Ashland, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0102860, place: Ashland city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 382 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (2.36%)
Kindergarten: 36 (9.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 152 (39.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 134 (35.08%)
College or graduate school: 51 (13.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,376 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 194 (14.1%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 245 (17.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 508 (36.92%)
Some college, no degree: 209 (15.19%)
Associate degree: 62 (4.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 73 (5.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 85 (6.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,591 (100%)
Never married: 322 (20.24%)
Now married, except separated: 822 (51.67%)
Separated: 37 (2.33%)
Total Widowed: 200 (12.57%)
Widowed Female: 176 (11.06%)
Total Divorced: 210 (13.2%)
Divorced Female: 141 (8.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 37 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (10.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,519 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 177 (11.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 349 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (9.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 967 (100%)
--With a disability: 216 (22.34%)
----Percent employed: 40.7%
--No disability: 751 (77.66%)
----Percent employed: 69.2%
Population 65 years and over: 333 (100%)
--With a disability: 193 (57.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,801 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,166 (64.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 635 (35.26%)
--Same county: 384 (21.32%)
--Different county: 251 (13.94%)
----Same state: 175 (9.72%)
----Different state: 76 (4.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,906 (100%)
Native: 1,894 (99.37%)
--Born in United States: 1,894 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,740 (91.29%)
----Different state: 154 (8.08%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.63%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (33.33%)
Northern America: 8 (66.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,801 (100%)
English only: 1,747 (97%)
Language other than English: 54 (3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.5%)
--Spanish: 37 (2.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.5%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17 (0.94%)
----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: 1,906 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,349% (70.78%)
Arab: 3 (0.16%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (0.16%)
English: 137 (7.19%)
French (except Basque): 8 (0.42%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.21%)
German: 64 (3.36%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 142 (7.45%)
Italian: 6 (0.31%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.31%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 51 (2.68%)
Scottish: 41 (2.15%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 402 (21.09%)
Welsh: 4 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 478 (25.08%)

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