Russellville, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0167056, place: Russellville city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,858 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 106 (5.71%)
Kindergarten: 123 (6.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 974 (52.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 384 (20.67%)
College or graduate school: 271 (14.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,977 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,001 (16.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,144 (19.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,791 (29.96%)
Some college, no degree: 1,084 (18.14%)
Associate degree: 224 (3.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 435 (7.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 298 (4.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,018 (100%)
Never married: 1,396 (19.89%)
Now married, except separated: 3,899 (55.56%)
Separated: 132 (1.88%)
Total Widowed: 856 (12.2%)
Widowed Female: 742 (10.57%)
Total Divorced: 735 (10.47%)
Divorced Female: 427 (6.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 239 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 115 (48.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,746 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 689 (10.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,774 (100%)
--With a disability: 116 (6.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,708 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,334 (28.33%)
----Percent employed: 38.8%
--No disability: 3,374 (71.67%)
----Percent employed: 74.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,440 (100%)
--With a disability: 818 (56.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,179 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,452 (54.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,529 (43.15%)
--Same county: 2,310 (28.24%)
--Different county: 1,219 (14.9%)
----Same state: 591 (7.23%)
----Different state: 628 (7.68%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 198 (2.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,731 (100%)
Native: 7,881 (90.26%)
--Born in United States: 7,860 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,431 (73.66%)
----Different state: 1,429 (16.37%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (0.24%)
Foreign born: 850 (9.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 619 (7.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 105 (1.2%)
--Not a citizen: 745 (8.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 850 (100%)
Europe: 15 (1.76%)
Asia: 14 (1.65%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 821 (96.59%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,179 (100%)
English only: 7,179 (87.77%)
Language other than English: 1,000 (12.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 689 (8.42%)
--Spanish: 955 (11.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 684 (8.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 28 (0.34%)
----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: 8,731 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,267% (71.78%)
Arab: 6 (0.07%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 51 (0.58%)
English: 992 (11.36%)
French (except Basque): 66 (0.76%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.14%)
German: 413 (4.73%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.09%)
Irish: 936 (10.72%)
Italian: 23 (0.26%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 18 (0.21%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 107 (1.23%)
Scottish: 133 (1.52%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 140 (1.6%)
Swedish: 9 (0.1%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,150 (13.17%)
Welsh: 4 (0.05%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,195 (25.14%)

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