Whitfield County, GA Social Statistics
Updated September 25, 2021 |
Infoplease Staff
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Whitfield county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics
NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. |
| Number | Percent |
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT | ||
---|---|---|
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 19,439 | 100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool | 1,331 | 6.8 |
Kindergarten | 1,437 | 7.4 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 10,262 | 52.8 |
High school (grades 9-12) | 4,402 | 22.6 |
College or graduate school | 2,007 | 10.3 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||
Population 25 years and over | 52,570 | 100.0 |
Less than 9th grade | 9,569 | 18.2 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 9,887 | 18.8 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 15,259 | 29.0 |
Some college, no degree | 9,063 | 17.2 |
Associate degree | 2,044 | 3.9 |
Bachelor's degree | 4,190 | 8.0 |
Graduate or professional degree | 2,558 | 4.9 |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 63.0 | (X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 12.8 | (X) |
MARITAL STATUS | ||
Population 15 years and over | 64,317 | 100.0 |
Never married | 13,322 | 20.7 |
Now married, except separated | 38,940 | 60.5 |
Separated | 1,258 | 2.0 |
Widowed | 4,101 | 6.4 |
Female | 3,437 | 5.3 |
Divorced | 6,696 | 10.4 |
Female | 3,759 | 5.8 |
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS | ||
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years | 2,264 | 100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren | 858 | 37.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||
Civilian population 18 years and over | 60,835 | 100.0 |
Civilian veterans | 6,381 | 10.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION | ||
Population 5 to 20 years | 19,430 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 1,724 | 8.9 |
Population 21 to 64 years | 48,660 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 11,303 | 23.2 |
Percent employed | 57.6 | (X) |
No disability | 37,357 | 76.8 |
Percent employed | 77.5 | (X) |
Population 65 years and over | 8,324 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 3,778 | 45.4 |
RESIDENCE IN 1995 | ||
Population 5 years and over | 76,966 | 100.0 |
Same house in 1995 | 40,309 | 52.4 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 | 31,953 | 41.5 |
Same county | 19,469 | 25.3 |
Different county | 12,484 | 16.2 |
Same state | 5,148 | 6.7 |
Different state | 7,336 | 9.5 |
Elsewhere in 1995 | 4,704 | 6.1 |
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH | ||
Total population | 83,525 | 100.0 |
Native | 69,630 | 83.4 |
Born in United States | 69,070 | 82.7 |
State of residence | 47,042 | 56.3 |
Different state | 22,028 | 26.4 |
Born outside United States | 560 | 0.7 |
Foreign born | 13,895 | 16.6 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 | 9,384 | 11.2 |
Naturalized citizen | 2,103 | 2.5 |
Not a citizen | 11,792 | 14.1 |
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN | ||
Total (excluding born at sea) | 13,895 | 100.0 |
Europe | 253 | 1.8 |
Asia | 839 | 6.0 |
Africa | 84 | 0.6 |
Oceania | 20 | 0.1 |
Latin America | 12,644 | 91.0 |
Northern America | 55 | 0.4 |
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME | ||
Population 5 years and over | 76,966 | 100.0 |
English only | 59,886 | 77.8 |
Language other than English | 17,080 | 22.2 |
Speak English less than 'very well | 11,477 | 14.9 |
Spanish | 15,746 | 20.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 10,980 | 14.3 |
Other Indo-European languages | 824 | 1.1 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 243 | 0.3 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages | 384 | 0.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 237 | 0.3 |
ANCESTRY (single or multiple) | ||
Total population | 83,525 | 100.0 |
Total ancestries reported | 66,322 | 79.4 |
Arab | 143 | 0.2 |
Czech1 | 137 | 0.2 |
Danish | 66 | 0.1 |
Dutch | 866 | 1.0 |
English | 5,775 | 6.9 |
French (except Basque)1 | 935 | 1.1 |
French Canadian1 | 165 | 0.2 |
German | 4,161 | 5.0 |
Greek | 108 | 0.1 |
Hungarian | 83 | 0.1 |
Irish1 | 6,364 | 7.6 |
Italian | 699 | 0.8 |
Lithuanian | 0 | 0.0 |
Norwegian | 186 | 0.2 |
Polish | 214 | 0.3 |
Portuguese | 10 | 0.0 |
Russian | 81 | 0.1 |
Scotch-Irish | 1,269 | 1.5 |
Scottish | 1,110 | 1.3 |
Slovak | 29 | 0.0 |
Subsaharan African | 142 | 0.2 |
Swedish | 203 | 0.2 |
Swiss | 38 | 0.0 |
Ukrainian | 29 | 0.0 |
United States or American | 17,531 | 21.0 |
Welsh | 204 | 0.2 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) | 89 | 0.1 |
Other ancestries | 25,685 | 30.8 |
(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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