Fort Rucker, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0127640, place: Fort Rucker CDP, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,991 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 231 (11.6%)
Kindergarten: 162 (8.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 844 (42.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 208 (10.45%)
College or graduate school: 546 (27.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,946 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 14 (0.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 66 (2.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 379 (12.86%)
Some college, no degree: 1,197 (40.63%)
Associate degree: 467 (15.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 636 (21.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 187 (6.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,039 (100%)
Never married: 807 (19.98%)
Now married, except separated: 2,976 (73.68%)
Separated: 65 (1.61%)
Total Widowed: 2 (0.05%)
Widowed Female: 2 (0.05%)
Total Divorced: 189 (4.68%)
Divorced Female: 86 (2.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 28 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (32.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,648 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 447 (27.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,335 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (6.07%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,546 (100%)
--With a disability: 163 (10.54%)
----Percent employed: 48.5%
--No disability: 1,383 (89.46%)
----Percent employed: 45.1%
Population 65 years and over: 6 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (33.33%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,146 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 259 (5.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,975 (77.24%)
--Same county: 369 (7.17%)
--Different county: 3,606 (70.07%)
----Same state: 218 (4.24%)
----Different state: 3,388 (65.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 912 (17.72%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,052 (100%)
Native: 5,675 (93.77%)
--Born in United States: 5,156 (100%)
----State of residence: 716 (11.83%)
----Different state: 4,440 (73.36%)
--Born outside United States: 519 (8.58%)
Foreign born: 377 (6.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 246 (4.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 112 (1.85%)
--Not a citizen: 265 (4.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 377 (100%)
Europe: 124 (32.89%)
Asia: 99 (26.26%)
Africa: 4 (1.06%)
Oceania: 2 (0.53%)
Latin America: 144 (38.2%)
Northern America: 4 (1.06%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,146 (100%)
English only: 4,214 (81.89%)
Language other than English: 932 (18.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 288 (5.6%)
--Spanish: 545 (10.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 171 (3.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 300 (5.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 92 (1.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 77 (1.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.47%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,052 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,112% (100.99%)
Arab: 7 (0.12%)
Czech: 26 (0.43%)
Danish: 12 (0.2%)
Dutch: 65 (1.07%)
English: 380 (6.28%)
French (except Basque): 128 (2.12%)
French Canadian: 43 (0.71%)
German: 983 (16.24%)
Greek: 10 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.18%)
Irish: 610 (10.08%)
Italian: 262 (4.33%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 86 (1.42%)
Polish: 112 (1.85%)
Portuguese: 18 (0.3%)
Russian: 25 (0.41%)
Scotch-Irish: 87 (1.44%)
Scottish: 134 (2.21%)
Slovak: 11 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (0.35%)
Swedish: 36 (0.59%)
Swiss: 10 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.15%)
United States or American: 622 (10.28%)
Welsh: 17 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 34 (0.56%)
Other ancestries: 2,345 (38.75%)

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