Lee County, AL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lee county alabama dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	45,855	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,937	4.2
Kindergarten	1,535	3.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	12,421	27.1
High school (grades 9-12)	5,529	12.1
College or graduate school	24,433	53.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	62,170	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,600	5.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,957	12.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	16,576	26.7
Some college, no degree	12,566	20.2
Associate degree	4,120	6.6
Bachelor's degree	9,402	15.1
Graduate or professional degree	7,949	12.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	27.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	92,726	100.0
Never married	35,457	38.2
Now married, except separated	43,619	47.0
Separated	1,615	1.7
Widowed	4,561	4.9
Female	3,852	4.2
Divorced	7,474	8.1
Female	4,106	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,921	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,088	56.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	88,017	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,759	11.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	31,627	100.0
With a disability	2,520	8.0

Population 21 to 64 years	66,188	100.0
With a disability	12,249	18.5
Percent employed	59.1	(X)
No disability	53,939	81.5
Percent employed	72.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,975	100.0
With a disability	4,179	46.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	107,968	100.0
Same house in 1995	47,629	44.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	58,809	54.5
Same county	22,429	20.8
Different county	36,380	33.7
Same state	21,126	19.6
Different state	15,254	14.1
Elsewhere in 1995	1,530	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	115,092	100.0
Native	112,003	97.3
Born in United States	110,614	96.1
State of residence	66,706	58.0
Different state	43,908	38.2
Born outside United States	1,389	1.2
Foreign born	3,089	2.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,583	1.4
Naturalized citizen	1,063	0.9
Not a citizen	2,026	1.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	3,089	100.0
Europe	664	21.5
Asia	1,546	50.0
Africa	226	7.3
Oceania	7	0.2
Latin America	567	18.4
Northern America	79	2.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	107,968	100.0
English only	102,448	94.9
Language other than English	5,520	5.1
Speak English less than 'very well	1,834	1.7
Spanish	2,484	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	858	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	1,336	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	285	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	1,419	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	661	0.6

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	115,092	100.0
Total ancestries reported	99,271	86.3
Arab	263	0.2
Czech¹	192	0.2
Danish	118	0.1
Dutch	1,118	1.0
English	10,601	9.2
French (except Basque)¹	2,216	1.9
French Canadian¹	332	0.3
German	8,431	7.3
Greek	348	0.3
Hungarian	192	0.2
Irish¹	10,246	8.9
Italian	2,095	1.8
Lithuanian	100	0.1
Norwegian	498	0.4
Polish	826	0.7
Portuguese	34	0.0
Russian	178	0.2
Scotch-Irish	2,950	2.6
Scottish	2,675	2.3
Slovak	65	0.1
Subsaharan African	1,023	0.9
Swedish	389	0.3
Swiss	175	0.2
Ukrainian	65	0.1
United States or American	16,872	14.7
Welsh	472	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	206	0.2
Other ancestries	36,591	31.8

(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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