Alexandria, KY

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2100802, place: Alexandria city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,500 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 182 (7.28%)
Kindergarten: 155 (6.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,215 (48.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 519 (20.76%)
College or graduate school: 429 (17.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,119 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 238 (4.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 420 (8.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,814 (35.44%)
Some college, no degree: 1,175 (22.95%)
Associate degree: 352 (6.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 673 (13.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 447 (8.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,111 (100%)
Never married: 1,273 (20.83%)
Now married, except separated: 4,176 (68.34%)
Separated: 30 (0.49%)
Total Widowed: 256 (4.19%)
Widowed Female: 197 (3.22%)
Total Divorced: 376 (6.15%)
Divorced Female: 259 (4.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 95 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 29 (30.53%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,765 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 626 (10.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,183 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (4.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,666 (100%)
--With a disability: 609 (13.05%)
----Percent employed: 69%
--No disability: 4,057 (86.95%)
----Percent employed: 84.2%
Population 65 years and over: 754 (100%)
--With a disability: 341 (45.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,603 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,729 (62.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,844 (37.41%)
--Same county: 1,793 (23.58%)
--Different county: 1,051 (13.82%)
----Same state: 551 (7.25%)
----Different state: 500 (6.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 30 (0.39%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,225 (100%)
Native: 8,116 (98.67%)
--Born in United States: 8,067 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,728 (69.64%)
----Different state: 2,339 (28.44%)
--Born outside United States: 49 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 109 (1.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 28 (0.34%)
--Naturalized citizen: 56 (0.68%)
--Not a citizen: 53 (0.64%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 109 (100%)
Europe: 40 (36.7%)
Asia: 55 (50.46%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 14 (12.84%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,603 (100%)
English only: 7,425 (97.66%)
Language other than English: 178 (2.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (0.92%)
--Spanish: 92 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 49 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 28 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,225 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,213% (99.85%)
Arab: 9 (0.11%)
Czech: 14 (0.17%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 189 (2.3%)
English: 752 (9.14%)
French (except Basque): 240 (2.92%)
French Canadian: 13 (0.16%)
German: 3,425 (41.64%)
Greek: 17 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 35 (0.43%)
Irish: 1,262 (15.34%)
Italian: 206 (2.5%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 77 (0.94%)
Polish: 53 (0.64%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 124 (1.51%)
Scottish: 96 (1.17%)
Slovak: 23 (0.28%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 39 (0.47%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 911 (11.08%)
Welsh: 18 (0.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 710 (8.63%)

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