Cottonwood, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0117824, place: Cottonwood town, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 310 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (11.29%)
Kindergarten: 35 (11.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 160 (51.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 62 (20%)
College or graduate school: 18 (5.81%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 761 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 148 (19.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 160 (21.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 231 (30.35%)
Some college, no degree: 133 (17.48%)
Associate degree: 34 (4.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 38 (4.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 17 (2.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 59.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 860 (100%)
Never married: 152 (17.67%)
Now married, except separated: 447 (51.98%)
Separated: 31 (3.6%)
Total Widowed: 130 (15.12%)
Widowed Female: 99 (11.51%)
Total Divorced: 100 (11.63%)
Divorced Female: 56 (6.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (81.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 821 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 89 (10.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 305 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (8.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 598 (100%)
--With a disability: 180 (30.1%)
----Percent employed: 55.6%
--No disability: 418 (69.9%)
----Percent employed: 74.2%
Population 65 years and over: 183 (100%)
--With a disability: 113 (61.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,086 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 666 (61.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 420 (38.67%)
--Same county: 300 (27.62%)
--Different county: 120 (11.05%)
----Same state: 47 (4.33%)
----Different state: 73 (6.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,157 (100%)
Native: 1,146 (99.05%)
--Born in United States: 1,140 (100%)
----State of residence: 810 (70.01%)
----Different state: 330 (28.52%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 11 (0.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 7 (63.64%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 4 (36.36%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,086 (100%)
English only: 1,045 (96.22%)
Language other than English: 41 (3.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.92%)
--Spanish: 38 (3.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.28%)
----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: 1,157 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 911% (78.74%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 7 (0.61%)
English: 49 (4.24%)
French (except Basque): 13 (1.12%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 44 (3.8%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 60 (5.19%)
Italian: 34 (2.94%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 3 (0.26%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (1.64%)
Scottish: 39 (3.37%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 1 (0.09%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 250 (21.61%)
Welsh: 4 (0.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 388 (33.54%)

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