Roanoke, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0165040, place: Roanoke city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,561 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 73 (4.68%)
Kindergarten: 85 (5.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 840 (53.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 400 (25.62%)
College or graduate school: 163 (10.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,200 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 633 (15.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,007 (23.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,143 (27.21%)
Some college, no degree: 736 (17.52%)
Associate degree: 172 (4.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 324 (7.71%)
Graduate or professional degree: 185 (4.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,073 (100%)
Never married: 1,176 (23.18%)
Now married, except separated: 2,423 (47.76%)
Separated: 200 (3.94%)
Total Widowed: 727 (14.33%)
Widowed Female: 563 (11.1%)
Total Divorced: 547 (10.78%)
Divorced Female: 301 (5.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 134 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 40 (29.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,822 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 572 (11.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,551 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,253 (100%)
--With a disability: 861 (26.47%)
----Percent employed: 36.7%
--No disability: 2,392 (73.53%)
----Percent employed: 75.7%
Population 65 years and over: 923 (100%)
--With a disability: 476 (51.57%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,099 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,802 (62.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,280 (37.38%)
--Same county: 1,623 (26.61%)
--Different county: 657 (10.77%)
----Same state: 264 (4.33%)
----Different state: 393 (6.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 17 (0.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,595 (100%)
Native: 6,476 (98.2%)
--Born in United States: 6,460 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,058 (76.69%)
----Different state: 1,402 (21.26%)
--Born outside United States: 16 (0.24%)
Foreign born: 119 (1.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 69 (1.05%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (0.23%)
--Not a citizen: 104 (1.58%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 119 (100%)
Europe: 9 (7.56%)
Asia: 29 (24.37%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 73 (61.34%)
Northern America: 8 (6.72%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,099 (100%)
English only: 5,884 (96.47%)
Language other than English: 215 (3.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (1.15%)
--Spanish: 163 (2.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (1.05%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 46 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,595 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,243% (79.5%)
Arab: 6 (0.09%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 80 (1.21%)
English: 384 (5.82%)
French (except Basque): 33 (0.5%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.09%)
German: 344 (5.22%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 528 (8.01%)
Italian: 61 (0.92%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 42 (0.64%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 63 (0.96%)
Scottish: 76 (1.15%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 49 (0.74%)
Swedish: 8 (0.12%)
Swiss: 35 (0.53%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,274 (19.32%)
Welsh: 3 (0.05%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,251 (34.13%)

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