Ariton, AL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0102428, place: Ariton town, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 171 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 22 (12.87%)
Kindergarten: 11 (6.43%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 73 (42.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 53 (30.99%)
College or graduate school: 12 (7.02%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 524 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 85 (16.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 110 (20.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 197 (37.6%)
Some college, no degree: 67 (12.79%)
Associate degree: 16 (3.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 31 (5.92%)
Graduate or professional degree: 18 (3.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 626 (100%)
Never married: 142 (22.68%)
Now married, except separated: 339 (54.15%)
Separated: 28 (4.47%)
Total Widowed: 70 (11.18%)
Widowed Female: 61 (9.74%)
Total Divorced: 47 (7.51%)
Divorced Female: 35 (5.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 37 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (54.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 586 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 73 (12.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 199 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (31.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 411 (100%)
--With a disability: 208 (50.61%)
----Percent employed: 47.6%
--No disability: 203 (49.39%)
----Percent employed: 69.5%
Population 65 years and over: 135 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (51.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 745 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 504 (67.65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 241 (32.35%)
--Same county: 130 (17.45%)
--Different county: 111 (14.9%)
----Same state: 64 (8.59%)
----Different state: 47 (6.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 810 (100%)
Native: 810 (100%)
--Born in United States: 808 (100%)
----State of residence: 698 (86.17%)
----Different state: 110 (13.58%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 745 (100%)
English only: 740 (99.33%)
Language other than English: 5 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 810 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 613% (75.68%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (0.62%)
English: 27 (3.33%)
French (except Basque): 12 (1.48%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.49%)
German: 32 (3.95%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 31 (3.83%)
Italian: 14 (1.73%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 6 (0.74%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.99%)
Scottish: 2 (0.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.25%)
Swiss: 2 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 342 (42.22%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 126 (15.56%)

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