Benton, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0105692, place: Benton town, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1 (10%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 9 (90%)
High school (grades 9-12): 0 (0%)
College or graduate school: 0 (0%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 26 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1 (3.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 0 (0%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7 (26.92%)
Some college, no degree: 6 (23.08%)
Associate degree: 0 (0%)
Bachelor's degree: 10 (38.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (7.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 46.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 26 (100%)
Never married: 2 (7.69%)
Now married, except separated: 24 (92.31%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 0 (0%)
Widowed Female: 0 (0%)
Total Divorced: 0 (0%)
Divorced Female: 0 (0%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 26 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3 (11.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 20 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
----Percent employed: 0%
--No disability: 20 (100%)
----Percent employed: 95%
Population 65 years and over: 6 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 36 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 32 (88.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4 (11.11%)
--Same county: 3 (8.33%)
--Different county: 1 (2.78%)
----Same state: 0 (0%)
----Different state: 1 (2.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 40 (100%)
Native: 40 (100%)
--Born in United States: 40 (100%)
----State of residence: 30 (75%)
----Different state: 10 (25%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 36 (100%)
English only: 36 (100%)
Language other than English: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--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: 40 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 37% (92.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 6 (15%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 7 (17.5%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 6 (15%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 1 (2.5%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2 (5%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 15 (37.5%)

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