Altoona, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0101660, place: Altoona town, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 212 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (12.26%)
Kindergarten: 8 (3.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 106 (50%)
High school (grades 9-12): 46 (21.7%)
College or graduate school: 26 (12.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 655 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 131 (20%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 166 (25.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 230 (35.11%)
Some college, no degree: 81 (12.37%)
Associate degree: 16 (2.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 19 (2.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (1.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 54.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 798 (100%)
Never married: 173 (21.68%)
Now married, except separated: 409 (51.25%)
Separated: 11 (1.38%)
Total Widowed: 123 (15.41%)
Widowed Female: 115 (14.41%)
Total Divorced: 82 (10.28%)
Divorced Female: 45 (5.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 756 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 111 (14.68%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 202 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (14.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 526 (100%)
--With a disability: 227 (43.16%)
----Percent employed: 41.9%
--No disability: 299 (56.84%)
----Percent employed: 62.9%
Population 65 years and over: 147 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (47.62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 924 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 535 (57.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 380 (41.13%)
--Same county: 213 (23.05%)
--Different county: 167 (18.07%)
----Same state: 130 (14.07%)
----Different state: 37 (4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.97%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,005 (100%)
Native: 972 (96.72%)
--Born in United States: 972 (100%)
----State of residence: 799 (79.5%)
----Different state: 173 (17.21%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 33 (3.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 23 (2.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.4%)
--Not a citizen: 29 (2.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 33 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 2 (6.06%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 29 (87.88%)
Northern America: 2 (6.06%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 924 (100%)
English only: 877 (94.91%)
Language other than English: 47 (5.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (4.11%)
--Spanish: 39 (4.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (3.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.43%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,005 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 699% (69.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 11 (1.09%)
English: 44 (4.38%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 61 (6.07%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 85 (8.46%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.2%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 12 (1.19%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.7%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 361 (35.92%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 116 (11.54%)

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