Sylvan Springs, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0174424, place: Sylvan Springs town, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 307 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (6.51%)
Kindergarten: 24 (7.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 127 (41.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 74 (24.1%)
College or graduate school: 62 (20.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,073 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 35 (3.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 179 (16.68%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 468 (43.62%)
Some college, no degree: 254 (23.67%)
Associate degree: 49 (4.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 60 (5.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (2.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,259 (100%)
Never married: 218 (17.32%)
Now married, except separated: 800 (63.54%)
Separated: 14 (1.11%)
Total Widowed: 115 (9.13%)
Widowed Female: 103 (8.18%)
Total Divorced: 112 (8.9%)
Divorced Female: 59 (4.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 46 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (43.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,197 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 219 (18.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 259 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (5.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 873 (100%)
--With a disability: 165 (18.9%)
----Percent employed: 53.9%
--No disability: 708 (81.1%)
----Percent employed: 75%
Population 65 years and over: 282 (100%)
--With a disability: 132 (46.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,416 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 985 (69.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 431 (30.44%)
--Same county: 373 (26.34%)
--Different county: 58 (4.1%)
----Same state: 35 (2.47%)
----Different state: 23 (1.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,501 (100%)
Native: 1,501 (100%)
--Born in United States: 1,499 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,330 (88.61%)
----Different state: 169 (11.26%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.13%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,416 (100%)
English only: 1,374 (97.03%)
Language other than English: 42 (2.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.64%)
--Spanish: 23 (1.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 19 (1.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,501 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,059% (70.55%)
Arab: 7 (0.47%)
Czech: 2 (0.13%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 22 (1.47%)
English: 90 (6%)
French (except Basque): 36 (2.4%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.27%)
German: 61 (4.06%)
Greek: 1 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 129 (8.59%)
Italian: 14 (0.93%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 19 (1.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 61 (4.06%)
Scottish: 19 (1.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.13%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.13%)
United States or American: 428 (28.51%)
Welsh: 4 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 158 (10.53%)

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