Cherokee County, AL Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cherokee county alabama dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school4,661100.0
Nursery school, preschool2545.4
Kindergarten3387.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)2,51053.9
High school (grades 9-12)98821.2
College or graduate school57112.3
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over16,825100.0
Less than 9th grade2,32213.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma3,81622.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)5,86534.9
Some college, no degree2,47714.7
Associate degree7094.2
Bachelor's degree9285.5
Graduate or professional degree7084.2
Percent high school graduate or higher63.5(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher9.7(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over19,530100.0
Never married3,02515.5
Now married, except separated12,61564.6
Separated3361.7
Widowed1,6008.2
Female
1,3737.0
Divorced1,95410.0
Female
8884.5
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years526100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren36569.4
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over18,675100.0
Civilian veterans2,40812.9
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years4,686100.0
With a disability53311.4
Population 21 to 64 years13,859100.0
With a disability3,56125.7
Percent employed
43.7(X)
No disability10,29874.3
Percent employed
74.1(X)
Population 65 years and over3,638100.0
With a disability1,68046.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over22,558100.0
Same house in 199514,29963.4
Different house in the U.S. in 19958,08535.8
Same county
3,81716.9
Different county
4,26818.9
Same state
1,7017.5
Different state
2,56711.4
Elsewhere in 19951740.8
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population23,988100.0
Native23,72998.9
Born in United States
23,71098.8
State of residence
14,76761.6
Different state
8,94337.3
Born outside United States
190.1
Foreign born2591.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1010.4
Naturalized citizen
910.4
Not a citizen
1680.7
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)259100.0
Europe10139.0
Asia5922.8
Africa00.0
Oceania114.2
Latin America8532.8
Northern America31.2
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over22,558100.0
English only22,08597.9
Language other than English4732.1
Speak English less than 'very well
1480.7
Spanish
3001.3
Speak English less than "very well"
610.3
Other Indo-European languages
850.4
Speak English less than "very well"
170.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages
340.2
Speak English less than "very well"
160.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population23,988100.0

Total ancestries reported

16,94970.7
Arab00.0
Czech100.0
Danish60.0
Dutch2961.2
English1,5036.3
French (except Basque)1860.4
French Canadian110.0
German7903.3
Greek30.0
Hungarian30.0
Irish11,6747.0
Italian970.4
Lithuanian80.0
Norwegian330.1
Polish760.3
Portuguese110.0
Russian20.0
Scotch-Irish2491.0
Scottish1870.8
Slovak00.0
Subsaharan African660.3
Swedish160.1
Swiss90.0
Ukrainian00.0
United States or American8,34634.8
Welsh700.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)250.1
Other ancestries3,39214.1
(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


More census articles:

Sources +