Valdosta, GA Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school15,705100.0
Nursery school, preschool1,2397.9
Kindergarten7514.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)5,15632.8
High school (grades 9-12)2,47715.8
College or graduate school6,08238.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over24,244100.0
Less than 9th grade1,8597.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma4,02116.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)6,31326.0
Some college, no degree4,87820.1
Associate degree1,1434.7
Bachelor's degree3,70615.3
Graduate or professional degree2,3249.6
Percent high school graduate or higher75.7(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher24.9(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over34,074100.0
Never married13,28939.0
Now married, except separated13,32839.1
Separated1,1163.3
Widowed2,6337.7
Female
2,1636.3
Divorced3,70810.9
Female
2,1456.3
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,126100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren59052.4
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over31,472100.0
Civilian veterans4,20413.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years11,445100.0
With a disability8797.7
Population 21 to 64 years23,380100.0
With a disability4,90221.0
Percent employed
51.5(X)
No disability18,47879.0
Percent employed
74.3(X)
Population 65 years and over4,281100.0
With a disability2,08648.7
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over40,439100.0
Same house in 199518,18645.0
Different house in the U.S. in 199521,40352.9
Same county
10,95227.1
Different county
10,45125.8
Same state
5,88314.5
Different state
4,56811.3
Elsewhere in 19958502.1
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population43,823100.0
Native42,81597.7
Born in United States
42,23696.4
State of residence
29,39467.1
Different state
12,84229.3
Born outside United States
5791.3
Foreign born1,0082.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000
4070.9
Naturalized citizen
4120.9
Not a citizen
5961.4
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,008100.0
Europe24324.1
Asia21521.3
Africa60.6
Oceania40.4
Latin America51751.3
Northern America232.3
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over40,439100.0
English only38,73595.8
Language other than English1,7044.2
Speak English less than 'very well
7231.8
Spanish
1,0832.7
Speak English less than "very well"
5201.3
Other Indo-European languages
3971.0
Speak English less than "very well"
940.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages
2000.5
Speak English less than "very well"
1090.3
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population43,823100.0

Total ancestries reported

39,76590.7
Arab1140.3
Czech1370.1
Danish120.0
Dutch3000.7
English3,5238.0
French (except Basque)17181.6
French Canadian1620.1
German2,4435.6
Greek1440.3
Hungarian800.2
Irish12,6366.0
Italian8531.9
Lithuanian150.0
Norwegian1790.4
Polish2810.6
Portuguese330.1
Russian770.2
Scotch-Irish9252.1
Scottish8211.9
Slovak320.1
Subsaharan African8181.9
Swedish1320.3
Swiss430.1
Ukrainian410.1
United States or American3,3387.6
Welsh1230.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)720.2
Other ancestries21,91350.0
(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. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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