Blue Ridge, AL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0107588, place: Blue Ridge CDP, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 307 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 42 (13.68%)
Kindergarten: 20 (6.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 153 (49.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 74 (24.1%)
College or graduate school: 18 (5.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 953 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 0 (0%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 30 (3.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 182 (19.1%)
Some college, no degree: 265 (27.81%)
Associate degree: 77 (8.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 238 (24.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 161 (16.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 41.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,046 (100%)
Never married: 106 (10.13%)
Now married, except separated: 861 (82.31%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 28 (2.68%)
Widowed Female: 25 (2.39%)
Total Divorced: 51 (4.88%)
Divorced Female: 35 (3.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 31 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 968 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 232 (23.97%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 264 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (5.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 772 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (9.07%)
----Percent employed: 72.9%
--No disability: 702 (90.93%)
----Percent employed: 70.2%
Population 65 years and over: 157 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (19.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,228 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 767 (62.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 461 (37.54%)
--Same county: 146 (11.89%)
--Different county: 315 (25.65%)
----Same state: 185 (15.07%)
----Different state: 130 (10.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,378 (100%)
Native: 1,363 (98.91%)
--Born in United States: 1,363 (100%)
----State of residence: 871 (63.21%)
----Different state: 492 (35.7%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 15 (1.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (1.09%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15 (100%)
Europe: 7 (46.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 8 (53.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,228 (100%)
English only: 1,197 (97.48%)
Language other than English: 31 (2.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.81%)
--Spanish: 20 (1.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (0.9%)
----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: 1,378 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,415% (102.69%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.51%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 10 (0.73%)
English: 382 (27.72%)
French (except Basque): 73 (5.3%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 56 (4.06%)
Greek: 7 (0.51%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.65%)
Irish: 215 (15.6%)
Italian: 18 (1.31%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.58%)
Polish: 39 (2.83%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 82 (5.95%)
Scottish: 47 (3.41%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 43 (3.12%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 219 (15.89%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 200 (14.51%)

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