Union Springs, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0177880, place: Union Springs city, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,155 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 93 (8.05%)
Kindergarten: 62 (5.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 617 (53.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 269 (23.29%)
College or graduate school: 114 (9.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,312 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 331 (14.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 526 (22.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 793 (34.3%)
Some college, no degree: 401 (17.34%)
Associate degree: 97 (4.2%)
Bachelor's degree: 79 (3.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 85 (3.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,916 (100%)
Never married: 1,285 (44.07%)
Now married, except separated: 896 (30.73%)
Separated: 125 (4.29%)
Total Widowed: 339 (11.63%)
Widowed Female: 256 (8.78%)
Total Divorced: 271 (9.29%)
Divorced Female: 207 (7.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 156 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 110 (70.51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,719 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 282 (10.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,153 (100%)
--With a disability: 189 (16.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,927 (100%)
--With a disability: 564 (29.27%)
----Percent employed: 43.6%
--No disability: 1,363 (70.73%)
----Percent employed: 68.5%
Population 65 years and over: 473 (100%)
--With a disability: 281 (59.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,670 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,188 (59.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,257 (34.25%)
--Same county: 819 (22.32%)
--Different county: 438 (11.93%)
----Same state: 369 (10.05%)
----Different state: 69 (1.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 225 (6.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,954 (100%)
Native: 3,689 (93.3%)
--Born in United States: 3,689 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,300 (83.46%)
----Different state: 389 (9.84%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 265 (6.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 234 (5.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 31 (0.78%)
--Not a citizen: 234 (5.92%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 265 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 265 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,670 (100%)
English only: 3,328 (90.68%)
Language other than English: 342 (9.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 279 (7.6%)
--Spanish: 329 (8.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 266 (7.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 13 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,954 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,156% (79.82%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 47 (1.19%)
English: 84 (2.12%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 40 (1.01%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 71 (1.8%)
Italian: 13 (0.33%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.25%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 14 (0.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 15 (0.38%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 202 (5.11%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 65 (1.64%)
Other ancestries: 2,595 (65.63%)

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