Anniston, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0101852, place: Anniston city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,704 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 437 (7.66%)
Kindergarten: 306 (5.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,659 (46.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,245 (21.83%)
College or graduate school: 1,057 (18.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,372 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,390 (8.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,924 (17.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,882 (29.82%)
Some college, no degree: 3,298 (20.14%)
Associate degree: 792 (4.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,807 (11.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,279 (7.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,451 (100%)
Never married: 5,086 (26.15%)
Now married, except separated: 8,674 (44.59%)
Separated: 639 (3.29%)
Total Widowed: 2,378 (12.23%)
Widowed Female: 2,046 (10.52%)
Total Divorced: 2,674 (13.75%)
Divorced Female: 1,486 (7.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 815 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 446 (54.72%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 18,494 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,146 (17.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,936 (100%)
--With a disability: 562 (11.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,674 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,241 (25.57%)
----Percent employed: 40.6%
--No disability: 9,433 (74.43%)
----Percent employed: 71.2%
Population 65 years and over: 4,425 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,245 (50.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,626 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,835 (52.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,614 (46.91%)
--Same county: 7,145 (31.58%)
--Different county: 3,469 (15.33%)
----Same state: 1,528 (6.75%)
----Different state: 1,941 (8.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 177 (0.78%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 24,227 (100%)
Native: 23,684 (97.76%)
--Born in United States: 23,513 (100%)
----State of residence: 18,199 (75.12%)
----Different state: 5,314 (21.93%)
--Born outside United States: 171 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 543 (2.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 247 (1.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 267 (1.1%)
--Not a citizen: 276 (1.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 543 (100%)
Europe: 134 (24.68%)
Asia: 143 (26.34%)
Africa: 6 (1.1%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 227 (41.8%)
Northern America: 33 (6.08%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,626 (100%)
English only: 21,583 (95.39%)
Language other than English: 1,043 (4.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 419 (1.85%)
--Spanish: 576 (2.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 230 (1.02%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 323 (1.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 106 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 104 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (0.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 24,227 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,514% (84.67%)
Arab: 6 (0.02%)
Czech: 45 (0.19%)
Danish: 12 (0.05%)
Dutch: 143 (0.59%)
English: 1,790 (7.39%)
French (except Basque): 273 (1.13%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.07%)
German: 1,050 (4.33%)
Greek: 21 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.06%)
Irish: 1,433 (5.91%)
Italian: 294 (1.21%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 65 (0.27%)
Polish: 114 (0.47%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 31 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 366 (1.51%)
Scottish: 238 (0.98%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 300 (1.24%)
Swedish: 74 (0.31%)
Swiss: 43 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,532 (10.45%)
Welsh: 44 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 11,596 (47.86%)

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