Lamar County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lamar county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,354	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	379	8.7
Kindergarten	237	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,834	42.1
High school (grades 9-12)	753	17.3
College or graduate school	1,151	26.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,227	100.0
Less than 9th grade	952	9.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,979	19.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,789	37.0
Some college, no degree	1,912	18.7
Associate degree	444	4.3
Bachelor's degree	690	6.7
Graduate or professional degree	461	4.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	71.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	12,587	100.0
Never married	3,265	25.9
Now married, except separated	6,578	52.3
Separated	261	2.1
Widowed	1,017	8.1
Female	785	6.2
Divorced	1,466	11.6
Female	799	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	459	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	258	56.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,002	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,773	14.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,982	100.0
With a disability	421	10.6

Population 21 to 64 years	8,807	100.0
With a disability	2,150	24.4
Percent employed	52.5	(X)
No disability	6,657	75.6
Percent employed	77.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,858	100.0
With a disability	814	43.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	14,932	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,563	57.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,206	41.6
Same county	2,468	16.5
Different county	3,738	25.0
Same state	2,911	19.5
Different state	827	5.5
Elsewhere in 1995	163	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	15,912	100.0
Native	15,748	99.0
Born in United States	15,659	98.4
State of residence	12,784	80.3
Different state	2,875	18.1
Born outside United States	89	0.6
Foreign born	164	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	84	0.5
Naturalized citizen	72	0.5
Not a citizen	92	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	164	100.0
Europe	15	9.1
Asia	25	15.2
Africa	19	11.6
Oceania	6	3.7
Latin America	99	60.4
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	14,932	100.0
English only	14,508	97.2
Language other than English	424	2.8
Speak English less than 'very well	160	1.1
Spanish	263	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	107	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	132	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	39	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	15	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	7	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	15,912	100.0
Total ancestries reported	12,545	78.8
Arab	14	0.1
Czech¹	6	0.0
Danish	29	0.2
Dutch	123	0.8
English	855	5.4
French (except Basque)¹	242	1.5
French Canadian¹	42	0.3
German	869	5.5
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	14	0.1
Irish¹	1,095	6.9
Italian	149	0.9
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	34	0.2
Polish	43	0.3
Portuguese	32	0.2
Russian	36	0.2
Scotch-Irish	261	1.6
Scottish	293	1.8
Slovak	4	0.0
Subsaharan African	214	1.3
Swedish	46	0.3
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,215	20.2
Welsh	49	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	17	0.1
Other ancestries	4,863	30.6

(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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