Attalla, AL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0103028, place: Attalla city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,372 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 56 (4.08%)
Kindergarten: 109 (7.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 649 (47.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 387 (28.21%)
College or graduate school: 171 (12.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,433 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 498 (11.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 883 (19.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,599 (36.07%)
Some college, no degree: 859 (19.38%)
Associate degree: 290 (6.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 203 (4.58%)
Graduate or professional degree: 101 (2.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,311 (100%)
Never married: 977 (18.4%)
Now married, except separated: 2,848 (53.62%)
Separated: 180 (3.39%)
Total Widowed: 531 (10%)
Widowed Female: 443 (8.34%)
Total Divorced: 775 (14.59%)
Divorced Female: 382 (7.19%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 155 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 77 (49.68%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,012 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 806 (16.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,395 (100%)
--With a disability: 128 (9.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,646 (100%)
--With a disability: 915 (25.1%)
----Percent employed: 41.9%
--No disability: 2,731 (74.9%)
----Percent employed: 72%
Population 65 years and over: 968 (100%)
--With a disability: 530 (54.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,182 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,661 (59.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,486 (40.21%)
--Same county: 1,733 (28.03%)
--Different county: 753 (12.18%)
----Same state: 356 (5.76%)
----Different state: 397 (6.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 35 (0.57%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,677 (100%)
Native: 6,586 (98.64%)
--Born in United States: 6,558 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,493 (82.27%)
----Different state: 1,065 (15.95%)
--Born outside United States: 28 (0.42%)
Foreign born: 91 (1.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 52 (0.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.09%)
--Not a citizen: 85 (1.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 91 (100%)
Europe: 15 (16.48%)
Asia: 21 (23.08%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 50 (54.95%)
Northern America: 5 (5.49%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,182 (100%)
English only: 6,034 (97.61%)
Language other than English: 148 (2.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.57%)
--Spanish: 142 (2.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,677 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,781% (71.6%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 99 (1.48%)
English: 373 (5.59%)
French (except Basque): 21 (0.31%)
French Canadian: 28 (0.42%)
German: 325 (4.87%)
Greek: 28 (0.42%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 656 (9.82%)
Italian: 7 (0.1%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 11 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 143 (2.14%)
Scottish: 23 (0.34%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.19%)
Swedish: 19 (0.28%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,696 (25.4%)
Welsh: 46 (0.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,293 (19.36%)

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