Winston County, AL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Winston county alabama dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,275	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	255	4.8
Kindergarten	339	6.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,801	53.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,171	22.2
College or graduate school	709	13.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	17,078	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,700	15.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,687	21.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,855	34.3
Some college, no degree	2,874	16.8
Associate degree	551	3.2
Bachelor's degree	746	4.4
Graduate or professional degree	665	3.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	62.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	19,956	100.0
Never married	3,094	15.5
Now married, except separated	12,643	63.4
Separated	368	1.8
Widowed	1,695	8.5
Female	1,439	7.2
Divorced	2,156	10.8
Female	1,147	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	401	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	205	51.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	18,933	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,237	11.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,240	100.0
With a disability	382	7.3

Population 21 to 64 years	14,447	100.0
With a disability	3,596	24.9
Percent employed	46.4	(X)
No disability	10,851	75.1
Percent employed	73.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,296	100.0
With a disability	1,700	51.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	23,293	100.0
Same house in 1995	14,661	62.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,488	36.4
Same county	4,825	20.7
Different county	3,663	15.7
Same state	2,547	10.9
Different state	1,116	4.8
Elsewhere in 1995	144	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	24,843	100.0
Native	24,586	99.0
Born in United States	24,494	98.6
State of residence	19,789	79.7
Different state	4,705	18.9
Born outside United States	92	0.4
Foreign born	257	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	170	0.7
Naturalized citizen	58	0.2
Not a citizen	199	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	257	100.0
Europe	35	13.6
Asia	39	15.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	183	71.2
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	23,293	100.0
English only	22,676	97.4
Language other than English	617	2.6
Speak English less than 'very well	142	0.6
Spanish	467	2.0
Speak English less than "very well"	124	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	80	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	10	0.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages	42	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	8	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	24,843	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,397	66.0
Arab	18	0.1
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	195	0.8
English	1,262	5.1
French (except Basque)¹	166	0.7
French Canadian¹	75	0.3
German	1,016	4.1
Greek	43	0.2
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	2,093	8.4
Italian	142	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	82	0.3
Polish	53	0.2
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	7	0.0
Scotch-Irish	291	1.2
Scottish	236	0.9
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	24	0.1
Swiss	2	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	6,797	27.4
Welsh	38	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	3,851	15.5

(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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