Bessemer, AL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0105980, place: Bessemer city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,539 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 571 (7.57%)
Kindergarten: 512 (6.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,640 (48.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,758 (23.32%)
College or graduate school: 1,058 (14.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,876 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,920 (10.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,230 (22.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,000 (31.79%)
Some college, no degree: 3,854 (20.42%)
Associate degree: 1,141 (6.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,162 (6.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 569 (3.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 23,086 (100%)
Never married: 7,587 (32.86%)
Now married, except separated: 8,807 (38.15%)
Separated: 853 (3.69%)
Total Widowed: 3,153 (13.66%)
Widowed Female: 2,616 (11.33%)
Total Divorced: 2,686 (11.63%)
Divorced Female: 1,538 (6.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,314 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 813 (61.87%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,789 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,835 (13.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,958 (100%)
--With a disability: 796 (11.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,203 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,603 (30.28%)
----Percent employed: 44%
--No disability: 10,600 (69.72%)
----Percent employed: 66.6%
Population 65 years and over: 4,716 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,537 (53.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 27,472 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 16,947 (61.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,375 (37.77%)
--Same county: 8,424 (30.66%)
--Different county: 1,951 (7.1%)
----Same state: 752 (2.74%)
----Different state: 1,199 (4.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 150 (0.55%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 29,949 (100%)
Native: 29,681 (99.11%)
--Born in United States: 29,601 (100%)
----State of residence: 26,751 (89.32%)
----Different state: 2,850 (9.52%)
--Born outside United States: 80 (0.27%)
Foreign born: 268 (0.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 172 (0.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 68 (0.23%)
--Not a citizen: 200 (0.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 268 (100%)
Europe: 37 (13.81%)
Asia: 54 (20.15%)
Africa: 8 (2.99%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 130 (48.51%)
Northern America: 39 (14.55%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 27,472 (100%)
English only: 26,823 (97.64%)
Language other than English: 649 (2.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 290 (1.06%)
--Spanish: 320 (1.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 148 (0.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 232 (0.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 91 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 61 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 29,949 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,453% (78.31%)
Arab: 38 (0.13%)
Czech: 14 (0.05%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 151 (0.5%)
English: 621 (2.07%)
French (except Basque): 176 (0.59%)
French Canadian: 21 (0.07%)
German: 509 (1.7%)
Greek: 25 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.02%)
Irish: 934 (3.12%)
Italian: 240 (0.8%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 13 (0.04%)
Polish: 27 (0.09%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.01%)
Scotch-Irish: 205 (0.68%)
Scottish: 181 (0.6%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 342 (1.14%)
Swedish: 13 (0.04%)
Swiss: 35 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,267 (7.57%)
Welsh: 29 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 62 (0.21%)
Other ancestries: 17,539 (58.56%)

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