Columbia, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0116744, place: Columbia town, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 210 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (3.81%)
Kindergarten: 10 (4.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 113 (53.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 43 (20.48%)
College or graduate school: 36 (17.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 550 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 51 (9.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 129 (23.45%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 187 (34%)
Some college, no degree: 100 (18.18%)
Associate degree: 40 (7.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 22 (4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 21 (3.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 643 (100%)
Never married: 132 (20.53%)
Now married, except separated: 338 (52.57%)
Separated: 13 (2.02%)
Total Widowed: 80 (12.44%)
Widowed Female: 67 (10.42%)
Total Divorced: 80 (12.44%)
Divorced Female: 48 (7.47%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 53 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (35.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 612 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 92 (15.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 190 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (7.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 422 (100%)
--With a disability: 100 (23.7%)
----Percent employed: 46%
--No disability: 322 (76.3%)
----Percent employed: 80.4%
Population 65 years and over: 156 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (46.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 768 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 562 (73.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 206 (26.82%)
--Same county: 119 (15.49%)
--Different county: 87 (11.33%)
----Same state: 18 (2.34%)
----Different state: 69 (8.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 816 (100%)
Native: 802 (98.28%)
--Born in United States: 797 (100%)
----State of residence: 559 (68.5%)
----Different state: 238 (29.17%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 14 (1.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14 (1.72%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14 (100%)
Europe: 8 (57.14%)
Asia: 3 (21.43%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (21.43%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 768 (100%)
English only: 754 (98.18%)
Language other than English: 14 (1.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.39%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (1.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 816 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 574% (70.34%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.25%)
Dutch: 9 (1.1%)
English: 38 (4.66%)
French (except Basque): 1 (0.12%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 29 (3.55%)
Greek: 4 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 66 (8.09%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (1.72%)
Scottish: 15 (1.84%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 3 (0.37%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 133 (16.3%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.25%)
Other ancestries: 258 (31.62%)

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