Gurley, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0132440, place: Gurley town, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 236 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (11.02%)
Kindergarten: 26 (11.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 111 (47.03%)
High school (grades 9-12): 52 (22.03%)
College or graduate school: 21 (8.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 584 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 73 (12.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 125 (21.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 212 (36.3%)
Some college, no degree: 120 (20.55%)
Associate degree: 10 (1.71%)
Bachelor's degree: 31 (5.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13 (2.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 688 (100%)
Never married: 138 (20.06%)
Now married, except separated: 355 (51.6%)
Separated: 23 (3.34%)
Total Widowed: 61 (8.87%)
Widowed Female: 52 (7.56%)
Total Divorced: 111 (16.13%)
Divorced Female: 58 (8.43%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (65%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 638 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 82 (12.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 210 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (0.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 487 (100%)
--With a disability: 133 (27.31%)
----Percent employed: 51.9%
--No disability: 354 (72.69%)
----Percent employed: 76%
Population 65 years and over: 135 (100%)
--With a disability: 84 (62.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 832 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 535 (64.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 294 (35.34%)
--Same county: 190 (22.84%)
--Different county: 104 (12.5%)
----Same state: 40 (4.81%)
----Different state: 64 (7.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 886 (100%)
Native: 879 (99.21%)
--Born in United States: 874 (100%)
----State of residence: 683 (77.09%)
----Different state: 191 (21.56%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.34%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.23%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.56%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 4 (57.14%)
Asia: 3 (42.86%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 832 (100%)
English only: 795 (95.55%)
Language other than English: 37 (4.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (1.08%)
--Spanish: 19 (2.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.84%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 15 (1.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 886 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 798% (90.07%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 3 (0.34%)
Dutch: 7 (0.79%)
English: 81 (9.14%)
French (except Basque): 16 (1.81%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 50 (5.64%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 62 (7%)
Italian: 4 (0.45%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 8 (0.9%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (1.92%)
Scottish: 5 (0.56%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.56%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 322 (36.34%)
Welsh: 8 (0.9%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.45%)
Other ancestries: 204 (23.02%)

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