Ashville, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0102908, place: Ashville town, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 503 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 31 (6.16%)
Kindergarten: 19 (3.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 261 (51.89%)
High school (grades 9-12): 145 (28.83%)
College or graduate school: 47 (9.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,525 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 199 (13.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 328 (21.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 453 (29.7%)
Some college, no degree: 292 (19.15%)
Associate degree: 111 (7.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 97 (6.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 45 (2.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,852 (100%)
Never married: 400 (21.6%)
Now married, except separated: 1,088 (58.75%)
Separated: 59 (3.19%)
Total Widowed: 152 (8.21%)
Widowed Female: 134 (7.24%)
Total Divorced: 153 (8.26%)
Divorced Female: 68 (3.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 68 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 37 (54.41%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,733 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 256 (14.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 506 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (9.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,166 (100%)
--With a disability: 309 (26.5%)
----Percent employed: 46.9%
--No disability: 857 (73.5%)
----Percent employed: 73.6%
Population 65 years and over: 360 (100%)
--With a disability: 234 (65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,153 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,197 (55.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 917 (42.59%)
--Same county: 399 (18.53%)
--Different county: 518 (24.06%)
----Same state: 374 (17.37%)
----Different state: 144 (6.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 39 (1.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,332 (100%)
Native: 2,316 (99.31%)
--Born in United States: 2,282 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,882 (80.7%)
----Different state: 400 (17.15%)
--Born outside United States: 34 (1.46%)
Foreign born: 16 (0.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.09%)
--Not a citizen: 14 (0.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 16 (100%)
Europe: 3 (18.75%)
Asia: 8 (50%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (31.25%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,153 (100%)
English only: 2,087 (96.93%)
Language other than English: 66 (3.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (1.02%)
--Spanish: 39 (1.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,332 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,740% (74.61%)
Arab: 6 (0.26%)
Czech: 10 (0.43%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 28 (1.2%)
English: 145 (6.22%)
French (except Basque): 25 (1.07%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.17%)
German: 108 (4.63%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 156 (6.69%)
Italian: 10 (0.43%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.6%)
Polish: 16 (0.69%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 48 (2.06%)
Scottish: 27 (1.16%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (0.9%)
Swedish: 12 (0.51%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 374 (16.04%)
Welsh: 17 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 719 (30.83%)

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