Walker County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Walker county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	13,598	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	909	6.7
Kindergarten	703	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,058	51.9
High school (grades 9-12)	3,245	23.9
College or graduate school	1,683	12.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	40,837	100.0
Less than 9th grade	5,016	12.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	8,524	20.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,299	35.0
Some college, no degree	7,239	17.7
Associate degree	1,607	3.9
Bachelor's degree	2,768	6.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,384	3.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	66.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	48,578	100.0
Never married	8,637	17.8
Now married, except separated	29,345	60.4
Separated	772	1.6
Widowed	4,241	8.7
Female	3,597	7.4
Divorced	5,583	11.5
Female	3,087	6.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,534	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	718	46.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	45,987	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,011	13.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,267	100.0
With a disability	1,392	10.5

Population 21 to 64 years	34,773	100.0
With a disability	8,852	25.5
Percent employed	53.6	(X)
No disability	25,921	74.5
Percent employed	78.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,057	100.0
With a disability	4,164	51.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	57,134	100.0
Same house in 1995	35,200	61.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	21,604	37.8
Same county	11,395	19.9
Different county	10,209	17.9
Same state	4,606	8.1
Different state	5,603	9.8
Elsewhere in 1995	330	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	61,053	100.0
Native	60,454	99.0
Born in United States	60,158	98.5
State of residence	31,378	51.4
Different state	28,780	47.1
Born outside United States	296	0.5
Foreign born	599	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	269	0.4
Naturalized citizen	217	0.4
Not a citizen	382	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	599	100.0
Europe	125	20.9
Asia	228	38.1
Africa	16	2.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	195	32.6
Northern America	35	5.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	57,134	100.0
English only	55,279	96.8
Language other than English	1,855	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	745	1.3
Spanish	1,067	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	434	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	588	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	205	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	169	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	106	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	61,053	100.0
Total ancestries reported	45,621	74.7
Arab	8	0.0
Czech¹	23	0.0
Danish	28	0.0
Dutch	1,101	1.8
English	5,392	8.8
French (except Basque)¹	682	1.1
French Canadian¹	111	0.2
German	4,174	6.8
Greek	35	0.1
Hungarian	35	0.1
Irish¹	6,502	10.6
Italian	513	0.8
Lithuanian	3	0.0
Norwegian	129	0.2
Polish	272	0.4
Portuguese	42	0.1
Russian	65	0.1
Scotch-Irish	971	1.6
Scottish	1,123	1.8
Slovak	7	0.0
Subsaharan African	107	0.2
Swedish	237	0.4
Swiss	95	0.2
Ukrainian	26	0.0
United States or American	14,219	23.3
Welsh	247	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	7	0.0
Other ancestries	9,467	15.5

(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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