Dothan, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0121184, place: Dothan city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 14,180 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,108 (7.81%)
Kindergarten: 916 (6.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,707 (47.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,212 (22.65%)
College or graduate school: 2,237 (15.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 38,398 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,969 (7.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,302 (13.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 10,361 (26.98%)
Some college, no degree: 8,467 (22.05%)
Associate degree: 2,505 (6.52%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,793 (15.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,001 (7.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 45,668 (100%)
Never married: 9,923 (21.73%)
Now married, except separated: 25,099 (54.96%)
Separated: 1,261 (2.76%)
Total Widowed: 3,860 (8.45%)
Widowed Female: 3,316 (7.26%)
Total Divorced: 5,525 (12.1%)
Divorced Female: 3,358 (7.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,114 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 644 (57.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 43,054 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,597 (15.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 12,551 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,235 (9.84%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 32,150 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,277 (19.52%)
----Percent employed: 49.2%
--No disability: 25,873 (80.48%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 7,929 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,931 (49.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 53,723 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 27,077 (50.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 26,058 (48.5%)
--Same county: 15,389 (28.65%)
--Different county: 10,669 (19.86%)
----Same state: 4,888 (9.1%)
----Different state: 5,781 (10.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 588 (1.09%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 57,652 (100%)
Native: 56,474 (97.96%)
--Born in United States: 56,064 (100%)
----State of residence: 38,877 (67.43%)
----Different state: 17,187 (29.81%)
--Born outside United States: 410 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 1,178 (2.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 501 (0.87%)
--Naturalized citizen: 431 (0.75%)
--Not a citizen: 747 (1.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,178 (100%)
Europe: 332 (28.18%)
Asia: 391 (33.19%)
Africa: 21 (1.78%)
Oceania: 15 (1.27%)
Latin America: 349 (29.63%)
Northern America: 70 (5.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 53,723 (100%)
English only: 51,979 (96.75%)
Language other than English: 1,744 (3.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 535 (1%)
--Spanish: 835 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 216 (0.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 585 (1.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 117 (0.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 299 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 185 (0.34%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 57,652 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 48,862% (84.75%)
Arab: 83 (0.14%)
Czech: 121 (0.21%)
Danish: 98 (0.17%)
Dutch: 459 (0.8%)
English: 4,581 (7.95%)
French (except Basque): 755 (1.31%)
French Canadian: 174 (0.3%)
German: 3,246 (5.63%)
Greek: 45 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 50 (0.09%)
Irish: 4,278 (7.42%)
Italian: 759 (1.32%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 168 (0.29%)
Polish: 370 (0.64%)
Portuguese: 13 (0.02%)
Russian: 44 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,305 (2.26%)
Scottish: 796 (1.38%)
Slovak: 7 (0.01%)
Subsaharan African: 478 (0.83%)
Swedish: 224 (0.39%)
Swiss: 50 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 10,500 (18.21%)
Welsh: 174 (0.3%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 58 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 20,011 (34.71%)

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