Tuskegee, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0177304, place: Tuskegee city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,380 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 288 (5.35%)
Kindergarten: 104 (1.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,441 (26.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 529 (9.83%)
College or graduate school: 3,018 (56.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,187 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 634 (10.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 894 (14.45%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,174 (18.98%)
Some college, no degree: 1,364 (22.05%)
Associate degree: 404 (6.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 934 (15.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 783 (12.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,706 (100%)
Never married: 4,570 (47.08%)
Now married, except separated: 2,992 (30.83%)
Separated: 479 (4.94%)
Total Widowed: 868 (8.94%)
Widowed Female: 696 (7.17%)
Total Divorced: 797 (8.21%)
Divorced Female: 540 (5.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 419 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 229 (54.65%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,268 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,079 (11.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,691 (100%)
--With a disability: 352 (9.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,597 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,481 (26.46%)
----Percent employed: 42.7%
--No disability: 4,116 (73.54%)
----Percent employed: 57.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,522 (100%)
--With a disability: 905 (59.46%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,270 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,457 (48.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,558 (49.32%)
--Same county: 2,711 (24.06%)
--Different county: 2,847 (25.26%)
----Same state: 1,103 (9.79%)
----Different state: 1,744 (15.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 255 (2.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,062 (100%)
Native: 11,775 (97.62%)
--Born in United States: 11,734 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,298 (68.79%)
----Different state: 3,436 (28.49%)
--Born outside United States: 41 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 287 (2.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 182 (1.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 61 (0.51%)
--Not a citizen: 226 (1.87%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 287 (100%)
Europe: 13 (4.53%)
Asia: 127 (44.25%)
Africa: 91 (31.71%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 50 (17.42%)
Northern America: 6 (2.09%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,270 (100%)
English only: 10,550 (93.61%)
Language other than English: 720 (6.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 215 (1.91%)
--Spanish: 440 (3.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 151 (1.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 142 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 83 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,062 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,202% (84.58%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 33 (0.27%)
French (except Basque): 17 (0.14%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 14 (0.12%)
Greek: 5 (0.04%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 29 (0.24%)
Italian: 5 (0.04%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.05%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 298 (2.47%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 78 (0.65%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 63 (0.52%)
Other ancestries: 9,654 (80.04%)

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