Colbert County, AL Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Colbert county alabama dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,414	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	674	5.4
Kindergarten	730	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,236	50.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,870	23.1
College or graduate school	1,904	15.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	37,384	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,156	8.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,816	18.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,665	33.9
Some college, no degree	7,615	20.4
Associate degree	1,859	5.0
Bachelor's degree	3,298	8.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,975	5.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	44,139	100.0
Never married	8,376	19.0
Now married, except separated	26,313	59.6
Separated	731	1.7
Widowed	3,997	9.1
Female	3,397	7.7
Divorced	4,722	10.7
Female	2,573	5.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,115	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	677	60.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	41,873	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,674	13.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,646	100.0
With a disability	953	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	31,359	100.0
With a disability	8,453	27.0
Percent employed	51.5	(X)
No disability	22,906	73.0
Percent employed	72.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,129	100.0
With a disability	3,935	48.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	51,637	100.0
Same house in 1995	32,126	62.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,197	37.2
Same county	12,062	23.4
Different county	7,135	13.8
Same state	4,682	9.1
Different state	2,453	4.8
Elsewhere in 1995	314	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	54,984	100.0
Native	54,499	99.1
Born in United States	54,332	98.8
State of residence	43,618	79.3
Different state	10,714	19.5
Born outside United States	167	0.3
Foreign born	485	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	171	0.3
Naturalized citizen	245	0.4
Not a citizen	240	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	485	100.0
Europe	139	28.7
Asia	120	24.7
Africa	25	5.2
Oceania	6	1.2
Latin America	171	35.3
Northern America	24	4.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	51,637	100.0
English only	50,428	97.7
Language other than English	1,209	2.3
Speak English less than 'very well	449	0.9
Spanish	800	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	329	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	249	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	33	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	134	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	76	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	54,984	100.0
Total ancestries reported	42,137	76.6
Arab	12	0.0
Czech¹	74	0.1
Danish	13	0.0
Dutch	549	1.0
English	3,785	6.9
French (except Basque)¹	556	1.0
French Canadian¹	48	0.1
German	3,002	5.5
Greek	104	0.2
Hungarian	43	0.1
Irish¹	5,747	10.5
Italian	399	0.7
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	161	0.3
Polish	220	0.4
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	18	0.0
Scotch-Irish	1,023	1.9
Scottish	622	1.1
Slovak	12	0.0
Subsaharan African	178	0.3
Swedish	99	0.2
Swiss	49	0.1
Ukrainian	10	0.0
United States or American	11,396	20.7
Welsh	158	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	40	0.1
Other ancestries	13,819	25.1

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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