Butler County, AL Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Butler county alabama dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,453	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	228	4.2
Kindergarten	309	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,810	51.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,433	26.3
College or graduate school	673	12.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,767	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,747	12.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,692	19.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,749	34.5
Some college, no degree	2,535	18.4
Associate degree	611	4.4
Bachelor's degree	1,015	7.4
Graduate or professional degree	418	3.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	67.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,784	100.0
Never married	4,132	24.6
Now married, except separated	8,547	50.9
Separated	638	3.8
Widowed	1,847	11.0
Female	1,561	9.3
Divorced	1,620	9.7
Female	871	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	629	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	431	68.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,621	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,096	13.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,241	100.0
With a disability	522	10.0

Population 21 to 64 years	11,184	100.0
With a disability	3,303	29.5
Percent employed	45.1	(X)
No disability	7,881	70.5
Percent employed	71.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,314	100.0
With a disability	1,950	58.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,009	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,441	62.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,533	37.6
Same county	5,458	27.3
Different county	2,075	10.4
Same state	1,190	5.9
Different state	885	4.4
Elsewhere in 1995	35	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,399	100.0
Native	21,321	99.6
Born in United States	21,223	99.2
State of residence	18,940	88.5
Different state	2,283	10.7
Born outside United States	98	0.5
Foreign born	78	0.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	19	0.1
Naturalized citizen	53	0.2
Not a citizen	25	0.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	78	100.0
Europe	35	44.9
Asia	24	30.8
Africa	6	7.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	13	16.7
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,009	100.0
English only	19,568	97.8
Language other than English	441	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	142	0.7
Spanish	238	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	90	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	126	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	22	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	49	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,399	100.0
Total ancestries reported	14,943	69.8
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	7	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	170	0.8
English	798	3.7
French (except Basque)¹	88	0.4
French Canadian¹	21	0.1
German	393	1.8
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	918	4.3
Italian	39	0.2
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	4	0.0
Polish	63	0.3
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	9	0.0
Scotch-Irish	345	1.6
Scottish	180	0.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	117	0.5
Swedish	7	0.0
Swiss	9	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,643	17.0
Welsh	20	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	14	0.1
Other ancestries	8,098	37.8

(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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