Colony, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0116684, place: Colony town, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 109 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 14 (12.84%)
Kindergarten: 3 (2.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 49 (44.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 27 (24.77%)
College or graduate school: 16 (14.68%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 283 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 26 (9.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 72 (25.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 127 (44.88%)
Some college, no degree: 43 (15.19%)
Associate degree: 15 (5.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 0 (0%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 0%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 336 (100%)
Never married: 110 (32.74%)
Now married, except separated: 160 (47.62%)
Separated: 9 (2.68%)
Total Widowed: 27 (8.04%)
Widowed Female: 25 (7.44%)
Total Divorced: 30 (8.93%)
Divorced Female: 16 (4.76%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (88.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 314 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 35 (11.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 92 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (6.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 253 (100%)
--With a disability: 41 (16.21%)
----Percent employed: 61%
--No disability: 212 (83.79%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 46 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (54.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 391 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 323 (82.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 64 (16.37%)
--Same county: 53 (13.55%)
--Different county: 11 (2.81%)
----Same state: 11 (2.81%)
----Different state: 0 (0%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (1.02%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 412 (100%)
Native: 412 (100%)
--Born in United States: 407 (100%)
----State of residence: 400 (97.09%)
----Different state: 7 (1.7%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (1.21%)
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: 391 (100%)
English only: 384 (98.21%)
Language other than English: 7 (1.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 5 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.51%)
----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: 412 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 349% (84.71%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 0 (0%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 0 (0%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 0 (0%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.97%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 0 (0%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 345 (83.74%)

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