Pickens County, AL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Pickens county alabama dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,436	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	413	7.6
Kindergarten	283	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,701	49.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,398	25.7
College or graduate school	641	11.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,536	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,510	11.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,598	19.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,110	37.8
Some college, no degree	2,284	16.9
Associate degree	711	5.3
Bachelor's degree	873	6.4
Graduate or professional degree	450	3.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	69.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,276	100.0
Never married	4,178	25.7
Now married, except separated	8,729	53.6
Separated	475	2.9
Widowed	1,580	9.7
Female	1,312	8.1
Divorced	1,314	8.1
Female	785	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	620	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	366	59.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,224	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,849	12.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,120	100.0
With a disability	472	9.2

Population 21 to 64 years	11,171	100.0
With a disability	3,315	29.7
Percent employed	42.6	(X)
No disability	7,856	70.3
Percent employed	70.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,016	100.0
With a disability	1,575	52.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	19,521	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,145	67.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,293	32.2
Same county	4,146	21.2
Different county	2,147	11.0
Same state	1,111	5.7
Different state	1,036	5.3
Elsewhere in 1995	83	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	20,949	100.0
Native	20,869	99.6
Born in United States	20,795	99.3
State of residence	16,675	79.6
Different state	4,120	19.7
Born outside United States	74	0.4
Foreign born	80	0.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	9	0.0
Naturalized citizen	54	0.3
Not a citizen	26	0.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	80	100.0
Europe	35	43.8
Asia	18	22.5
Africa	7	8.8
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	20	25.0
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	19,521	100.0
English only	19,156	98.1
Language other than English	365	1.9
Speak English less than 'very well	120	0.6
Spanish	250	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	82	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	96	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	28	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	19	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	10	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	20,949	100.0
Total ancestries reported	14,242	68.0
Arab	1	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	125	0.6
English	862	4.1
French (except Basque)¹	108	0.5
French Canadian¹	52	0.2
German	443	2.1
Greek	5	0.0
Hungarian	6	0.0
Irish¹	1,076	5.1
Italian	81	0.4
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	1	0.0
Polish	43	0.2
Portuguese	3	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	255	1.2
Scottish	288	1.4
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	148	0.7
Swedish	9	0.0
Swiss	15	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,940	14.0
Welsh	43	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	7,734	36.9

(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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