Bridgeport, AL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0109328, place: Bridgeport city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 593 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (4.89%)
Kindergarten: 77 (12.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 290 (48.9%)
High school (grades 9-12): 152 (25.63%)
College or graduate school: 45 (7.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,801 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 339 (18.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 389 (21.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 648 (35.98%)
Some college, no degree: 235 (13.05%)
Associate degree: 87 (4.83%)
Bachelor's degree: 62 (3.44%)
Graduate or professional degree: 41 (2.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 59.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,173 (100%)
Never married: 395 (18.18%)
Now married, except separated: 1,174 (54.03%)
Separated: 49 (2.25%)
Total Widowed: 261 (12.01%)
Widowed Female: 194 (8.93%)
Total Divorced: 294 (13.53%)
Divorced Female: 166 (7.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 97 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 58 (59.79%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,053 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 279 (13.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 612 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (8.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,529 (100%)
--With a disability: 320 (20.93%)
----Percent employed: 34.1%
--No disability: 1,209 (79.07%)
----Percent employed: 78.4%
Population 65 years and over: 400 (100%)
--With a disability: 182 (45.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,546 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,532 (60.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,005 (39.47%)
--Same county: 698 (27.42%)
--Different county: 307 (12.06%)
----Same state: 37 (1.45%)
----Different state: 270 (10.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,721 (100%)
Native: 2,697 (99.12%)
--Born in United States: 2,677 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,506 (55.35%)
----Different state: 1,171 (43.04%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 24 (0.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (0.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (0.48%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 24 (100%)
Europe: 3 (12.5%)
Asia: 6 (25%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 15 (62.5%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,546 (100%)
English only: 2,487 (97.68%)
Language other than English: 59 (2.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.75%)
--Spanish: 42 (1.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,721 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,655% (60.82%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 24 (0.88%)
English: 64 (2.35%)
French (except Basque): 22 (0.81%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.15%)
German: 102 (3.75%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.26%)
Irish: 247 (9.08%)
Italian: 24 (0.88%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.18%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (0.15%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.15%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 685 (25.17%)
Welsh: 4 (0.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 455 (16.72%)

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