General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0117176, place: Coosada town, Alabama)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 348 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (2.3%)
Kindergarten: 7 (2.01%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 193 (55.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 87 (25%)
College or graduate school: 53 (15.23%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 838 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 67 (8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 179 (21.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 313 (37.35%)
Some college, no degree: 131 (15.63%)
Associate degree: 43 (5.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 63 (7.52%)
Graduate or professional degree: 42 (5.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,020 (100%)
Never married: 250 (24.51%)
Now married, except separated: 621 (60.88%)
Separated: 21 (2.06%)
Total Widowed: 68 (6.67%)
Widowed Female: 57 (5.59%)
Total Divorced: 60 (5.88%)
Divorced Female: 33 (3.24%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 59 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 34 (57.63%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 939 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 179 (19.06%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 335 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (9.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 730 (100%)
--With a disability: 188 (25.75%)
----Percent employed: 57.4%
--No disability: 542 (74.25%)
----Percent employed: 74%
Population 65 years and over: 154 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (46.1%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,228 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 783 (63.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 441 (35.91%)
--Same county: 181 (14.74%)
--Different county: 260 (21.17%)
----Same state: 122 (9.93%)
----Different state: 138 (11.24%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.33%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,337 (100%)
Native: 1,321 (98.8%)
--Born in United States: 1,319 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,060 (79.28%)
----Different state: 259 (19.37%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.15%)
Foreign born: 16 (1.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.52%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.67%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 16 (100%)
Europe: 2 (12.5%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (68.75%)
Northern America: 3 (18.75%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,228 (100%)
English only: 1,200 (97.72%)
Language other than English: 28 (2.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (1.06%)
--Spanish: 27 (2.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (1.06%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1 (0.08%)
----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: 1,337 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,108% (82.87%)
Arab: 3 (0.22%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 9 (0.67%)
English: 65 (4.86%)
French (except Basque): 17 (1.27%)
French Canadian: 17 (1.27%)
German: 45 (3.37%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.15%)
Irish: 61 (4.56%)
Italian: 10 (0.75%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 9 (0.67%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 1 (0.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (2.47%)
Scottish: 9 (0.67%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 19 (1.42%)
Swedish: 5 (0.37%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.3%)
United States or American: 241 (18.03%)
Welsh: 7 (0.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 551 (41.21%)
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