Cherokee, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0114152, place: Cherokee town, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 300 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (2.33%)
Kindergarten: 15 (5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 195 (65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 51 (17%)
College or graduate school: 32 (10.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 807 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 117 (14.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 195 (24.16%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 288 (35.69%)
Some college, no degree: 121 (14.99%)
Associate degree: 26 (3.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 36 (4.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 24 (2.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 941 (100%)
Never married: 183 (19.45%)
Now married, except separated: 527 (56%)
Separated: 20 (2.13%)
Total Widowed: 104 (11.05%)
Widowed Female: 80 (8.5%)
Total Divorced: 107 (11.37%)
Divorced Female: 67 (7.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 36 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (72.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 898 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 116 (12.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 307 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (14.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 657 (100%)
--With a disability: 244 (37.14%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 413 (62.86%)
----Percent employed: 65.9%
Population 65 years and over: 197 (100%)
--With a disability: 125 (63.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,161 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 719 (61.93%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 442 (38.07%)
--Same county: 286 (24.63%)
--Different county: 156 (13.44%)
----Same state: 100 (8.61%)
----Different state: 56 (4.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,260 (100%)
Native: 1,253 (99.44%)
--Born in United States: 1,248 (100%)
----State of residence: 994 (78.89%)
----Different state: 254 (20.16%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.4%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 5 (71.43%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 2 (28.57%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,161 (100%)
English only: 1,146 (98.71%)
Language other than English: 15 (1.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.26%)
--Spanish: 12 (1.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.26%)
----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: 1,260 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,077% (85.48%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 4 (0.32%)
English: 39 (3.1%)
French (except Basque): 11 (0.87%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 99 (7.86%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 144 (11.43%)
Italian: 5 (0.4%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1 (0.08%)
Polish: 1 (0.08%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (0.32%)
Scottish: 7 (0.56%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.24%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 349 (27.7%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 410 (32.54%)

Return to Cherokee,AL.