Boaz, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0107912, place: Boaz city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,513 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 126 (8.33%)
Kindergarten: 87 (5.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 635 (41.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 339 (22.41%)
College or graduate school: 326 (21.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,219 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 704 (13.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,001 (19.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,501 (28.76%)
Some college, no degree: 1,167 (22.36%)
Associate degree: 237 (4.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 305 (5.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 304 (5.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,174 (100%)
Never married: 1,088 (17.62%)
Now married, except separated: 3,592 (58.18%)
Separated: 122 (1.98%)
Total Widowed: 612 (9.91%)
Widowed Female: 514 (8.33%)
Total Divorced: 760 (12.31%)
Divorced Female: 479 (7.76%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 60 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (60%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,844 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 849 (14.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,424 (100%)
--With a disability: 137 (9.62%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,002 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,054 (26.34%)
----Percent employed: 41.8%
--No disability: 2,948 (73.66%)
----Percent employed: 72.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,411 (100%)
--With a disability: 679 (48.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,954 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,593 (51.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,187 (45.83%)
--Same county: 1,819 (26.16%)
--Different county: 1,368 (19.67%)
----Same state: 859 (12.35%)
----Different state: 509 (7.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 174 (2.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,336 (100%)
Native: 7,040 (95.97%)
--Born in United States: 7,017 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,796 (79.01%)
----Different state: 1,221 (16.64%)
--Born outside United States: 23 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 296 (4.03%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 209 (2.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 22 (0.3%)
--Not a citizen: 274 (3.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 296 (100%)
Europe: 14 (4.73%)
Asia: 31 (10.47%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 251 (84.8%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,954 (100%)
English only: 6,503 (93.51%)
Language other than English: 451 (6.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 233 (3.35%)
--Spanish: 331 (4.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 181 (2.6%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 37 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.04%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 31 (0.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,336 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,467% (74.52%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 48 (0.65%)
Dutch: 112 (1.53%)
English: 702 (9.57%)
French (except Basque): 115 (1.57%)
French Canadian: 30 (0.41%)
German: 409 (5.58%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 757 (10.32%)
Italian: 87 (1.19%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 36 (0.49%)
Polish: 20 (0.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 118 (1.61%)
Scottish: 82 (1.12%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 9 (0.12%)
Swiss: 19 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.07%)
United States or American: 1,653 (22.53%)
Welsh: 36 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,229 (16.75%)

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