Prichard, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0162496, place: Prichard city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,947 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 609 (6.81%)
Kindergarten: 542 (6.06%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,460 (49.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,158 (24.12%)
College or graduate school: 1,178 (13.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,399 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,818 (11.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,918 (23.89%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,822 (35.5%)
Some college, no degree: 3,039 (18.53%)
Associate degree: 709 (4.32%)
Bachelor's degree: 768 (4.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 325 (1.98%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,387 (100%)
Never married: 7,924 (37.05%)
Now married, except separated: 8,138 (38.05%)
Separated: 1,107 (5.18%)
Total Widowed: 1,981 (9.26%)
Widowed Female: 1,638 (7.66%)
Total Divorced: 2,237 (10.46%)
Divorced Female: 1,386 (6.48%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,653 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,033 (62.49%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,822 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,853 (9.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,271 (100%)
--With a disability: 858 (10.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,769 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,032 (34.07%)
----Percent employed: 41.4%
--No disability: 9,737 (65.93%)
----Percent employed: 59.8%
Population 65 years and over: 3,092 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,745 (56.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 26,565 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 17,633 (66.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,764 (32.99%)
--Same county: 7,537 (28.37%)
--Different county: 1,227 (4.62%)
----Same state: 507 (1.91%)
----Different state: 720 (2.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 168 (0.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 28,903 (100%)
Native: 28,699 (99.29%)
--Born in United States: 28,641 (100%)
----State of residence: 25,653 (88.76%)
----Different state: 2,988 (10.34%)
--Born outside United States: 58 (0.2%)
Foreign born: 204 (0.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 54 (0.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 138 (0.48%)
--Not a citizen: 66 (0.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 204 (100%)
Europe: 27 (13.24%)
Asia: 36 (17.65%)
Africa: 18 (8.82%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 104 (50.98%)
Northern America: 19 (9.31%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 26,565 (100%)
English only: 25,841 (97.27%)
Language other than English: 724 (2.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 296 (1.11%)
--Spanish: 386 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 179 (0.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 224 (0.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 102 (0.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 28,903 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,043% (79.73%)
Arab: 24 (0.08%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 29 (0.1%)
English: 492 (1.7%)
French (except Basque): 58 (0.2%)
French Canadian: 24 (0.08%)
German: 273 (0.94%)
Greek: 11 (0.04%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.05%)
Irish: 366 (1.27%)
Italian: 30 (0.1%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 32 (0.11%)
Polish: 18 (0.06%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 114 (0.39%)
Scottish: 37 (0.13%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 292 (1.01%)
Swedish: 8 (0.03%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,343 (4.65%)
Welsh: 17 (0.06%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 92 (0.32%)
Other ancestries: 19,769 (68.4%)

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