Heflin, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0133976, place: Heflin city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 681 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 28 (4.11%)
Kindergarten: 15 (2.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 339 (49.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 152 (22.32%)
College or graduate school: 147 (21.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,090 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 266 (12.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 481 (23.01%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 622 (29.76%)
Some college, no degree: 325 (15.55%)
Associate degree: 93 (4.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 156 (7.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 147 (7.03%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,476 (100%)
Never married: 444 (17.93%)
Now married, except separated: 1,445 (58.36%)
Separated: 58 (2.34%)
Total Widowed: 240 (9.69%)
Widowed Female: 212 (8.56%)
Total Divorced: 289 (11.67%)
Divorced Female: 159 (6.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 31 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (58.06%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,363 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 274 (11.6%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 636 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (3.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,613 (100%)
--With a disability: 361 (22.38%)
----Percent employed: 41%
--No disability: 1,252 (77.62%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 489 (100%)
--With a disability: 305 (62.37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,840 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,752 (61.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,058 (37.25%)
--Same county: 657 (23.13%)
--Different county: 401 (14.12%)
----Same state: 211 (7.43%)
----Different state: 190 (6.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 30 (1.06%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,983 (100%)
Native: 2,941 (98.59%)
--Born in United States: 2,931 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,249 (75.39%)
----Different state: 682 (22.86%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 42 (1.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 25 (0.84%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (0.54%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (0.87%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 42 (100%)
Europe: 7 (16.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 31 (73.81%)
Northern America: 4 (9.52%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,840 (100%)
English only: 2,767 (97.43%)
Language other than English: 73 (2.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (1.3%)
--Spanish: 65 (2.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (1.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,983 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,135% (71.57%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 18 (0.6%)
English: 243 (8.15%)
French (except Basque): 22 (0.74%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.23%)
German: 79 (2.65%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 207 (6.94%)
Italian: 3 (0.1%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.34%)
Scotch-Irish: 50 (1.68%)
Scottish: 17 (0.57%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 867 (29.06%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 612 (20.52%)

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