Piedmont, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0159640, place: Piedmont city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,048 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 94 (8.97%)
Kindergarten: 54 (5.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 494 (47.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 247 (23.57%)
College or graduate school: 159 (15.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,589 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 476 (13.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 908 (25.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,134 (31.6%)
Some college, no degree: 584 (16.27%)
Associate degree: 113 (3.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 223 (6.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 151 (4.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,248 (100%)
Never married: 863 (20.32%)
Now married, except separated: 2,319 (54.59%)
Separated: 111 (2.61%)
Total Widowed: 383 (9.02%)
Widowed Female: 352 (8.29%)
Total Divorced: 572 (13.47%)
Divorced Female: 370 (8.71%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 143 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 80 (55.94%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,034 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 503 (12.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,101 (100%)
--With a disability: 135 (12.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,894 (100%)
--With a disability: 946 (32.69%)
----Percent employed: 34.7%
--No disability: 1,948 (67.31%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
Population 65 years and over: 913 (100%)
--With a disability: 526 (57.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,913 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,883 (58.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,017 (41.05%)
--Same county: 1,562 (31.79%)
--Different county: 455 (9.26%)
----Same state: 256 (5.21%)
----Different state: 199 (4.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,251 (100%)
Native: 5,228 (99.56%)
--Born in United States: 5,213 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,291 (81.72%)
----Different state: 922 (17.56%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.29%)
Foreign born: 23 (0.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.19%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (0.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 23 (100%)
Europe: 23 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,913 (100%)
English only: 4,854 (98.8%)
Language other than English: 59 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.2%)
--Spanish: 18 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 35 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.08%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,251 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,897% (74.21%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 44 (0.84%)
English: 293 (5.58%)
French (except Basque): 52 (0.99%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 150 (2.86%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 515 (9.81%)
Italian: 49 (0.93%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.32%)
Polish: 18 (0.34%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 73 (1.39%)
Scottish: 25 (0.48%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.15%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,703 (32.43%)
Welsh: 11 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 939 (17.88%)

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