Covington County, AL Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Covington county alabama dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,418	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	542	6.4
Kindergarten	487	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,148	49.3
High school (grades 9-12)	2,075	24.6
College or graduate school	1,166	13.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	25,705	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,474	13.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,641	18.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,473	33.0
Some college, no degree	4,421	17.2
Associate degree	1,554	6.0
Bachelor's degree	2,005	7.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,137	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	68.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	30,276	100.0
Never married	5,421	17.9
Now married, except separated	18,131	59.9
Separated	537	1.8
Widowed	2,966	9.8
Female	2,487	8.2
Divorced	3,221	10.6
Female	1,774	5.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	746	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	437	58.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,693	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,167	14.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,158	100.0
With a disability	667	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	20,311	100.0
With a disability	5,466	26.9
Percent employed	47.5	(X)
No disability	14,845	73.1
Percent employed	74.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,434	100.0
With a disability	3,647	56.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	35,423	100.0
Same house in 1995	22,367	63.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	12,907	36.4
Same county	8,192	23.1
Different county	4,715	13.3
Same state	2,328	6.6
Different state	2,387	6.7
Elsewhere in 1995	149	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	37,631	100.0
Native	37,415	99.4
Born in United States	37,268	99.0
State of residence	29,622	78.7
Different state	7,646	20.3
Born outside United States	147	0.4
Foreign born	216	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	110	0.3
Naturalized citizen	99	0.3
Not a citizen	117	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	216	100.0
Europe	60	27.8
Asia	67	31.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	66	30.6
Northern America	23	10.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	35,423	100.0
English only	34,723	98.0
Language other than English	700	2.0
Speak English less than 'very well	192	0.5
Spanish	376	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	107	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	254	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	51	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	70	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	34	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	37,631	100.0
Total ancestries reported	25,920	68.9
Arab	8	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	264	0.7
English	2,507	6.7
French (except Basque)¹	601	1.6
French Canadian¹	124	0.3
German	1,343	3.6
Greek	15	0.0
Hungarian	8	0.0
Irish¹	2,760	7.3
Italian	146	0.4
Lithuanian	12	0.0
Norwegian	60	0.2
Polish	135	0.4
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	20	0.1
Scotch-Irish	681	1.8
Scottish	440	1.2
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	151	0.4
Swedish	48	0.1
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	20	0.1
United States or American	9,841	26.2
Welsh	64	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	10	0.0
Other ancestries	6,660	17.7

(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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