Auburn, AL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0103076, place: Auburn city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 25,601 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 646 (2.52%)
Kindergarten: 452 (1.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,134 (12.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,336 (5.22%)
College or graduate school: 20,033 (78.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,060 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 453 (2.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,049 (6.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,188 (12.83%)
Some college, no degree: 3,001 (17.59%)
Associate degree: 823 (4.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,555 (26.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,991 (29.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 56%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 37,306 (100%)
Never married: 22,092 (59.22%)
Now married, except separated: 11,910 (31.93%)
Separated: 299 (0.8%)
Total Widowed: 1,199 (3.21%)
Widowed Female: 1,011 (2.71%)
Total Divorced: 1,806 (4.84%)
Divorced Female: 1,062 (2.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 221 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 105 (47.51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 36,124 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,242 (6.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 14,187 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,067 (7.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 23,946 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,124 (13.05%)
----Percent employed: 64.8%
--No disability: 20,822 (86.95%)
----Percent employed: 64%
Population 65 years and over: 2,672 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,031 (38.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 41,174 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,000 (26.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 29,004 (70.44%)
--Same county: 7,432 (18.05%)
--Different county: 21,572 (52.39%)
----Same state: 13,127 (31.88%)
----Different state: 8,445 (20.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,170 (2.84%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 42,896 (100%)
Native: 40,790 (95.09%)
--Born in United States: 40,366 (100%)
----State of residence: 23,444 (54.65%)
----Different state: 16,922 (39.45%)
--Born outside United States: 424 (0.99%)
Foreign born: 2,106 (4.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,248 (2.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 636 (1.48%)
--Not a citizen: 1,470 (3.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,106 (100%)
Europe: 386 (18.33%)
Asia: 1,153 (54.75%)
Africa: 210 (9.97%)
Oceania: 7 (0.33%)
Latin America: 320 (15.19%)
Northern America: 30 (1.42%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 41,174 (100%)
English only: 38,025 (92.35%)
Language other than English: 3,149 (7.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,059 (2.57%)
--Spanish: 1,090 (2.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 359 (0.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 764 (1.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 185 (0.45%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,081 (2.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 496 (1.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 42,896 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 40,292% (93.93%)
Arab: 217 (0.51%)
Czech: 105 (0.24%)
Danish: 72 (0.17%)
Dutch: 462 (1.08%)
English: 5,215 (12.16%)
French (except Basque): 1,288 (3%)
French Canadian: 224 (0.52%)
German: 4,512 (10.52%)
Greek: 226 (0.53%)
Hungarian: 131 (0.31%)
Irish: 4,602 (10.73%)
Italian: 1,217 (2.84%)
Lithuanian: 66 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 213 (0.5%)
Polish: 531 (1.24%)
Portuguese: 23 (0.05%)
Russian: 129 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,651 (3.85%)
Scottish: 1,603 (3.74%)
Slovak: 38 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 485 (1.13%)
Swedish: 322 (0.75%)
Swiss: 115 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 31 (0.07%)
United States or American: 3,336 (7.78%)
Welsh: 239 (0.56%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 141 (0.33%)
Other ancestries: 13,098 (30.53%)

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