability: 5,700 (72.2%)
----Percent employed: 76%
Population 65 years and over: 2,463 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,385 (56.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,960 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,195 (58.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,702 (40.85%)
--Same county: 3,672 (26.3%)
--Different county: 2,030 (14.54%)
----Same state: 1,547 (11.08%)
----Different state: 483 (3.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 63 (0.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,953 (100%)
Native: 14,857 (99.36%)
--Born in United States: 14,818 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,159 (88%)
----Different state: 1,659 (11.09%)
--Born outside United States: 39 (0.26%)
Foreign born: 96 (0.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 57 (0.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 85 (0.57%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.07%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 96 (100%)
Europe: 78 (81.25%)
Asia: 8 (8.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 10 (10.42%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,960 (100%)
English only: 13,578 (97.26%)
Language other than English: 382 (2.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 166 (1.19%)
--Spanish: 234 (1.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 106 (0.76%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 83 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 56 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,953 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,316% (75.68%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 28 (0.19%)
Danish: 7 (0.05%)
Dutch: 122 (0.82%)
English: 1,297 (8.67%)
French (except Basque): 149 (1%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 591 (3.95%)
Greek: 14 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 897 (6%)
Italian: 57 (0.38%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 10 (0.07%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 35 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 250 (1.67%)
Scottish: 314 (2.1%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 68 (0.45%)
Swedish: 27 (0.18%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,590 (17.32%)
Welsh: 39 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,821 (32.24%)

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