Gulf Shores Alabama Social and demographic information

Gulf Shores Alabama Social information

   

Summary - Age, Sex, Race

   
  More Census Data:      
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Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Gulf Shores city
 

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 5,166 100.0
      enrolled in school 976 100.0   Native 4,944 95.7
Nursery school, preschool 47 4.8       Born in United States 4,899 94.8
Kindergarten 52 5.3           State of residence 2,365 45.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 514 52.7           Different state 2,534 49.1
High school (grades 9-12) 184 18.9       Born outside United States 45 0.9
College or graduate school 179 18.3   Foreign born 222 4.3
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 166 3.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 100 1.9
  Population 25 years and over 3,894 100.0       Not a citizen 122 2.4
Less than 9th grade 110 2.8        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 249 6.4   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 1,034 26.6     Total (excluding born at sea) 222 100.0
Some college, no degree 1,063 27.3   Europe 141 63.5
Associate degree 253 6.5   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 805 20.7   Africa 13 5.9
Graduate or professional degree 380 9.8   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 33 14.9
Percent high school graduate or higher 90.8 (X)   Northern America 35 15.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 30.4 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 4,998 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 4,389 100.0   English only 4,769 95.4
Never married 725 16.5   Language other than English 229 4.6
Now married, except separated 2,739 62.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 128 2.6
Separated 82 1.9   Spanish 68 1.4
Widowed 256 5.8           Speak English less than '"very well"' 16 0.3
 Female 247 5.6   Other Indo-European languages 161 3.2
Divorced 587 13.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 112 2.2
 Female 289 6.6   Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 5,166 100.0
           under 18 years 82 100.0     Total ancestries reported 5,131 99.3
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 45 54.9   Arab 11 0.2
        Czech¹ 148 2.9
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 0 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 4,245 100.0   Dutch 89 1.7
Civilian veterans 852 20.1   English 876 17.0
        French (except Basque)¹ 239 4.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 43 0.8
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 758 14.7
     Population 5 to 20 years 910 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 71 7.8   Hungarian 18 0.3
     Population 21 to 64 years 2,971 100.0   Irish¹ 826 16.0
With a disability 742 25.0   Italian 79 1.5
 Percent employed 69.3 (X)   Lithuanian 10 0.2
No disability 2,229 75.0   Norwegian 24 0.5
 Percent employed 72.9 (X)   Polish 138 2.7
     Population 65 years and over 1,115 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 314 28.2   Russian 8 0.2
        Scotch-Irish 235 4.5
        Scottish 98 1.9
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 4,998 100.0   Subsaharan African 22 0.4
Same house in 1995 2,009 40.2   Swedish 86 1.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 2,843 56.9   Swiss 21 0.4
 Same county 1,078 21.6   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 1,765 35.3   United States or American 818 15.8
  Same state 616 12.3   Welsh 24 0.5
  Different state 1,149 23.0   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 146 2.9   Other ancestries 560 10.8
 
Date: December 30, 2004
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (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. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.

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