Oglethorpe County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Oglethorpe county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,078	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	241	7.8
Kindergarten	114	3.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,584	51.5
High school (grades 9-12)	698	22.7
College or graduate school	441	14.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,436	100.0
Less than 9th grade	809	9.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,546	18.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,158	37.4
Some college, no degree	1,297	15.4
Associate degree	308	3.7
Bachelor's degree	850	10.1
Graduate or professional degree	468	5.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	9,953	100.0
Never married	2,073	20.8
Now married, except separated	5,857	58.8
Separated	224	2.3
Widowed	725	7.3
Female	577	5.8
Divorced	1,074	10.8
Female	640	6.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	395	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	194	49.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	9,417	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,133	12.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,802	100.0
With a disability	315	11.2

Population 21 to 64 years	7,417	100.0
With a disability	1,894	25.5
Percent employed	58.9	(X)
No disability	5,523	74.5
Percent employed	77.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,517	100.0
With a disability	780	51.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	11,789	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,814	66.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,877	32.9
Same county	1,307	11.1
Different county	2,570	21.8
Same state	2,103	17.8
Different state	467	4.0
Elsewhere in 1995	98	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	12,635	100.0
Native	12,528	99.2
Born in United States	12,467	98.7
State of residence	10,024	79.3
Different state	2,443	19.3
Born outside United States	61	0.5
Foreign born	107	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	47	0.4
Naturalized citizen	53	0.4
Not a citizen	54	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	107	100.0
Europe	41	38.3
Asia	11	10.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	53	49.5
Northern America	2	1.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	11,789	100.0
English only	11,510	97.6
Language other than English	279	2.4
Speak English less than 'very well	100	0.8
Spanish	167	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	70	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	80	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	11	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	23	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	11	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	12,635	100.0
Total ancestries reported	9,348	74.0
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	3	0.0
Danish	6	0.0
Dutch	28	0.2
English	1,164	9.2
French (except Basque)¹	127	1.0
French Canadian¹	5	0.0
German	627	5.0
Greek	17	0.1
Hungarian	42	0.3
Irish¹	967	7.7
Italian	139	1.1
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	29	0.2
Polish	157	1.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	297	2.4
Scottish	214	1.7
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	109	0.9
Swedish	21	0.2
Swiss	36	0.3
Ukrainian	3	0.0
United States or American	2,800	22.2
Welsh	74	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,483	19.7

(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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