Oconee County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Oconee county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,782	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	703	9.0
Kindergarten	404	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,847	49.4
High school (grades 9-12)	1,783	22.9
College or graduate school	1,045	13.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	16,470	100.0
Less than 9th grade	742	4.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,450	8.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,850	23.4
Some college, no degree	3,069	18.6
Associate degree	806	4.9
Bachelor's degree	3,739	22.7
Graduate or professional degree	2,814	17.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	39.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	19,621	100.0
Never married	3,932	20.0
Now married, except separated	12,986	66.2
Separated	251	1.3
Widowed	964	4.9
Female	806	4.1
Divorced	1,488	7.6
Female	886	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	410	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	186	45.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	18,242	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,316	12.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,067	100.0
With a disability	589	8.3

Population 21 to 64 years	15,021	100.0
With a disability	1,909	12.7
Percent employed	64.7	(X)
No disability	13,112	87.3
Percent employed	81.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,165	100.0
With a disability	1,109	51.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	24,392	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,522	51.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	11,498	47.1
Same county	3,032	12.4
Different county	8,466	34.7
Same state	5,510	22.6
Different state	2,956	12.1
Elsewhere in 1995	372	1.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	26,225	100.0
Native	25,066	95.6
Born in United States	24,808	94.6
State of residence	16,138	61.5
Different state	8,670	33.1
Born outside United States	258	1.0
Foreign born	1,159	4.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	583	2.2
Naturalized citizen	439	1.7
Not a citizen	720	2.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,159	100.0
Europe	225	19.4
Asia	279	24.1
Africa	28	2.4
Oceania	6	0.5
Latin America	515	44.4
Northern America	106	9.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	24,392	100.0
English only	22,833	93.6
Language other than English	1,559	6.4
Speak English less than 'very well	696	2.9
Spanish	854	3.5
Speak English less than "very well"	436	1.8
Other Indo-European languages	446	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	158	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	240	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	102	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	26,225	100.0
Total ancestries reported	22,892	87.3
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	55	0.2
Danish	18	0.1
Dutch	278	1.1
English	3,524	13.4
French (except Basque)¹	733	2.8
French Canadian¹	124	0.5
German	2,682	10.2
Greek	79	0.3
Hungarian	75	0.3
Irish¹	2,993	11.4
Italian	817	3.1
Lithuanian	33	0.1
Norwegian	134	0.5
Polish	250	1.0
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	67	0.3
Scotch-Irish	710	2.7
Scottish	722	2.8
Slovak	33	0.1
Subsaharan African	106	0.4
Swedish	160	0.6
Swiss	94	0.4
Ukrainian	44	0.2
United States or American	4,084	15.6
Welsh	234	0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	17	0.1
Other ancestries	4,826	18.4

(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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