Gadsden, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0128696, place: Gadsden city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,423 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 620 (7.36%)
Kindergarten: 564 (6.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,801 (45.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,950 (23.15%)
College or graduate school: 1,488 (17.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 26,229 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,651 (10.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,134 (19.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,526 (28.69%)
Some college, no degree: 5,595 (21.33%)
Associate degree: 1,550 (5.91%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,121 (8.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,652 (6.3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 31,460 (100%)
Never married: 8,001 (25.43%)
Now married, except separated: 14,569 (46.31%)
Separated: 973 (3.09%)
Total Widowed: 3,708 (11.79%)
Widowed Female: 3,114 (9.9%)
Total Divorced: 4,209 (13.38%)
Divorced Female: 2,503 (7.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,027 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 557 (54.24%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 29,892 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,283 (14.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,024 (100%)
--With a disability: 849 (10.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,851 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,302 (26.71%)
----Percent employed: 41.2%
--No disability: 14,549 (73.29%)
----Percent employed: 70.1%
Population 65 years and over: 7,473 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,851 (51.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 36,227 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 20,833 (57.51%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,930 (41.21%)
--Same county: 9,921 (27.39%)
--Different county: 5,009 (13.83%)
----Same state: 2,820 (7.78%)
----Different state: 2,189 (6.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 464 (1.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 38,836 (100%)
Native: 37,818 (97.38%)
--Born in United States: 37,617 (100%)
----State of residence: 31,596 (81.36%)
----Different state: 6,021 (15.5%)
--Born outside United States: 201 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 1,018 (2.62%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 630 (1.62%)
--Naturalized citizen: 237 (0.61%)
--Not a citizen: 781 (2.01%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,018 (100%)
Europe: 90 (8.84%)
Asia: 205 (20.14%)
Africa: 26 (2.55%)
Oceania: 31 (3.05%)
Latin America: 652 (64.05%)
Northern America: 14 (1.38%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 36,227 (100%)
English only: 34,619 (95.56%)
Language other than English: 1,608 (4.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 841 (2.32%)
--Spanish: 1,179 (3.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 650 (1.79%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 234 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 88 (0.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 132 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 38,836 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 30,163% (77.67%)
Arab: 33 (0.08%)
Czech: 6 (0.02%)
Danish: 24 (0.06%)
Dutch: 360 (0.93%)
English: 2,569 (6.61%)
French (except Basque): 254 (0.65%)
French Canadian: 22 (0.06%)
German: 1,347 (3.47%)
Greek: 6 (0.02%)
Hungarian: 20 (0.05%)
Irish: 2,598 (6.69%)
Italian: 256 (0.66%)
Lithuanian: 12 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 41 (0.11%)
Polish: 96 (0.25%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.04%)
Russian: 11 (0.03%)
Scotch-Irish: 613 (1.58%)
Scottish: 488 (1.26%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 468 (1.21%)
Swedish: 86 (0.22%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 7,492 (19.29%)
Welsh: 67 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 39 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 13,238 (34.09%)

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