Geneva, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0129464, place: Geneva city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 969 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 60 (6.19%)
Kindergarten: 67 (6.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 493 (50.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 263 (27.14%)
College or graduate school: 86 (8.88%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,984 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 357 (11.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 758 (25.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 890 (29.83%)
Some college, no degree: 551 (18.47%)
Associate degree: 174 (5.83%)
Bachelor's degree: 176 (5.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 78 (2.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,592 (100%)
Never married: 770 (21.44%)
Now married, except separated: 1,879 (52.31%)
Separated: 59 (1.64%)
Total Widowed: 440 (12.25%)
Widowed Female: 397 (11.05%)
Total Divorced: 444 (12.36%)
Divorced Female: 249 (6.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 69 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (27.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,337 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 474 (14.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 989 (100%)
--With a disability: 88 (8.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,303 (100%)
--With a disability: 768 (33.35%)
----Percent employed: 54.3%
--No disability: 1,535 (66.65%)
----Percent employed: 72.8%
Population 65 years and over: 725 (100%)
--With a disability: 409 (56.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,176 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,444 (58.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,714 (41.04%)
--Same county: 1,091 (26.13%)
--Different county: 623 (14.92%)
----Same state: 389 (9.32%)
----Different state: 234 (5.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 18 (0.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,426 (100%)
Native: 4,408 (99.59%)
--Born in United States: 4,374 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,347 (75.62%)
----Different state: 1,027 (23.2%)
--Born outside United States: 34 (0.77%)
Foreign born: 18 (0.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (0.41%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 18 (100%)
Europe: 5 (27.78%)
Asia: 13 (72.22%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,176 (100%)
English only: 4,098 (98.13%)
Language other than English: 78 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.5%)
--Spanish: 46 (1.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 32 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,426 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,176% (71.76%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 11 (0.25%)
English: 177 (4%)
French (except Basque): 14 (0.32%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.23%)
German: 148 (3.34%)
Greek: 29 (0.66%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 214 (4.84%)
Italian: 17 (0.38%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 15 (0.34%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 87 (1.97%)
Scottish: 59 (1.33%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 70 (1.58%)
Swedish: 24 (0.54%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,592 (35.97%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 709 (16.02%)

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