Colquitt County, GA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Colquitt county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,489	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	908	8.7
Kindergarten	625	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,135	49.0
High school (grades 9-12)	2,662	25.4
College or graduate school	1,159	11.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	26,127	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,857	14.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,313	20.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,344	35.8
Some college, no degree	3,828	14.7
Associate degree	806	3.1
Bachelor's degree	1,959	7.5
Graduate or professional degree	1,020	3.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	64.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	32,531	100.0
Never married	7,845	24.1
Now married, except separated	17,872	54.9
Separated	992	3.0
Widowed	2,786	8.6
Female	2,334	7.2
Divorced	3,036	9.3
Female	1,670	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,053	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	713	67.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	30,046	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,529	11.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,244	100.0
With a disability	847	8.3

Population 21 to 64 years	22,371	100.0
With a disability	6,028	26.9
Percent employed	52.0	(X)
No disability	16,343	73.1
Percent employed	75.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,205	100.0
With a disability	2,788	53.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	38,890	100.0
Same house in 1995	21,181	54.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,663	42.8
Same county	10,056	25.9
Different county	6,607	17.0
Same state	3,760	9.7
Different state	2,847	7.3
Elsewhere in 1995	1,046	2.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	42,053	100.0
Native	39,315	93.5
Born in United States	39,176	93.2
State of residence	32,259	76.7
Different state	6,917	16.4
Born outside United States	139	0.3
Foreign born	2,738	6.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	2,078	4.9
Naturalized citizen	291	0.7
Not a citizen	2,447	5.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,738	100.0
Europe	71	2.6
Asia	30	1.1
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	1	0.0
Latin America	2,636	96.3
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	38,890	100.0
English only	34,675	89.2
Language other than English	4,215	10.8
Speak English less than 'very well	2,531	6.5
Spanish	3,996	10.3
Speak English less than "very well"	2,444	6.3
Other Indo-European languages	171	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	53	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	34	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	24	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	42,053	100.0
Total ancestries reported	29,959	71.2
Arab	30	0.1
Czech¹	2	0.0
Danish	7	0.0
Dutch	288	0.7
English	2,248	5.3
French (except Basque)¹	275	0.7
French Canadian¹	77	0.2
German	1,077	2.6
Greek	15	0.0
Hungarian	21	0.0
Irish¹	2,247	5.3
Italian	309	0.7
Lithuanian	13	0.0
Norwegian	41	0.1
Polish	45	0.1
Portuguese	20	0.0
Russian	54	0.1
Scotch-Irish	427	1.0
Scottish	423	1.0
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	374	0.9
Swedish	17	0.0
Swiss	4	0.0
Ukrainian	7	0.0
United States or American	9,059	21.5
Welsh	38	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	13	0.0
Other ancestries	12,828	30.5

(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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