Northport, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0155200, place: Northport city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,908 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 327 (6.66%)
Kindergarten: 332 (6.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,924 (39.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,073 (21.86%)
College or graduate school: 1,252 (25.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,493 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 670 (5.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,255 (10.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,229 (25.85%)
Some college, no degree: 2,721 (21.78%)
Associate degree: 867 (6.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,142 (17.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,609 (12.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,286 (100%)
Never married: 4,044 (26.46%)
Now married, except separated: 7,853 (51.37%)
Separated: 370 (2.42%)
Total Widowed: 1,307 (8.55%)
Widowed Female: 1,105 (7.23%)
Total Divorced: 1,712 (11.2%)
Divorced Female: 1,061 (6.94%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 239 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 121 (50.63%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,458 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,723 (11.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,158 (100%)
--With a disability: 432 (10.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,913 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,923 (17.62%)
----Percent employed: 48.6%
--No disability: 8,990 (82.38%)
----Percent employed: 80.5%
Population 65 years and over: 2,348 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,140 (48.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,781 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,029 (50.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,382 (47.14%)
--Same county: 5,557 (31.25%)
--Different county: 2,825 (15.89%)
----Same state: 1,298 (7.3%)
----Different state: 1,527 (8.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 370 (2.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 19,084 (100%)
Native: 18,440 (96.63%)
--Born in United States: 18,361 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,785 (72.23%)
----Different state: 4,576 (23.98%)
--Born outside United States: 79 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 644 (3.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 369 (1.93%)
--Naturalized citizen: 214 (1.12%)
--Not a citizen: 430 (2.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 644 (100%)
Europe: 105 (16.3%)
Asia: 258 (40.06%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 281 (43.63%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,781 (100%)
English only: 16,694 (93.89%)
Language other than English: 1,087 (6.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 563 (3.17%)
--Spanish: 543 (3.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 295 (1.66%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 272 (1.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 214 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 137 (0.77%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 19,084 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,253% (79.93%)
Arab: 47 (0.25%)
Czech: 53 (0.28%)
Danish: 35 (0.18%)
Dutch: 261 (1.37%)
English: 1,621 (8.49%)
French (except Basque): 287 (1.5%)
French Canadian: 28 (0.15%)
German: 1,264 (6.62%)
Greek: 15 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 33 (0.17%)
Irish: 1,387 (7.27%)
Italian: 95 (0.5%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 71 (0.37%)
Polish: 42 (0.22%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.05%)
Russian: 17 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 457 (2.39%)
Scottish: 474 (2.48%)
Slovak: 7 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 336 (1.76%)
Swedish: 26 (0.14%)
Swiss: 18 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.03%)
United States or American: 2,608 (13.67%)
Welsh: 78 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 77 (0.4%)
Other ancestries: 5,900 (30.92%)

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