Gardendale, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0129056, place: Gardendale city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,526 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 210 (8.31%)
Kindergarten: 103 (4.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,169 (46.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 615 (24.35%)
College or graduate school: 429 (16.98%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,399 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 294 (3.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 927 (11.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,180 (37.86%)
Some college, no degree: 2,179 (25.94%)
Associate degree: 424 (5.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 881 (10.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 514 (6.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,791 (100%)
Never married: 1,661 (16.96%)
Now married, except separated: 6,286 (64.2%)
Separated: 89 (0.91%)
Total Widowed: 803 (8.2%)
Widowed Female: 654 (6.68%)
Total Divorced: 952 (9.72%)
Divorced Female: 589 (6.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 373 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 153 (41.02%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,306 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,449 (15.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,306 (100%)
--With a disability: 198 (8.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,792 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,199 (17.65%)
----Percent employed: 61.9%
--No disability: 5,593 (82.35%)
----Percent employed: 80.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,928 (100%)
--With a disability: 833 (43.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,191 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,549 (58.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,574 (40.87%)
--Same county: 3,334 (29.79%)
--Different county: 1,240 (11.08%)
----Same state: 643 (5.75%)
----Different state: 597 (5.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 68 (0.61%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,807 (100%)
Native: 11,597 (98.22%)
--Born in United States: 11,540 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,617 (81.45%)
----Different state: 1,923 (16.29%)
--Born outside United States: 57 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 210 (1.78%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 105 (0.89%)
--Naturalized citizen: 91 (0.77%)
--Not a citizen: 119 (1.01%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 210 (100%)
Europe: 72 (34.29%)
Asia: 62 (29.52%)
Africa: 52 (24.76%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 17 (8.1%)
Northern America: 7 (3.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,191 (100%)
English only: 10,893 (97.34%)
Language other than English: 298 (2.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 76 (0.68%)
--Spanish: 92 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 138 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 38 (0.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,807 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,004% (76.26%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 24 (0.2%)
Dutch: 204 (1.73%)
English: 1,044 (8.84%)
French (except Basque): 301 (2.55%)
French Canadian: 22 (0.19%)
German: 914 (7.74%)
Greek: 28 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,104 (9.35%)
Italian: 242 (2.05%)
Lithuanian: 9 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 35 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.04%)
Russian: 8 (0.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 339 (2.87%)
Scottish: 246 (2.08%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 68 (0.58%)
Swedish: 10 (0.08%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,837 (24.03%)
Welsh: 97 (0.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,467 (12.42%)

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