Douglas County, GA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Douglas county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	25,409	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,079	8.2
Kindergarten	1,439	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	12,253	48.2
High school (grades 9-12)	5,467	21.5
College or graduate school	4,171	16.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	58,687	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,242	5.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,824	13.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	20,316	34.6
Some college, no degree	12,939	22.0
Associate degree	3,081	5.2
Bachelor's degree	7,891	13.4
Graduate or professional degree	3,394	5.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	70,874	100.0
Never married	16,234	22.9
Now married, except separated	41,897	59.1
Separated	1,258	1.8
Widowed	3,363	4.7
Female	2,747	3.9
Divorced	8,122	11.5
Female	4,484	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	2,126	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	858	40.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	66,644	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,620	14.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	22,183	100.0
With a disability	2,064	9.3

Population 21 to 64 years	55,651	100.0
With a disability	10,110	18.2
Percent employed	60.3	(X)
No disability	45,541	81.8
Percent employed	80.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,700	100.0
With a disability	3,388	50.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	85,459	100.0
Same house in 1995	43,545	51.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	40,692	47.6
Same county	16,262	19.0
Different county	24,430	28.6
Same state	15,648	18.3
Different state	8,782	10.3
Elsewhere in 1995	1,222	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	92,174	100.0
Native	88,624	96.1
Born in United States	87,925	95.4
State of residence	54,917	59.6
Different state	33,008	35.8
Born outside United States	699	0.8
Foreign born	3,550	3.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,762	1.9
Naturalized citizen	1,348	1.5
Not a citizen	2,202	2.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	3,550	100.0
Europe	804	22.6
Asia	757	21.3
Africa	360	10.1
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	1,535	43.2
Northern America	94	2.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	85,459	100.0
English only	80,181	93.8
Language other than English	5,278	6.2
Speak English less than 'very well	2,042	2.4
Spanish	2,839	3.3
Speak English less than "very well"	1,287	1.5
Other Indo-European languages	1,606	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	554	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	475	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	180	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	92,174	100.0
Total ancestries reported	80,498	87.3
Arab	170	0.2
Czech¹	199	0.2
Danish	157	0.2
Dutch	1,116	1.2
English	8,467	9.2
French (except Basque)¹	1,374	1.5
French Canadian¹	301	0.3
German	7,592	8.2
Greek	193	0.2
Hungarian	199	0.2
Irish¹	9,822	10.7
Italian	1,880	2.0
Lithuanian	54	0.1
Norwegian	338	0.4
Polish	684	0.7
Portuguese	91	0.1
Russian	199	0.2
Scotch-Irish	1,569	1.7
Scottish	1,566	1.7
Slovak	21	0.0
Subsaharan African	1,097	1.2
Swedish	428	0.5
Swiss	78	0.1
Ukrainian	259	0.3
United States or American	16,889	18.3
Welsh	396	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	418	0.5
Other ancestries	24,941	27.1

(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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