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Language Spoken At Home in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 40,375 | 100% |
English only | 39,774 | 98.5% |
Language other than English | 601 | 1.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 194 | 0.5% |
Spanish | 278 | 0.7% |
Speak English less than very well | 105 | 0.3% |
Other Indo-European languages | 229 | 0.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 75 | 0.2% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 94 | 0.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 14 | 0.0% |
Other languages | 0 | 0.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 43,572 | 100% |
American | 2,816 | 6.5% |
Arab | 8 | 0.0% |
Czech | 0 | 0.0% |
Danish | 8 | 0.0% |
Dutch | 229 | 0.5% |
English | 1,607 | 3.7% |
French (except Basque) | 298 | 0.7% |
French Canadian | 59 | 0.1% |
German | 1,583 | 3.6% |
Greek | 0 | 0.0% |
Hungarian | 6 | 0.0% |
Irish | 2,269 | 5.2% |
Italian | 268 | 0.6% |
Lithuanian | 59 | 0.1% |
Norwegian | 17 | 0.0% |
Polish | 42 | 0.1% |
Portuguese | 13 | 0.0% |
Russian | 0 | 0.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 256 | 0.6% |
Scottish | 353 | 0.8% |
Slovak | 12 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 369 | 0.8% |
Swedish | 46 | 0.1% |
Swiss | 7 | 0.0% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.0% |
Welsh | 157 | 0.4% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 8 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 16,181 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 10,056 | 62.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 4,343 | 26.8% |
Married-couple family | 5,397 | 33.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,668 | 10.3% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 864 | 5.3% |
With own children under 18 years | 444 | 2.7% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 3,795 | 23.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,231 | 13.8% |
Nonfamily households | 6,125 | 37.9% |
Householder living alone | 5,707 | 35.3% |
65 years and over | 2,420 | 15.0% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 5,433 | 33.6% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 4,707 | 29.1% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 4 | 0% |
Relationship in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 43,054 | 100% |
Householder | 16,181 | 37.6% |
Spouse | 5,385 | 12.5% |
Child | 14,574 | 33.9% |
Other relatives | 5,479 | 12.7% |
Nonrelatives | 1,435 | 3.3% |
Unmarried partner | 762 | 1.8% |
Marital Status in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 15,256 | 100% |
Never married | 6,233 | 40.9% |
Now married, except separated | 6,229 | 40.8% |
Separated | 540 | 3.5% |
Widowed | 653 | 4.3% |
Divorced | 1,601 | 10.5% |
Females 15 years and over | 18,774 | 100% |
Never married | 6,933 | 36.9% |
Now married, except separated | 5,846 | 31.1% |
Separated | 843 | 4.5% |
Widowed | 2,675 | 14.2% |
Divorced | 2,477 | 13.2% |
Fertility in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 768 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 536 | 69.8% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 73 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 71 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 70 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 134 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 16 | 0% |
Grandparents in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 2,098 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 1,181 | 56.3% |
Less than 1 year | 146 | 7.0% |
1 or 2 years | 434 | 20.7% |
3 or 4 years | 113 | 5.4% |
5 or more years | 488 | 23.3% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 1,181 | 100% |
Who are female | 811 | 68.7% |
Who are married | 643 | 54.4% |
School Enrollment in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 11,865 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 548 | 4.6% |
Kindergarten | 860 | 7.2% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 5,166 | 43.5% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 2,596 | 21.9% |
College or graduate school | 2,695 | 22.7% |
Educational Attainment in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 27,909 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 2,215 | 7.9% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 4,669 | 16.7% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 9,841 | 35.3% |
Some college, no degree | 5,393 | 19.3% |
Associate's degree | 2,068 | 7.4% |
Bachelor's degree | 2,242 | 8.0% |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,481 | 5.3% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 75.3% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 13.3% |
Veteran Status in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 32,000 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 2,987 | 9.3% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 43,348 | 100% |
With a disability | 9,670 | 22.3% |
Under 18 years | 11,534 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,119 | 9.7% |
18 to 64 years | 25,799 | 100% |
With a disability | 5,619 | 21.8% |
65 years and over | 6,015 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,932 | 48.7% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 43,021 | 100% |
Same house | 37,008 | 86.0% |
Different house in the U.S. | 5,929 | 13.8% |
Same county | 4,160 | 9.7% |
Different county | 1,769 | 4.1% |
Same state | 770 | 1.8% |
Different state | 999 | 2.3% |
Abroad | 84 | 0.2% |
Place Of Birth in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 43,572 | 100% |
Native | 43,223 | 99.2% |
Born in United States | 43,117 | 99.0% |
State of residence | 38,136 | 87.5% |
Different state | 4,981 | 11.4% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 106 | 0.2% |
Foreign born | 349 | 0.8% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 349 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 84 | 24.1% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 265 | 75.9% |
Year of Entry in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 455 | 100% |
Native | 106 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 9 | 8.5% |
Entered before 2010 | 97 | 91.5% |
Foreign born | 349 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 27 | 7.7% |
Entered before 2010 | 322 | 92.3% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Selma
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 349 | 100% |
Europe | 87 | 24.9% |
Asia | 123 | 35.2% |
Africa | 3 | 0.9% |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0% |
Latin America | 87 | 24.9% |
Northern America | 49 | 14.0% |