Dale County, AL Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Dale county alabama dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,680	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	859	6.8
Kindergarten	686	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,813	45.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,969	23.4
College or graduate school	2,353	18.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	31,390	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,393	7.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,583	14.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,159	29.2
Some college, no degree	8,245	26.3
Associate degree	2,612	8.3
Bachelor's degree	3,013	9.6
Graduate or professional degree	1,385	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	38,219	100.0
Never married	7,651	20.0
Now married, except separated	22,617	59.2
Separated	881	2.3
Widowed	2,758	7.2
Female	2,270	5.9
Divorced	4,312	11.3
Female	2,294	6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	905	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	541	59.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	33,082	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,256	21.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,991	100.0
With a disability	1,125	10.2

Population 21 to 64 years	25,528	100.0
With a disability	6,281	24.6
Percent employed	49.7	(X)
No disability	19,247	75.4
Percent employed	71.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,439	100.0
With a disability	2,754	50.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	45,333	100.0
Same house in 1995	23,464	51.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	20,232	44.6
Same county	8,392	18.5
Different county	11,840	26.1
Same state	4,461	9.8
Different state	7,379	16.3
Elsewhere in 1995	1,637	3.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	49,129	100.0
Native	47,626	96.9
Born in United States	46,356	94.4
State of residence	27,875	56.7
Different state	18,481	37.6
Born outside United States	1,270	2.6
Foreign born	1,503	3.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	593	1.2
Naturalized citizen	721	1.5
Not a citizen	782	1.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,503	100.0
Europe	605	40.3
Asia	415	27.6
Africa	23	1.5
Oceania	12	0.8
Latin America	424	28.2
Northern America	24	1.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	45,333	100.0
English only	42,537	93.8
Language other than English	2,796	6.2
Speak English less than 'very well	982	2.2
Spanish	1,288	2.8
Speak English less than "very well"	526	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	1,000	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	233	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	472	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	219	0.5

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	49,129	100.0
Total ancestries reported	41,144	83.7
Arab	53	0.1
Czech¹	41	0.1
Danish	100	0.2
Dutch	558	1.1
English	3,584	7.3
French (except Basque)¹	671	1.4
French Canadian¹	291	0.6
German	3,973	8.1
Greek	47	0.1
Hungarian	67	0.1
Irish¹	4,175	8.5
Italian	863	1.8
Lithuanian	14	0.0
Norwegian	266	0.5
Polish	510	1.0
Portuguese	75	0.2
Russian	73	0.1
Scotch-Irish	953	1.9
Scottish	691	1.4
Slovak	37	0.1
Subsaharan African	245	0.5
Swedish	217	0.4
Swiss	33	0.1
Ukrainian	17	0.0
United States or American	8,660	17.6
Welsh	161	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	109	0.2
Other ancestries	14,660	29.8

(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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