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This section provides a summary of social characteristics for Walker County School District, AL based on the 2009 American Community Survey. See related sections General Demographics, Economic Characteristics and Housing Characteristics. See usage notes located at the bottom of the report.

    -- Table/Item --ValuePercent
Total households 22,159 100.0
    Family households (families) 15,939 71.9
        With own children under 18 years 6,212 28.0
    Married-couple family 12,288 55.5
        With own children under 18 years 4,555 20.6
    Male householder, no wife present, family 841 3.8
        With own children under 18 years 333 1.5
    Female householder, no husband present, family 2,810 12.7
        With own children under 18 years 1,324 6.0
    Nonfamily households 6,220 28.1
    Householder living alone 5,624 25.4
        65 years and over 2,380 10.7
 
Households with one or more people under 18 years 7,360 33.2
Households with one or more people 65 years and over 6,273 28.3
 
Average household size 2.48
Average family size 2.95
 
RELATIONSHIP
Population in households 54,920 100.0
    Householder 22,159 40.3
        Spouse 12,245 22.3
        Child 15,227 27.7
        Other relatives 3,624 6.6
    Nonrelatives 1,665 3.0
        Unmarried partner 600 1.1
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over 21,458 100.0
    Never married 4,832 22.5
    Now married, except separated 12,922 60.2
    Separated 388 1.8
    Widowed 847 3.9
    Divorced 2,469 11.5
 
Females 15 years and over 23,009 100.0
    Never married 3,533 15.4
    Now married, except separated 12,753 55.4
    Separated 792 3.4
    Widowed 3,261 14.2
    Divorced 2,670 11.6
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in past 12 mo 568 100.0
    Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) 130 22.9
        Per 1,000 unmarried women 26
    Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old 44
        Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old 31
        Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old 94
        Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old 8
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years 1,718 100.0
    Responsible for grandchildren 1,225 71.3
Years responsible for grandchildren
        Less than 1 year 217 12.6
        1 or 2 years 344 20.0
        3 or 4 years 321 18.7
        5 or more years 343 20.0
 
    Number of grandparents resp for own grandchildren under 18 yrs 1,225 71.3
        Who are female 674 39.2
        Who are married 1,095 63.7
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 11,107 100.0
        Nursery school, preschool 487 4.4
        Kindergarten 747 6.7
        Elementary school (grades 1-8) 5,508 49.6
        High school (grades 9-12) 2,710 24.4
        College or graduate school 1,655 14.9
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over 38,014 100.0
        Less than 9th grade 3,473 9.1
        9th to 12th grade, no diploma 6,533 17.2
        High school graduate (includes equivalency) 14,164 37.3
        Some college, no degree 8,276 21.8
        Associate's degree 2,878 7.6
        Bachelor's degree 1,559 4.1
        Graduate or professional degree 1,131 3.0
 
Percent high school graduate or higher 73.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 7.1
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over 42,205 100.0
    Civilian veterans 4,500 10.7
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over 54,354 100.0
    Same house 47,827 88.0
    Different house in the U.S. 6,486 11.9
        Same county 4,327 8.0
        Different county 2,159 4.0
            Same state 1,520 2.8
            Different state 639 1.2
    Abroad 41 0.1
 
PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population 54,920 100.0
    Native 54,631 99.5
        Born in United States 54,509 99.3
            State of residence 45,581 83.0
            Different state 8,928 16.3
        Born in P.R, U.S. Island areas, or abroad to American parent(s) 122 0.2
    Foreign born 289 0.5
 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS
Foreign-born population 289 100.0
    Naturalized U.S. citizen 73 25.3
    Not a U.S. citizen 216 74.7
 
YEAR OF ENTRY
Population born outside the United States 411 100.0
 
    Native 122 29.7
        Entered 2000 or later 4 1.0
        Entered before 2000 118 28.7
 
    Foreign born 289 70.3
        Entered 2000 or later 106 25.8
        Entered before 2000 183 44.5
 
WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea 289 100.0
    Europe 85 29.4
    Asia 21 7.3
    Africa 5 1.7
    Oceania 0 0.0
    Latin America 157 54.3
    Northern America 21 7.3
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over 51,502 100.0
    English only 50,902 98.8
    Language other than English 600 1.2
            Speak English less than "very well" 187 0.4
        Spanish 480 0.9
            Speak English less than "very well" 182 0.4
        Other Indo-European languages 94 0.2
            Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
        Asian and Pacific Islander languages 9 0.0
            Speak English less than "very well" 5 0.0
        Other languages 17 0.0
            Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
 
ANCESTRY
Total population 54,920 100.0
    American 10,354 18.9
    Arab 0 0.0
    Czech 74 0.1
    Danish 80 0.1
    Dutch 2,036 3.7
    English 4,022 7.3
    French (except Basque) 849 1.5
    French Canadian 124 0.2
    German 4,363 7.9
    Greek 77 0.1
    Hungarian 15 0.0
    Irish 8,713 15.9
    Italian 923 1.7
    Lithuanian 35 0.1
    Norwegian 69 0.1
    Polish 154 0.3
    Portuguese 91 0.2
    Russian 138 0.3
    Scotch-Irish 1,251 2.3
    Scottish 1,003 1.8
    Slovak 0 0.0
    Subsaharan African 158 0.3
    Swedish 151 0.3
    Swiss 0 0.0
    Ukrainian 0 0.0
    Welsh 223 0.4
    West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) 24 0.0
Developed by ProximityOne; Census Bureau ACS 2009 Estimates

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