Brewton, AL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0109208, place: Brewton city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,391 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 88 (6.33%)
Kindergarten: 99 (7.12%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 683 (49.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 312 (22.43%)
College or graduate school: 209 (15.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,846 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 282 (7.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 612 (15.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,040 (27.04%)
Some college, no degree: 857 (22.28%)
Associate degree: 233 (6.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 515 (13.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 307 (7.98%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,494 (100%)
Never married: 1,039 (23.12%)
Now married, except separated: 2,191 (48.75%)
Separated: 123 (2.74%)
Total Widowed: 526 (11.7%)
Widowed Female: 448 (9.97%)
Total Divorced: 615 (13.68%)
Divorced Female: 343 (7.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 169 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 105 (62.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,222 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 552 (13.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,271 (100%)
--With a disability: 165 (12.98%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,011 (100%)
--With a disability: 979 (32.51%)
----Percent employed: 61.6%
--No disability: 2,032 (67.49%)
----Percent employed: 76.3%
Population 65 years and over: 782 (100%)
--With a disability: 416 (53.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,337 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,101 (58.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,183 (40.9%)
--Same county: 1,336 (25.03%)
--Different county: 847 (15.87%)
----Same state: 431 (8.08%)
----Different state: 416 (7.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 53 (0.99%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,661 (100%)
Native: 5,641 (99.65%)
--Born in United States: 5,612 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,203 (74.24%)
----Different state: 1,409 (24.89%)
--Born outside United States: 29 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 20 (0.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (0.23%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 20 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 20 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,337 (100%)
English only: 5,252 (98.41%)
Language other than English: 85 (1.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.71%)
--Spanish: 57 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 14 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.26%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,661 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,567% (80.67%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (0.11%)
Dutch: 47 (0.83%)
English: 290 (5.12%)
French (except Basque): 64 (1.13%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 304 (5.37%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 432 (7.63%)
Italian: 38 (0.67%)
Lithuanian: 29 (0.51%)
Norwegian: 28 (0.49%)
Polish: 37 (0.65%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 61 (1.08%)
Scottish: 81 (1.43%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 28 (0.49%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 774 (13.67%)
Welsh: 38 (0.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,310 (40.81%)

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