Guntersville, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0132416, place: Guntersville city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,599 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 130 (8.13%)
Kindergarten: 132 (8.26%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 690 (43.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 396 (24.77%)
College or graduate school: 251 (15.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,119 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 527 (10.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 726 (14.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,413 (27.6%)
Some college, no degree: 1,144 (22.35%)
Associate degree: 201 (3.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 732 (14.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 376 (7.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,927 (100%)
Never married: 952 (16.06%)
Now married, except separated: 3,464 (58.44%)
Separated: 127 (2.14%)
Total Widowed: 599 (10.11%)
Widowed Female: 455 (7.68%)
Total Divorced: 785 (13.24%)
Divorced Female: 403 (6.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 144 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 83 (57.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,635 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 838 (14.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,491 (100%)
--With a disability: 168 (11.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,744 (100%)
--With a disability: 851 (22.73%)
----Percent employed: 44.1%
--No disability: 2,893 (77.27%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,215 (100%)
--With a disability: 638 (52.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,858 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,709 (54.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,109 (45.33%)
--Same county: 1,634 (23.83%)
--Different county: 1,475 (21.51%)
----Same state: 740 (10.79%)
----Different state: 735 (10.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 40 (0.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,214 (100%)
Native: 7,167 (99.35%)
--Born in United States: 7,092 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,988 (69.14%)
----Different state: 2,104 (29.17%)
--Born outside United States: 75 (1.04%)
Foreign born: 47 (0.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 47 (0.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 47 (100%)
Europe: 8 (17.02%)
Asia: 16 (34.04%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 17 (36.17%)
Northern America: 6 (12.77%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,858 (100%)
English only: 6,654 (97.03%)
Language other than English: 204 (2.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.74%)
--Spanish: 150 (2.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 38 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 16 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,214 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,496% (76.19%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 9 (0.12%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 62 (0.86%)
English: 803 (11.13%)
French (except Basque): 252 (3.49%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 570 (7.9%)
Greek: 36 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 789 (10.94%)
Italian: 68 (0.94%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.25%)
Polish: 57 (0.79%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 138 (1.91%)
Scottish: 193 (2.68%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 30 (0.42%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,037 (14.37%)
Welsh: 22 (0.3%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,398 (19.38%)

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