Cowarts, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0118088, place: Cowarts town, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 359 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 36 (10.03%)
Kindergarten: 19 (5.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 177 (49.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 83 (23.12%)
College or graduate school: 44 (12.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,061 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 127 (11.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 155 (14.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 429 (40.43%)
Some college, no degree: 214 (20.17%)
Associate degree: 53 (5%)
Bachelor's degree: 58 (5.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 25 (2.36%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,259 (100%)
Never married: 218 (17.32%)
Now married, except separated: 766 (60.84%)
Separated: 18 (1.43%)
Total Widowed: 84 (6.67%)
Widowed Female: 70 (5.56%)
Total Divorced: 173 (13.74%)
Divorced Female: 103 (8.18%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 40 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (67.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,197 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 184 (15.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 347 (100%)
--With a disability: 45 (12.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 939 (100%)
--With a disability: 205 (21.83%)
----Percent employed: 61.5%
--No disability: 734 (78.17%)
----Percent employed: 83.4%
Population 65 years and over: 183 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (44.26%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,472 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 945 (64.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 527 (35.8%)
--Same county: 369 (25.07%)
--Different county: 158 (10.73%)
----Same state: 57 (3.87%)
----Different state: 101 (6.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,557 (100%)
Native: 1,545 (99.23%)
--Born in United States: 1,545 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,150 (73.86%)
----Different state: 395 (25.37%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.77%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.64%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 5 (41.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (58.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,472 (100%)
English only: 1,435 (97.49%)
Language other than English: 37 (2.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.2%)
--Spanish: 32 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.34%)
----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: 1,557 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,167% (74.95%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 4 (0.26%)
Dutch: 26 (1.67%)
English: 85 (5.46%)
French (except Basque): 16 (1.03%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.45%)
German: 69 (4.43%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.13%)
Irish: 138 (8.86%)
Italian: 14 (0.9%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.13%)
Polish: 2 (0.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (1.28%)
Scottish: 16 (1.03%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.26%)
Swedish: 6 (0.39%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 438 (28.13%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 318 (20.42%)

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