Walker County, AL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Walker county alabama dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	15,536	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	898	5.8
Kindergarten	795	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,679	49.4
High school (grades 9-12)	3,583	23.1
College or graduate school	2,581	16.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	47,919	100.0
Less than 9th grade	5,603	11.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	10,110	21.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	16,647	34.7
Some college, no degree	8,499	17.7
Associate degree	2,684	5.6
Bachelor's degree	2,566	5.4
Graduate or professional degree	1,810	3.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	67.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	57,033	100.0
Never married	10,164	17.8
Now married, except separated	34,179	59.9
Separated	1,072	1.9
Widowed	5,150	9.0
Female	4,419	7.7
Divorced	6,468	11.3
Female	3,453	6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,845	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,146	62.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	54,074	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,375	13.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	14,786	100.0
With a disability	1,503	10.2

Population 21 to 64 years	40,732	100.0
With a disability	12,247	30.1
Percent employed	45.8	(X)
No disability	28,485	69.9
Percent employed	69.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	9,856	100.0
With a disability	5,442	55.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	66,242	100.0
Same house in 1995	42,321	63.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	23,609	35.6
Same county	16,097	24.3
Different county	7,512	11.3
Same state	4,873	7.4
Different state	2,639	4.0
Elsewhere in 1995	312	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	70,713	100.0
Native	70,200	99.3
Born in United States	69,884	98.8
State of residence	59,301	83.9
Different state	10,583	15.0
Born outside United States	316	0.4
Foreign born	513	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	294	0.4
Naturalized citizen	147	0.2
Not a citizen	366	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	513	100.0
Europe	74	14.4
Asia	110	21.4
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	300	58.5
Northern America	29	5.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	66,242	100.0
English only	64,758	97.8
Language other than English	1,484	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	513	0.8
Spanish	942	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	386	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	435	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	110	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	80	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	70,713	100.0
Total ancestries reported	50,305	71.1
Arab	28	0.0
Czech¹	18	0.0
Danish	60	0.1
Dutch	926	1.3
English	4,789	6.8
French (except Basque)¹	579	0.8
French Canadian¹	114	0.2
German	2,789	3.9
Greek	57	0.1
Hungarian	23	0.0
Irish¹	6,248	8.8
Italian	678	1.0
Lithuanian	5	0.0
Norwegian	52	0.1
Polish	164	0.2
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	39	0.1
Scotch-Irish	995	1.4
Scottish	1,017	1.4
Slovak	5	0.0
Subsaharan African	134	0.2
Swedish	89	0.1
Swiss	14	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	19,600	27.7
Welsh	152	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	41	0.1
Other ancestries	11,683	16.5

(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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