Selma, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0169120, place: Selma city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,712 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 355 (6.21%)
Kindergarten: 209 (3.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,689 (47.08%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,461 (25.58%)
College or graduate school: 998 (17.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,904 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,326 (10.28%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,207 (17.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,845 (29.8%)
Some college, no degree: 2,402 (18.61%)
Associate degree: 751 (5.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,405 (10.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 968 (7.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,891 (100%)
Never married: 5,556 (34.96%)
Now married, except separated: 6,015 (37.85%)
Separated: 712 (4.48%)
Total Widowed: 1,947 (12.25%)
Widowed Female: 1,636 (10.3%)
Total Divorced: 1,661 (10.45%)
Divorced Female: 1,061 (6.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 612 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 408 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,859 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,674 (11.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,121 (100%)
--With a disability: 398 (7.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,611 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,193 (30.09%)
----Percent employed: 38.6%
--No disability: 7,418 (69.91%)
----Percent employed: 63.3%
Population 65 years and over: 3,162 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,640 (51.87%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,040 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,859 (62.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,949 (36.5%)
--Same county: 5,051 (26.53%)
--Different county: 1,898 (9.97%)
----Same state: 899 (4.72%)
----Different state: 999 (5.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 232 (1.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,453 (100%)
Native: 20,276 (99.13%)
--Born in United States: 20,208 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,374 (84.95%)
----Different state: 2,834 (13.86%)
--Born outside United States: 68 (0.33%)
Foreign born: 177 (0.87%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 87 (0.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 65 (0.32%)
--Not a citizen: 112 (0.55%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 177 (100%)
Europe: 17 (9.6%)
Asia: 48 (27.12%)
Africa: 59 (33.33%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 48 (27.12%)
Northern America: 5 (2.82%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,040 (100%)
English only: 18,489 (97.11%)
Language other than English: 551 (2.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (0.44%)
--Spanish: 259 (1.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 197 (1.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 38 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.03%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,453 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,687% (76.7%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (0.03%)
Dutch: 91 (0.44%)
English: 788 (3.85%)
French (except Basque): 136 (0.66%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.1%)
German: 593 (2.9%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.11%)
Irish: 611 (2.99%)
Italian: 21 (0.1%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.07%)
Polish: 32 (0.16%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.05%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 285 (1.39%)
Scottish: 182 (0.89%)
Slovak: 5 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 256 (1.25%)
Swedish: 35 (0.17%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.03%)
United States or American: 1,233 (6.03%)
Welsh: 37 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 20 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 11,280 (55.15%)

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