Wedowee, AL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0180496, place: Wedowee town, Alabama)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 200 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (5%)
Kindergarten: 3 (1.5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 83 (41.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 76 (38%)
College or graduate school: 28 (14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 519 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 77 (14.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 116 (22.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 137 (26.4%)
Some college, no degree: 72 (13.87%)
Associate degree: 20 (3.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 43 (8.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 54 (10.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 658 (100%)
Never married: 142 (21.58%)
Now married, except separated: 359 (54.56%)
Separated: 9 (1.37%)
Total Widowed: 91 (13.83%)
Widowed Female: 71 (10.79%)
Total Divorced: 57 (8.66%)
Divorced Female: 32 (4.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 612 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 89 (14.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 167 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (11.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 347 (100%)
--With a disability: 105 (30.26%)
----Percent employed: 45.7%
--No disability: 242 (69.74%)
----Percent employed: 70.2%
Population 65 years and over: 159 (100%)
--With a disability: 74 (46.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 750 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 463 (61.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 283 (37.73%)
--Same county: 148 (19.73%)
--Different county: 135 (18%)
----Same state: 50 (6.67%)
----Different state: 85 (11.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 816 (100%)
Native: 812 (99.51%)
--Born in United States: 810 (100%)
----State of residence: 578 (70.83%)
----Different state: 232 (28.43%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 4 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 750 (100%)
English only: 724 (96.53%)
Language other than English: 26 (3.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.93%)
--Spanish: 14 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 816 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 660% (80.88%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (0.25%)
English: 63 (7.72%)
French (except Basque): 8 (0.98%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 34 (4.17%)
Greek: 3 (0.37%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 47 (5.76%)
Italian: 18 (2.21%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.86%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (2.7%)
Scottish: 19 (2.33%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.25%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 175 (21.45%)
Welsh: 5 (0.61%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 255 (31.25%)

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