Florence, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0126896, place: Florence city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,496 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 747 (7.12%)
Kindergarten: 482 (4.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,716 (35.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,812 (17.26%)
College or graduate school: 3,739 (35.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 23,416 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,957 (8.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,135 (13.39%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,441 (27.51%)
Some college, no degree: 4,946 (21.12%)
Associate degree: 1,089 (4.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,607 (15.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,241 (9.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 29,794 (100%)
Never married: 7,971 (26.75%)
Now married, except separated: 15,274 (51.27%)
Separated: 466 (1.56%)
Total Widowed: 2,863 (9.61%)
Widowed Female: 2,494 (8.37%)
Total Divorced: 3,220 (10.81%)
Divorced Female: 1,944 (6.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 428 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 283 (66.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 28,401 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,688 (12.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,107 (100%)
--With a disability: 682 (8.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,612 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,437 (22.62%)
----Percent employed: 46.4%
--No disability: 15,175 (77.38%)
----Percent employed: 73.3%
Population 65 years and over: 5,847 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,608 (44.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 34,338 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 17,759 (51.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 16,180 (47.12%)
--Same county: 9,215 (26.84%)
--Different county: 6,965 (20.28%)
----Same state: 4,035 (11.75%)
----Different state: 2,930 (8.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 399 (1.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 36,430 (100%)
Native: 35,862 (98.44%)
--Born in United States: 35,731 (100%)
----State of residence: 25,688 (70.51%)
----Different state: 10,043 (27.57%)
--Born outside United States: 131 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 568 (1.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 385 (1.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 197 (0.54%)
--Not a citizen: 371 (1.02%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 568 (100%)
Europe: 67 (11.8%)
Asia: 208 (36.62%)
Africa: 19 (3.35%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 259 (45.6%)
Northern America: 15 (2.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 34,338 (100%)
English only: 33,207 (96.71%)
Language other than English: 1,131 (3.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 509 (1.48%)
--Spanish: 583 (1.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 327 (0.95%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 392 (1.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 142 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 151 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 36,430 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 30,269% (83.09%)
Arab: 39 (0.11%)
Czech: 37 (0.1%)
Danish: 45 (0.12%)
Dutch: 325 (0.89%)
English: 3,400 (9.33%)
French (except Basque): 489 (1.34%)
French Canadian: 74 (0.2%)
German: 2,394 (6.57%)
Greek: 26 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 34 (0.09%)
Irish: 2,995 (8.22%)
Italian: 314 (0.86%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 102 (0.28%)
Polish: 188 (0.52%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.02%)
Russian: 42 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,057 (2.9%)
Scottish: 610 (1.67%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 155 (0.43%)
Swedish: 60 (0.16%)
Swiss: 43 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.02%)
United States or American: 7,465 (20.49%)
Welsh: 59 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 21 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 10,282 (28.22%)

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