Towns County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Towns county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school1,865100.0
Nursery school, preschool1276.8
Kindergarten502.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)69937.5
High school (grades 9-12)40721.8
College or graduate school58231.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over6,935100.0
Less than 9th grade70910.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma1,02114.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)2,31633.4
Some college, no degree1,28918.6
Associate degree3905.6
Bachelor's degree6559.4
Graduate or professional degree5558.0
Percent high school graduate or higher75.1(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher17.4(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over8,061100.0
Never married1,27015.8
Now married, except separated5,28265.5
Separated640.8
Widowed8029.9
Female
6428.0
Divorced6438.0
Female
3684.6
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years108100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren5752.8
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over7,812100.0
Civilian veterans1,36017.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years1,718100.0
With a disability1277.4
Population 21 to 64 years4,769100.0
With a disability1,10223.1
Percent employed
50.0(X)
No disability3,66776.9
Percent employed
68.6(X)
Population 65 years and over2,301100.0
With a disability87838.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over8,897100.0
Same house in 19954,98956.1
Different house in the U.S. in 19953,82943.0
Same county
1,12712.7
Different county
2,70230.4
Same state
1,43316.1
Different state
1,26914.3
Elsewhere in 1995790.9
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population9,319100.0
Native9,07097.3
Born in United States
9,03096.9
State of residence
5,02453.9
Different state
4,00643.0
Born outside United States
400.4
Foreign born2492.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1131.2
Naturalized citizen
1211.3
Not a citizen
1281.4
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)249100.0
Europe10040.2
Asia5522.1
Africa00.0
Oceania00.0
Latin America8935.7
Northern America52.0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over8,897100.0
English only8,53495.9
Language other than English3634.1
Speak English less than 'very well
1401.6
Spanish
2012.3
Speak English less than "very well"
1061.2
Other Indo-European languages
1281.4
Speak English less than "very well"
170.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages
320.4
Speak English less than "very well"
170.2
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population9,319100.0

Total ancestries reported

7,72982.9
Arab00.0
Czech1290.3
Danish270.3
Dutch1021.1
English1,21413.0
French (except Basque)11691.8
French Canadian1350.4
German9079.7
Greek150.2
Hungarian130.1
Irish11,06011.4
Italian1501.6
Lithuanian60.1
Norwegian690.7
Polish820.9
Portuguese100.1
Russian150.2
Scotch-Irish2953.2
Scottish2612.8
Slovak20.0
Subsaharan African00.0
Swedish840.9
Swiss590.6
Ukrainian00.0
United States or American2,07722.3
Welsh620.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)00.0
Other ancestries98610.6
(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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