Leeds, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0141968, place: Leeds city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,536 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 172 (6.78%)
Kindergarten: 166 (6.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,273 (50.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 486 (19.16%)
College or graduate school: 439 (17.31%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,393 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 444 (6.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,309 (17.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,503 (33.86%)
Some college, no degree: 1,591 (21.52%)
Associate degree: 437 (5.91%)
Bachelor's degree: 751 (10.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 358 (4.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,587 (100%)
Never married: 1,720 (20.03%)
Now married, except separated: 4,895 (57%)
Separated: 211 (2.46%)
Total Widowed: 738 (8.59%)
Widowed Female: 622 (7.24%)
Total Divorced: 1,023 (11.91%)
Divorced Female: 590 (6.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 117 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 82 (70.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,177 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,250 (15.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,202 (100%)
--With a disability: 142 (6.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,387 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,114 (17.44%)
----Percent employed: 50.8%
--No disability: 5,273 (82.56%)
----Percent employed: 77.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,501 (100%)
--With a disability: 636 (42.37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,094 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,562 (55.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,462 (44.2%)
--Same county: 2,671 (26.46%)
--Different county: 1,791 (17.74%)
----Same state: 1,121 (11.11%)
----Different state: 670 (6.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 70 (0.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,769 (100%)
Native: 10,654 (98.93%)
--Born in United States: 10,556 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,336 (77.41%)
----Different state: 2,220 (20.61%)
--Born outside United States: 98 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 115 (1.07%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 34 (0.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 51 (0.47%)
--Not a citizen: 64 (0.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 115 (100%)
Europe: 30 (26.09%)
Asia: 15 (13.04%)
Africa: 5 (4.35%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 54 (46.96%)
Northern America: 11 (9.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,094 (100%)
English only: 9,868 (97.76%)
Language other than English: 226 (2.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (0.59%)
--Spanish: 159 (1.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 55 (0.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,769 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,113% (84.62%)
Arab: 21 (0.2%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 107 (0.99%)
English: 971 (9.02%)
French (except Basque): 195 (1.81%)
French Canadian: 59 (0.55%)
German: 769 (7.14%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.2%)
Irish: 1,059 (9.83%)
Italian: 336 (3.12%)
Lithuanian: 9 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.06%)
Polish: 78 (0.72%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.16%)
Russian: 8 (0.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 319 (2.96%)
Scottish: 208 (1.93%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 28 (0.26%)
Swedish: 77 (0.72%)
Swiss: 6 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,950 (18.11%)
Welsh: 12 (0.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,857 (26.53%)

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