Opp, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0157120, place: Opp city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,413 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 152 (10.76%)
Kindergarten: 102 (7.22%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 652 (46.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 254 (17.98%)
College or graduate school: 253 (17.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,512 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 599 (13.28%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 890 (19.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,389 (30.78%)
Some college, no degree: 764 (16.93%)
Associate degree: 233 (5.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 361 (8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 276 (6.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,262 (100%)
Never married: 977 (18.57%)
Now married, except separated: 2,965 (56.35%)
Separated: 88 (1.67%)
Total Widowed: 570 (10.83%)
Widowed Female: 495 (9.41%)
Total Divorced: 662 (12.58%)
Divorced Female: 404 (7.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 118 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 54 (45.76%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,041 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 655 (12.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,334 (100%)
--With a disability: 57 (4.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,443 (100%)
--With a disability: 890 (25.85%)
----Percent employed: 54.5%
--No disability: 2,553 (74.15%)
----Percent employed: 74%
Population 65 years and over: 1,135 (100%)
--With a disability: 681 (60%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,116 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,461 (56.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,626 (42.94%)
--Same county: 1,676 (27.4%)
--Different county: 950 (15.53%)
----Same state: 566 (9.25%)
----Different state: 384 (6.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 29 (0.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,588 (100%)
Native: 6,553 (99.47%)
--Born in United States: 6,518 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,440 (82.57%)
----Different state: 1,078 (16.36%)
--Born outside United States: 35 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 35 (0.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21 (0.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (0.24%)
--Not a citizen: 19 (0.29%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 35 (100%)
Europe: 19 (54.29%)
Asia: 14 (40%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (5.71%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,116 (100%)
English only: 6,030 (98.59%)
Language other than English: 86 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.72%)
--Spanish: 50 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 22 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,588 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,730% (71.8%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 51 (0.77%)
English: 371 (5.63%)
French (except Basque): 104 (1.58%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.29%)
German: 215 (3.26%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 560 (8.5%)
Italian: 5 (0.08%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.26%)
Polish: 11 (0.17%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 100 (1.52%)
Scottish: 35 (0.53%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.14%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.11%)
United States or American: 1,995 (30.28%)
Welsh: 8 (0.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,217 (18.47%)

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