Alpharetta, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1301696, place: Alpharetta city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,901 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,093 (12.28%)
Kindergarten: 566 (6.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,178 (46.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,558 (17.5%)
College or graduate school: 1,506 (16.92%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 22,591 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 298 (1.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 788 (3.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,775 (12.28%)
Some college, no degree: 4,432 (19.62%)
Associate degree: 1,395 (6.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 8,834 (39.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,069 (18.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 57.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 26,242 (100%)
Never married: 6,241 (23.78%)
Now married, except separated: 16,076 (61.26%)
Separated: 266 (1.01%)
Total Widowed: 853 (3.25%)
Widowed Female: 695 (2.65%)
Total Divorced: 2,806 (10.69%)
Divorced Female: 1,809 (6.89%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 321 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 110 (34.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 25,090 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,428 (9.68%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,436 (100%)
--With a disability: 475 (6.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 22,161 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,179 (9.83%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
--No disability: 19,982 (90.17%)
----Percent employed: 81.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,950 (100%)
--With a disability: 803 (41.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 31,549 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,605 (30.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 20,242 (64.16%)
--Same county: 5,692 (18.04%)
--Different county: 14,550 (46.12%)
----Same state: 4,423 (14.02%)
----Different state: 10,127 (32.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,702 (5.39%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 34,611 (100%)
Native: 30,574 (88.34%)
--Born in United States: 30,160 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,609 (27.76%)
----Different state: 20,551 (59.38%)
--Born outside United States: 414 (1.2%)
Foreign born: 4,037 (11.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,447 (7.07%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,275 (3.68%)
--Not a citizen: 2,762 (7.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,037 (100%)
Europe: 763 (18.9%)
Asia: 1,343 (33.27%)
Africa: 191 (4.73%)
Oceania: 39 (0.97%)
Latin America: 1,387 (34.36%)
Northern America: 314 (7.78%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 31,549 (100%)
English only: 27,124 (85.97%)
Language other than English: 4,425 (14.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,580 (5.01%)
--Spanish: 1,643 (5.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 811 (2.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,620 (5.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 440 (1.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,015 (3.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 281 (0.89%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 34,611 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 37,030% (106.99%)
Arab: 153 (0.44%)
Czech: 109 (0.31%)
Danish: 150 (0.43%)
Dutch: 503 (1.45%)
English: 4,132 (11.94%)
French (except Basque): 1,135 (3.28%)
French Canadian: 378 (1.09%)
German: 5,388 (15.57%)
Greek: 257 (0.74%)
Hungarian: 182 (0.53%)
Irish: 4,607 (13.31%)
Italian: 2,502 (7.23%)
Lithuanian: 119 (0.34%)
Norwegian: 416 (1.2%)
Polish: 921 (2.66%)
Portuguese: 34 (0.1%)
Russian: 369 (1.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 868 (2.51%)
Scottish: 1,148 (3.32%)
Slovak: 67 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 250 (0.72%)
Swedish: 531 (1.53%)
Swiss: 107 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 76 (0.22%)
United States or American: 3,071 (8.87%)
Welsh: 208 (0.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 169 (0.49%)
Other ancestries: 9,180 (26.52%)

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