General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0146768, place: Marion city, Alabama)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,216 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 86 (7.07%)
Kindergarten: 48 (3.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 469 (38.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 235 (19.33%)
College or graduate school: 378 (31.09%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,919 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 188 (9.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 417 (21.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 506 (26.37%)
Some college, no degree: 394 (20.53%)
Associate degree: 99 (5.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 174 (9.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 141 (7.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.4%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 2,660 (100%)
Never married: 1,058 (39.77%)
Now married, except separated: 1,005 (37.78%)
Separated: 101 (3.8%)
Total Widowed: 281 (10.56%)
Widowed Female: 245 (9.21%)
Total Divorced: 215 (8.08%)
Divorced Female: 132 (4.96%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 128 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 80 (62.5%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 2,443 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 287 (11.75%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,068 (100%)
--With a disability: 149 (13.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,494 (100%)
--With a disability: 356 (23.83%)
----Percent employed: 50.3%
--No disability: 1,138 (76.17%)
----Percent employed: 58%
Population 65 years and over: 509 (100%)
--With a disability: 199 (39.1%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 3,249 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,917 (59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,324 (40.75%)
--Same county: 789 (24.28%)
--Different county: 535 (16.47%)
----Same state: 396 (12.19%)
----Different state: 139 (4.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.25%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 3,465 (100%)
Native: 3,453 (99.65%)
--Born in United States: 3,436 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,898 (83.64%)
----Different state: 538 (15.53%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.2%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.14%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 9 (75%)
Asia: 3 (25%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 3,249 (100%)
English only: 3,092 (95.17%)
Language other than English: 157 (4.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.89%)
--Spanish: 80 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 77 (2.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 3,465 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,692% (77.69%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 9 (0.26%)
Dutch: 11 (0.32%)
English: 197 (5.69%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.23%)
German: 83 (2.4%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 186 (5.37%)
Italian: 5 (0.14%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (0.55%)
Scottish: 27 (0.78%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 87 (2.51%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 370 (10.68%)
Welsh: 4 (0.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 1,680 (48.48%)
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