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35023 Social
Zip Code: 35023
State: Alabama
City Name: Bessemer
County: Jefferson
State Zip Codes: Alabama Zip Codes
State Geography: Alabama Geography


35023 Overview 35023 Demographic 35023 Economic 35023 Housing 35023 Social
Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 5,431 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 272 5.0
Kindergarten 342 6.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 2,536 46.7
High school (grades 9-12) 1,328 24.5
College or graduate school 953 17.5
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 17,574 100.0
Less than 9th grade 1,026 5.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 3,008 17.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 6,931 39.4
Some college, no degree 3,827 21.8
Associate degree 796 4.5
Bachelor's degree 1,440 8.2
Graduate or professional degree 546 3.1
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 77.0 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 11.3 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 20,655 100.0
Never married 4,643 22.5
Now married, except separated 11,702 56.7
Separated 314 1.5
Widowed 1,730 8.4
  Female 1,525 7.4
Divorced 2,266 11.0
  Female 1,092 5.3
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 660 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 325 49.2
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 19,689 100.0
Civilian veterans 2,426 12.3
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 4,982 100.0
With a disability 430 8.6
     
Population 21 to 64 years 13,423 100.0
With a disability 2,572 19.2
  Percent employed 56.5 (X)
No disability 10,851 80.8
  Percent employed 79.1 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 3,579 100.0
With a disability 1,691 47.2
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 23,674 100.0
Same house in 1995 16,217 68.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 7,367 31.1
  Same county 5,877 24.8
  Different county 1,490 6.3
    Same state 848 3.6
    Different state 642 2.7
Elsewhere in 1995 90 0.4
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 24,969 100.0
Native 24,864 99.6
  Born in United States 24,795 99.3
    State of residence 21,632 86.6
    Different state 3,163 12.7
  Born outside United States 69 0.3
Foreign born 105 0.4
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 46 0.2
  Naturalized citizen 49 0.2
  Not a citizen 56 0.2
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 105 100.0
Europe 47 44.8
Asia 20 19.0
Africa 5 4.8
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 24 22.9
Northern America 9 8.6
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 23,674 100.0
English only 23,177 97.9
Language other than English 497 2.1
    Speak English less than "very well" 112 0.5
Spanish 308 1.3
    Speak English less than "very well" 78 0.3
Other Indo-European languages 119 0.5
    Speak English less than "very well" 20 0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages 6 0.0
    Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 24,969 100.0
Total ancestries reported 17,561 70.3
Arab 44 0.2
Czech1 30 0.1
Danish 22 0.1
Dutch 307 1.2
English 2,315 9.3
French (except Basque)1 184 0.7
French Canadian1 21 0.1
German 1,070 4.3
Greek 45 0.2
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 1,894 7.6
Italian 406 1.6
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 41 0.2
Polish 162 0.6
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 9 0.0
Scotch-Irish 435 1.7
Scottish 309 1.2
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 156 0.6
Swedish 8 0.0
Swiss 10 0.0
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 4,807 19.3
Welsh 61 0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 5,225 20.9


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