Bear Creek, AL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0104852, place: Bear Creek town, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 248 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (1.21%)
Kindergarten: 19 (7.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 139 (56.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 53 (21.37%)
College or graduate school: 34 (13.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 702 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 107 (15.24%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 195 (27.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 193 (27.49%)
Some college, no degree: 101 (14.39%)
Associate degree: 35 (4.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 52 (7.41%)
Graduate or professional degree: 19 (2.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 57%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 843 (100%)
Never married: 132 (15.66%)
Now married, except separated: 547 (64.89%)
Separated: 17 (2.02%)
Total Widowed: 64 (7.59%)
Widowed Female: 54 (6.41%)
Total Divorced: 83 (9.85%)
Divorced Female: 33 (3.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 22 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (63.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 801 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 82 (10.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 259 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (4.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 635 (100%)
--With a disability: 152 (23.94%)
----Percent employed: 40.1%
--No disability: 483 (76.06%)
----Percent employed: 76%
Population 65 years and over: 113 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (71.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,007 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 656 (65.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 346 (34.36%)
--Same county: 172 (17.08%)
--Different county: 174 (17.28%)
----Same state: 147 (14.6%)
----Different state: 27 (2.68%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,066 (100%)
Native: 1,062 (99.62%)
--Born in United States: 1,057 (100%)
----State of residence: 808 (75.8%)
----Different state: 249 (23.36%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.19%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 2 (50%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (50%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,007 (100%)
English only: 996 (98.91%)
Language other than English: 11 (1.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.6%)
--Spanish: 8 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 1,066 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 668% (62.66%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 21 (1.97%)
English: 29 (2.72%)
French (except Basque): 12 (1.13%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 49 (4.6%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 118 (11.07%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 6 (0.56%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (1.03%)
Scottish: 18 (1.69%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 4 (0.38%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 277 (25.98%)
Welsh: 5 (0.47%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 118 (11.07%)

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