Alabama
Detail from USA Census 2000

	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	4,332,380	*****	*****
Native	4,235,509	4,198,463	4,272,555
Born in United States	4,206,192	4,167,508	4,244,876
State of residence	3,209,394	3,116,971	3,301,817
Different state	996,798	936,933	1,056,663
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)	29,317	22,946	35,688
Foreign born	96,871	59,825	133,917
Naturalized citizen	37,968	27,078	48,858
Not a citizen	58,903	27,320	90,486
Entered 1990 to 2000	53,068	20,193	85,943
Entered before 1990	43,803	34,934	52,672
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	96,871	59,825	133,917
Europe	17,620	5,336	29,904
Asia	29,642	22,199	37,085
Africa	3,968	491	7,445
Oceania	1,854	239	3,469
Latin America	37,981	7,837	68,125
Northern America	5,806	2,940	8,672
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	4,034,860	4,021,294	4,048,426
English only	3,904,574	3,865,962	3,943,186
Language other than English	130,286	94,927	165,646
Speak English less than "very well"	55,385	23,819	86,951
Spanish	74,026	40,036	108,016
Speak English less than "very well"	36,525	6,236	66,814
Other Indo-European languages	26,576	19,511	33,641
Speak English less than "very well"	6,831	4,069	9,593
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	19,375	13,343	25,407
Speak English less than "very well"	10,646	6,245	15,047
Other languages	10,309	2,932	17,686
Speak English less than "very well"	1,383	263	2,503
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	4,332,380	*****	*****
Arab	19,860	2,273	37,447
Czech	4,038	1,797	6,279
Danish	2,138	915	3,361
Dutch	61,839	52,992	70,686
English	494,347	458,181	530,513
French (except Basque)	86,424	72,493	100,355
French Canadian	11,161	5,861	16,461
German	356,054	300,670	411,438
Greek	3,859	1,848	5,870
Hungarian	4,239	1,805	6,673
Irish	460,296	430,891	489,701
Italian	51,065	40,856	61,274
Lithuanian	846	108	1,584
Norwegian	11,872	7,801	15,943
Polish	20,930	15,134	26,726
Portuguese	766	0	2,089
Russian	5,736	3,152	8,320
Scotch-Irish	107,982	95,835	120,129
Scottish	79,534	69,307	89,761
Slovak	2,103	839	3,367
Subsaharan African	45,075	32,075	58,075
Swedish	13,815	10,327	17,303
Swiss	4,250	1,856	6,644
Ukrainian	1,499	502	2,496
United States or American	691,991	648,723	735,259
Welsh	10,373	7,550	13,196
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	5,329	2,615	8,043

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds. School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from the 2000 Census and 2000 Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories. 1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate. 2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate. 3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate. 4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution. 5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution. 6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate. 7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate. 8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.