Birmingham, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0107000, place: Birmingham city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 66,226 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4,251 (6.42%)
Kindergarten: 4,048 (6.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 28,384 (42.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 13,888 (20.97%)
College or graduate school: 15,655 (23.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 154,953 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 11,351 (7.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 26,659 (17.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 42,916 (27.7%)
Some college, no degree: 36,507 (23.56%)
Associate degree: 8,847 (5.71%)
Bachelor's degree: 18,415 (11.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10,258 (6.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 192,220 (100%)
Never married: 67,655 (35.2%)
Now married, except separated: 72,977 (37.97%)
Separated: 7,650 (3.98%)
Total Widowed: 18,303 (9.52%)
Widowed Female: 15,038 (7.82%)
Total Divorced: 25,635 (13.34%)
Divorced Female: 15,508 (8.07%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8,504 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4,764 (56.02%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 182,124 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 22,048 (12.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 55,190 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,968 (10.81%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 136,364 (100%)
--With a disability: 39,134 (28.7%)
----Percent employed: 48.2%
--No disability: 97,230 (71.3%)
----Percent employed: 71.9%
Population 65 years and over: 31,167 (100%)
--With a disability: 16,319 (52.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 226,637 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 124,020 (54.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 99,005 (43.68%)
--Same county: 74,063 (32.68%)
--Different county: 24,942 (11.01%)
----Same state: 12,448 (5.49%)
----Different state: 12,494 (5.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,612 (1.59%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 243,072 (100%)
Native: 237,948 (97.89%)
--Born in United States: 236,842 (100%)
----State of residence: 200,980 (82.68%)
----Different state: 35,862 (14.75%)
--Born outside United States: 1,106 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 5,124 (2.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,531 (1.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,405 (0.58%)
--Not a citizen: 3,719 (1.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,124 (100%)
Europe: 748 (14.6%)
Asia: 1,436 (28.02%)
Africa: 420 (8.2%)
Oceania: 23 (0.45%)
Latin America: 2,381 (46.47%)
Northern America: 116 (2.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 226,637 (100%)
English only: 216,010 (95.31%)
Language other than English: 10,627 (4.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,750 (2.1%)
--Spanish: 5,976 (2.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,070 (1.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,430 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 745 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,341 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 710 (0.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 243,072 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 201,205% (82.78%)
Arab: 743 (0.31%)
Czech: 121 (0.05%)
Danish: 99 (0.04%)
Dutch: 1,037 (0.43%)
English: 7,817 (3.22%)
French (except Basque): 1,561 (0.64%)
French Canadian: 151 (0.06%)
German: 5,526 (2.27%)
Greek: 220 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 105 (0.04%)
Irish: 6,903 (2.84%)
Italian: 1,911 (0.79%)
Lithuanian: 44 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 268 (0.11%)
Polish: 636 (0.26%)
Portuguese: 45 (0.02%)
Russian: 320 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,573 (1.06%)
Scottish: 1,948 (0.8%)
Slovak: 25 (0.01%)
Subsaharan African: 3,519 (1.45%)
Swedish: 240 (0.1%)
Swiss: 84 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 30 (0.01%)
United States or American: 9,529 (3.92%)
Welsh: 574 (0.24%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 349 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 154,827 (63.7%)

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