Luverne, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0144728, place: Luverne city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 566 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (2.12%)
Kindergarten: 37 (6.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 308 (54.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 139 (24.56%)
College or graduate school: 70 (12.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,859 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 245 (13.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 390 (20.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 445 (23.94%)
Some college, no degree: 313 (16.84%)
Associate degree: 83 (4.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 192 (10.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 191 (10.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,107 (100%)
Never married: 421 (19.98%)
Now married, except separated: 1,025 (48.65%)
Separated: 78 (3.7%)
Total Widowed: 362 (17.18%)
Widowed Female: 311 (14.76%)
Total Divorced: 221 (10.49%)
Divorced Female: 131 (6.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 44 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30 (68.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,008 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 264 (13.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 543 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (14.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,264 (100%)
--With a disability: 353 (27.93%)
----Percent employed: 42.5%
--No disability: 911 (72.07%)
----Percent employed: 77.9%
Population 65 years and over: 514 (100%)
--With a disability: 288 (56.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,482 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,290 (51.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,187 (47.82%)
--Same county: 628 (25.3%)
--Different county: 559 (22.52%)
----Same state: 435 (17.53%)
----Different state: 124 (5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.2%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,639 (100%)
Native: 2,618 (99.2%)
--Born in United States: 2,613 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,248 (85.18%)
----Different state: 365 (13.83%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.19%)
Foreign born: 21 (0.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.3%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (0.49%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (0.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 21 (100%)
Europe: 6 (28.57%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 11 (52.38%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 4 (19.05%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,482 (100%)
English only: 2,434 (98.07%)
Language other than English: 48 (1.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.85%)
--Spanish: 20 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 28 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.56%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,639 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,857% (70.37%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.15%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 33 (1.25%)
English: 166 (6.29%)
French (except Basque): 24 (0.91%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 79 (2.99%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 189 (7.16%)
Italian: 6 (0.23%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 39 (1.48%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 54 (2.05%)
Scottish: 14 (0.53%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 34 (1.29%)
Swedish: 14 (0.53%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 555 (21.03%)
Welsh: 5 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 638 (24.18%)

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