Rainbow City, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0163288, place: Rainbow City city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,186 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 206 (9.42%)
Kindergarten: 154 (7.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 888 (40.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 467 (21.36%)
College or graduate school: 471 (21.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,887 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 225 (3.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 653 (11.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,647 (27.98%)
Some college, no degree: 1,372 (23.31%)
Associate degree: 499 (8.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 994 (16.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 497 (8.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,977 (100%)
Never married: 1,280 (18.35%)
Now married, except separated: 4,257 (61.01%)
Separated: 114 (1.63%)
Total Widowed: 570 (8.17%)
Widowed Female: 501 (7.18%)
Total Divorced: 756 (10.84%)
Divorced Female: 456 (6.54%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 120 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 100 (83.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,569 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 923 (14.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,849 (100%)
--With a disability: 185 (10.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,022 (100%)
--With a disability: 882 (17.56%)
----Percent employed: 61.7%
--No disability: 4,140 (82.44%)
----Percent employed: 77.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,214 (100%)
--With a disability: 416 (34.27%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,102 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,995 (61.65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,011 (37.16%)
--Same county: 1,973 (24.35%)
--Different county: 1,038 (12.81%)
----Same state: 584 (7.21%)
----Different state: 454 (5.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 96 (1.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,607 (100%)
Native: 8,420 (97.83%)
--Born in United States: 8,385 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,782 (78.8%)
----Different state: 1,603 (18.62%)
--Born outside United States: 35 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 187 (2.17%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 136 (1.58%)
--Naturalized citizen: 39 (0.45%)
--Not a citizen: 148 (1.72%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 187 (100%)
Europe: 10 (5.35%)
Asia: 72 (38.5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 105 (56.15%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,102 (100%)
English only: 7,867 (97.1%)
Language other than English: 235 (2.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 105 (1.3%)
--Spanish: 154 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 88 (1.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 40 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (0.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,607 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,307% (84.9%)
Arab: 31 (0.36%)
Czech: 28 (0.33%)
Danish: 47 (0.55%)
Dutch: 111 (1.29%)
English: 1,159 (13.47%)
French (except Basque): 167 (1.94%)
French Canadian: 36 (0.42%)
German: 708 (8.23%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 20 (0.23%)
Irish: 962 (11.18%)
Italian: 50 (0.58%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 37 (0.43%)
Polish: 35 (0.41%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 234 (2.72%)
Scottish: 191 (2.22%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.1%)
Swedish: 17 (0.2%)
Swiss: 28 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,972 (22.91%)
Welsh: 24 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,441 (16.74%)

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