Choctaw County, AL Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Choctaw county alabama dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,792	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	212	5.6
Kindergarten	193	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,890	49.8
High school (grades 9-12)	1,073	28.3
College or graduate school	424	11.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,569	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,648	15.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,056	19.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,670	34.7
Some college, no degree	1,706	16.1
Associate degree	476	4.5
Bachelor's degree	683	6.5
Graduate or professional degree	330	3.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	65.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	12,593	100.0
Never married	2,696	21.4
Now married, except separated	7,164	56.9
Separated	334	2.7
Widowed	1,398	11.1
Female	1,120	8.9
Divorced	1,001	7.9
Female	513	4.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	459	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	300	65.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	11,770	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,211	10.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,594	100.0
With a disability	365	10.2

Population 21 to 64 years	8,874	100.0
With a disability	2,560	28.8
Percent employed	37.9	(X)
No disability	6,314	71.2
Percent employed	65.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,224	100.0
With a disability	1,361	61.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	14,849	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,344	69.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,420	29.8
Same county	3,047	20.5
Different county	1,373	9.2
Same state	719	4.8
Different state	654	4.4
Elsewhere in 1995	85	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	15,922	100.0
Native	15,834	99.4
Born in United States	15,787	99.2
State of residence	9,668	60.7
Different state	6,119	38.4
Born outside United States	47	0.3
Foreign born	88	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	45	0.3
Naturalized citizen	28	0.2
Not a citizen	60	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	88	100.0
Europe	20	22.7
Asia	24	27.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	42	47.7
Northern America	2	2.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	14,849	100.0
English only	14,537	97.9
Language other than English	312	2.1
Speak English less than 'very well	152	1.0
Spanish	199	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	94	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	92	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	51	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	21	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	7	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	15,922	100.0
Total ancestries reported	10,720	67.3
Arab	13	0.1
Czech¹	4	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	73	0.5
English	591	3.7
French (except Basque)¹	81	0.5
French Canadian¹	14	0.1
German	317	2.0
Greek	15	0.1
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	620	3.9
Italian	52	0.3
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	8	0.1
Polish	31	0.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	213	1.3
Scottish	129	0.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	295	1.9
Swedish	21	0.1
Swiss	3	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,414	15.2
Welsh	12	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	5,814	36.5

(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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