Macon County, AL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Macon county alabama dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,743	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	601	6.9
Kindergarten	241	2.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,164	36.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,297	14.8
College or graduate school	3,440	39.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,955	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,545	11.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,643	18.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,486	25.0
Some college, no degree	2,885	20.7
Associate degree	779	5.6
Bachelor's degree	1,446	10.4
Graduate or professional degree	1,171	8.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	19,019	100.0
Never married	7,550	39.7
Now married, except separated	7,084	37.2
Separated	899	4.7
Widowed	1,871	9.8
Female	1,551	8.2
Divorced	1,615	8.5
Female	977	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	836	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	445	53.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,999	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,092	11.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,779	100.0
With a disability	704	10.4

Population 21 to 64 years	12,215	100.0
With a disability	3,964	32.5
Percent employed	47.0	(X)
No disability	8,251	67.5
Percent employed	65.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,052	100.0
With a disability	1,855	60.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	22,558	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,345	59.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,815	39.1
Same county	4,662	20.7
Different county	4,153	18.4
Same state	1,958	8.7
Different state	2,195	9.7
Elsewhere in 1995	398	1.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	24,105	100.0
Native	23,755	98.5
Born in United States	23,681	98.2
State of residence	18,512	76.8
Different state	5,169	21.4
Born outside United States	74	0.3
Foreign born	350	1.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	182	0.8
Naturalized citizen	103	0.4
Not a citizen	247	1.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	350	100.0
Europe	21	6.0
Asia	154	44.0
Africa	91	26.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	76	21.7
Northern America	8	2.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	22,558	100.0
English only	21,501	95.3
Language other than English	1,057	4.7
Speak English less than 'very well	288	1.3
Spanish	644	2.9
Speak English less than "very well"	214	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	236	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	48	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	119	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	22	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	24,105	100.0
Total ancestries reported	19,767	82.0
Arab	1	0.0
Czech¹	4	0.0
Danish	4	0.0
Dutch	30	0.1
English	435	1.8
French (except Basque)¹	46	0.2
French Canadian¹	0	0.0
German	187	0.8
Greek	7	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	352	1.5
Italian	50	0.2
Lithuanian	10	0.0
Norwegian	7	0.0
Polish	10	0.0
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	86	0.4
Scottish	43	0.2
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	465	1.9
Swedish	45	0.2
Swiss	3	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	734	3.0
Welsh	20	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	75	0.3
Other ancestries	17,151	71.2

(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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