ACS: 2000 C2SS Tabular Profile for Alabama -- Table 2

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile Alabama

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,098,536	1,080,815	1,116,257
Nursery school, preschool	65,182	54,229	76,135
Kindergarten	64,775	56,931	72,619
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	519,184	508,264	530,104
High school grade (grades 9-12)	231,374	223,208	239,540
College or graduate school	218,021	201,754	234,288

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	2,812,635	2,803,042	2,822,228
Less than 9th grade	228,169	212,659	243,679
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	450,490	428,359	472,621
High school graduate (including equivalency)	824,930	798,462	851,398
Some college, no degree	568,006	537,824	598,188
Associate degree	178,951	160,512	197,390
Bachelor's degree	354,371	338,798	369,944
Graduate or professional degree	207,718	191,216	224,220

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.9	74.9	76.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.0	19.0	21.0

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	1,605,822	1,601,301	1,610,343
Never married	417,120	402,737	431,503
Now married, except separated	949,492	921,731	977,253
Separated	33,389	26,256	40,522
Widowed	40,295	34,655	45,935
Divorced	165,526	149,924	181,128

Females 15 years and over	1,797,692	1,790,486	1,804,898
Never married	394,765	380,403	409,127
Now married, except separated	922,380	907,751	937,009
Separated	50,165	43,994	56,336
Widowed	222,559	210,692	234,426
Divorced	207,823	195,658	219,988

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	67,755	59,865	75,645
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	26,362	22,376	30,348
Per 1,000 unmarried women	51	43	59
As a percent of all women with a birth	38.9	33.8	44.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	60	53	67
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	48	28	68
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	116	103	129
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	17	10	24

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	88,188	77,732	98,644
Responsible for grandchildren	51,165	42,280	60,050
less than 1 year	14,413	10,605	18,221
1 or 2 years	10,011	6,810	13,212
3 or 4 years	11,062	6,030	16,095
5 or more years	15,679	11,927	19,431

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	62.5	57.7	67.3
Percent who are married	70.3	64.5	76.1
Percent who are in labor force	57.1	52.2	62.1
Percent who are in poverty	20.4	13.3	27.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	3,205,473	3,199,469	3,211,477
Civilian veterans	443,188	425,469	460,907

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	990,404	982,458	998,350
With a disability	91,404	82,276	100,532

Population 21 to 64 years	2,482,946	2,474,044	2,491,848
With a disability	444,389	425,858	462,920
Percent employed	39.4	37.4	41.4
No disability	2,038,557	2,017,709	2,059,405
Percent employed	78.0	77.0	79.0

Population 65 years and over	555,590	550,412	560,768
With a disability	270,098	259,627	280,569

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	4,274,099	4,267,821	4,280,377
Same house	3,626,736	3,591,631	3,661,841
Different house in the U.S.	629,577	595,737	663,417
Same county	430,661	389,421	471,901
Different county	198,916	179,024	218,808
Same state	117,477	104,987	129,968
Different state	81,439	63,718	99,160
Abroad	17,786	11,679	23,893

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	4,332,380	*****	*****
Native	4,231,335	4,220,087	4,242,583
Born in United States	4,200,956	4,188,508	4,213,404
State of residence	3,191,814	3,134,915	3,248,713
Different state	1,009,142	956,063	1,062,221
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	30,379	25,000	35,758
Foreign born	101,045	89,797	112,293
Naturalized citizen	40,227	33,620	46,834
Not a citizen	60,818	50,836	70,801
Entered 1990 or later	57,004	46,461	67,548
Entered before 1990	44,041	36,595	51,487

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	101,045	89,797	112,293
Europe	17,255	10,873	23,637
Asia	31,548	24,354	38,742
Africa	3,485	657	6,313
Oceania	2,179	374	3,984
Latin America	41,624	31,995	51,253
Northern America	4,954	2,179	7,729

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	4,039,057	4,035,166	4,042,948
English only	3,904,463	3,892,585	3,916,341
Language other than English	134,594	123,930	145,258
Speak English less than "very well"	62,993	53,350	72,636
Spanish	78,206	65,227	91,185
Speak English less than "very well"	43,169	32,937	53,401
Other Indo-European languages	26,274	18,890	33,658
Speak English less than "very well"	5,720	2,986	8,454
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	21,335	16,601	26,069
Speak English less than "very well"	12,956	7,960	17,952
Other languages	8,779	3,260	14,298
Speak English less than "very well"	1,148	163	2,133

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	4,332,380	*****	*****
Arab	19,705	6,264	33,146
Czech	4,312	2,066	6,558
Danish	2,099	815	3,383
Dutch	61,941	52,175	71,707
English	492,630	460,995	524,265
French (except Basque)	84,146	70,235	98,057
French Canadian	11,188	6,487	15,889
German	351,879	298,579	405,179
Greek	4,091	1,712	6,470
Hungarian	4,098	1,781	6,415
Irish	456,655	429,338	483,972
Italian	50,961	41,508	60,414
Lithuanian	826	105	1,547
Norwegian	11,761	7,530	15,992
Polish	20,839	14,473	27,205
Portuguese	765	0	2,093
Russian	5,812	3,160	8,464
Scotch-Irish	106,647	95,643	117,651
Scottish	79,612	67,483	91,741
Slovak	2,665	817	4,513
Subsaharan African	44,397	33,580	55,214
Swedish	14,023	10,466	17,580
Swiss	4,071	1,776	6,366
Ukrainian	1,390	471	2,309
United States or American	701,274	659,498	743,050
Welsh	10,597	7,860	13,334
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	5,708	3,632	7,784

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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