Calera, AL

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0111416, place: Calera city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 708 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 61 (8.62%)
Kindergarten: 36 (5.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 380 (53.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 186 (26.27%)
College or graduate school: 45 (6.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,969 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 123 (6.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 352 (17.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 695 (35.3%)
Some college, no degree: 463 (23.51%)
Associate degree: 75 (3.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 176 (8.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 85 (4.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,326 (100%)
Never married: 449 (19.3%)
Now married, except separated: 1,296 (55.72%)
Separated: 36 (1.55%)
Total Widowed: 215 (9.24%)
Widowed Female: 175 (7.52%)
Total Divorced: 330 (14.19%)
Divorced Female: 211 (9.07%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 109 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 76 (69.72%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,164 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 262 (12.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 742 (100%)
--With a disability: 68 (9.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,666 (100%)
--With a disability: 484 (29.05%)
----Percent employed: 39.7%
--No disability: 1,182 (70.95%)
----Percent employed: 81.5%
Population 65 years and over: 371 (100%)
--With a disability: 223 (60.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,792 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,387 (49.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,384 (49.57%)
--Same county: 787 (28.19%)
--Different county: 597 (21.38%)
----Same state: 330 (11.82%)
----Different state: 267 (9.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 21 (0.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,971 (100%)
Native: 2,971 (100%)
--Born in United States: 2,953 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,291 (77.11%)
----Different state: 662 (22.28%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,792 (100%)
English only: 2,721 (97.46%)
Language other than English: 71 (2.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.64%)
--Spanish: 48 (1.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,971 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,488% (83.74%)
Arab: 13 (0.44%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 347 (11.68%)
French (except Basque): 83 (2.79%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.5%)
German: 114 (3.84%)
Greek: 13 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 267 (8.99%)
Italian: 65 (2.19%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.2%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.1%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 43 (1.45%)
Scottish: 51 (1.72%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 77 (2.59%)
Swedish: 34 (1.14%)
Swiss: 10 (0.34%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 563 (18.95%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 784 (26.39%)

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