Andalusia, AL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0101708, place: Andalusia city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,019 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 185 (9.16%)
Kindergarten: 117 (5.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 937 (46.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 491 (24.32%)
College or graduate school: 289 (14.31%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,921 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 722 (12.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,012 (17.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,539 (25.99%)
Some college, no degree: 1,110 (18.75%)
Associate degree: 379 (6.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 728 (12.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 431 (7.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,976 (100%)
Never married: 1,411 (20.23%)
Now married, except separated: 3,860 (55.33%)
Separated: 203 (2.91%)
Total Widowed: 738 (10.58%)
Widowed Female: 611 (8.76%)
Total Divorced: 764 (10.95%)
Divorced Female: 485 (6.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 173 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 109 (63.01%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,630 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,025 (15.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,874 (100%)
--With a disability: 167 (8.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,319 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,337 (30.96%)
----Percent employed: 52.9%
--No disability: 2,982 (69.04%)
----Percent employed: 73.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,710 (100%)
--With a disability: 923 (53.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,177 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,550 (55.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,604 (44.07%)
--Same county: 2,298 (28.1%)
--Different county: 1,306 (15.97%)
----Same state: 653 (7.99%)
----Different state: 653 (7.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (0.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,749 (100%)
Native: 8,722 (99.69%)
--Born in United States: 8,702 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,757 (77.23%)
----Different state: 1,945 (22.23%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.23%)
Foreign born: 27 (0.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (0.21%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 27 (100%)
Europe: 6 (22.22%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (33.33%)
Northern America: 12 (44.44%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,177 (100%)
English only: 7,969 (97.46%)
Language other than English: 208 (2.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.46%)
--Spanish: 135 (1.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 60 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,749 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,267% (71.63%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 84 (0.96%)
English: 568 (6.49%)
French (except Basque): 172 (1.97%)
French Canadian: 36 (0.41%)
German: 314 (3.59%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.07%)
Irish: 715 (8.17%)
Italian: 16 (0.18%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 1 (0.01%)
Polish: 31 (0.35%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 9 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 249 (2.85%)
Scottish: 83 (0.95%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 104 (1.19%)
Swedish: 9 (0.1%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.09%)
United States or American: 1,706 (19.5%)
Welsh: 5 (0.06%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 2,136 (24.41%)

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