Saks, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0167608, place: Saks CDP, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,291 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 74 (3.23%)
Kindergarten: 109 (4.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,122 (48.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 559 (24.4%)
College or graduate school: 427 (18.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,073 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 499 (7.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,211 (17.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,244 (31.73%)
Some college, no degree: 1,807 (25.55%)
Associate degree: 385 (5.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 564 (7.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 363 (5.13%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,576 (100%)
Never married: 1,719 (20.04%)
Now married, except separated: 5,078 (59.21%)
Separated: 124 (1.45%)
Total Widowed: 701 (8.17%)
Widowed Female: 598 (6.97%)
Total Divorced: 954 (11.12%)
Divorced Female: 573 (6.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 200 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 130 (65%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,069 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,574 (19.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,218 (100%)
--With a disability: 179 (8.07%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,163 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,541 (25%)
----Percent employed: 49%
--No disability: 4,622 (75%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,447 (100%)
--With a disability: 714 (49.34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,884 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,031 (61.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,765 (38.09%)
--Same county: 2,617 (26.48%)
--Different county: 1,148 (11.61%)
----Same state: 429 (4.34%)
----Different state: 719 (7.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 88 (0.89%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,549 (100%)
Native: 10,304 (97.68%)
--Born in United States: 10,112 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,149 (67.77%)
----Different state: 2,963 (28.09%)
--Born outside United States: 192 (1.82%)
Foreign born: 245 (2.32%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 52 (0.49%)
--Naturalized citizen: 208 (1.97%)
--Not a citizen: 37 (0.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 245 (100%)
Europe: 76 (31.02%)
Asia: 64 (26.12%)
Africa: 16 (6.53%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 89 (36.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,884 (100%)
English only: 9,514 (96.26%)
Language other than English: 370 (3.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (1.04%)
--Spanish: 142 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (0.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 107 (1.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 82 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,549 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,746% (82.91%)
Arab: 26 (0.25%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (0.06%)
Dutch: 283 (2.68%)
English: 845 (8.01%)
French (except Basque): 175 (1.66%)
French Canadian: 38 (0.36%)
German: 759 (7.19%)
Greek: 13 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.1%)
Irish: 1,015 (9.62%)
Italian: 164 (1.55%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 26 (0.25%)
Polish: 72 (0.68%)
Portuguese: 14 (0.13%)
Russian: 8 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 181 (1.72%)
Scottish: 159 (1.51%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (0.2%)
Swedish: 6 (0.06%)
Swiss: 14 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,941 (18.4%)
Welsh: 35 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 44 (0.42%)
Other ancestries: 2,890 (27.4%)

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