Arab, AL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0102116, place: Arab city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,659 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 119 (7.17%)
Kindergarten: 99 (5.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 729 (43.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 504 (30.38%)
College or graduate school: 208 (12.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,959 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 378 (7.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 616 (12.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,397 (28.17%)
Some college, no degree: 1,090 (21.98%)
Associate degree: 412 (8.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 686 (13.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 380 (7.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,869 (100%)
Never married: 941 (16.03%)
Now married, except separated: 3,483 (59.35%)
Separated: 80 (1.36%)
Total Widowed: 616 (10.5%)
Widowed Female: 524 (8.93%)
Total Divorced: 749 (12.76%)
Divorced Female: 450 (7.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 134 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 78 (58.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,506 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 849 (15.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,517 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (5.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,955 (100%)
--With a disability: 696 (17.6%)
----Percent employed: 61.8%
--No disability: 3,259 (82.4%)
----Percent employed: 76.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,224 (100%)
--With a disability: 606 (49.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,797 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,775 (55.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,013 (44.33%)
--Same county: 1,709 (25.14%)
--Different county: 1,304 (19.18%)
----Same state: 958 (14.09%)
----Different state: 346 (5.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,180 (100%)
Native: 7,101 (98.9%)
--Born in United States: 7,087 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,255 (73.19%)
----Different state: 1,832 (25.52%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.19%)
Foreign born: 79 (1.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 45 (0.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 36 (0.5%)
--Not a citizen: 43 (0.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 79 (100%)
Europe: 17 (21.52%)
Asia: 45 (56.96%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 17 (21.52%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,797 (100%)
English only: 6,661 (98%)
Language other than English: 136 (2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.72%)
--Spanish: 72 (1.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 64 (0.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,180 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,692% (79.28%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.11%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 171 (2.38%)
English: 837 (11.66%)
French (except Basque): 121 (1.69%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.25%)
German: 604 (8.41%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,011 (14.08%)
Italian: 72 (1%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.19%)
Polish: 45 (0.63%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 18 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 192 (2.67%)
Scottish: 126 (1.75%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 35 (0.49%)
United States or American: 1,214 (16.91%)
Welsh: 104 (1.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,094 (15.24%)

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