Columbia County, GA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Columbia county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	26,407	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,182	8.3
Kindergarten	1,395	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	12,749	48.3
High school (grades 9-12)	6,098	23.1
College or graduate school	3,983	15.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	56,562	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,203	3.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,657	8.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,576	25.8
Some college, no degree	12,389	21.9
Associate degree	4,665	8.2
Bachelor's degree	11,292	20.0
Graduate or professional degree	6,780	12.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	32.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	67,577	100.0
Never married	13,566	20.1
Now married, except separated	44,332	65.6
Separated	797	1.2
Widowed	3,019	4.5
Female	2,468	3.7
Divorced	5,863	8.7
Female	3,347	5.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,550	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	825	53.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	61,816	100.0
Civilian veterans	11,341	18.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	23,479	100.0
With a disability	1,628	6.9

Population 21 to 64 years	51,267	100.0
With a disability	7,968	15.5
Percent employed	64.1	(X)
No disability	43,299	84.5
Percent employed	79.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,943	100.0
With a disability	3,183	45.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	83,135	100.0
Same house in 1995	44,323	53.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	36,978	44.5
Same county	12,593	15.1
Different county	24,385	29.3
Same state	11,997	14.4
Different state	12,388	14.9
Elsewhere in 1995	1,834	2.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	89,288	100.0
Native	84,984	95.2
Born in United States	82,322	92.2
State of residence	44,431	49.8
Different state	37,891	42.4
Born outside United States	2,662	3.0
Foreign born	4,304	4.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,176	1.3
Naturalized citizen	2,632	2.9
Not a citizen	1,672	1.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	4,304	100.0
Europe	1,221	28.4
Asia	2,084	48.4
Africa	153	3.6
Oceania	7	0.2
Latin America	638	14.8
Northern America	201	4.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	83,135	100.0
English only	76,346	91.8
Language other than English	6,789	8.2
Speak English less than 'very well	1,984	2.4
Spanish	2,281	2.7
Speak English less than "very well"	813	1.0
Other Indo-European languages	2,477	3.0
Speak English less than "very well"	483	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	1,848	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	665	0.8

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	89,288	100.0
Total ancestries reported	83,231	93.2
Arab	182	0.2
Czech¹	258	0.3
Danish	163	0.2
Dutch	1,042	1.2
English	9,373	10.5
French (except Basque)¹	2,480	2.8
French Canadian¹	401	0.4
German	10,516	11.8
Greek	117	0.1
Hungarian	289	0.3
Irish¹	10,141	11.4
Italian	2,927	3.3
Lithuanian	135	0.2
Norwegian	641	0.7
Polish	1,655	1.9
Portuguese	126	0.1
Russian	303	0.3
Scotch-Irish	2,066	2.3
Scottish	1,730	1.9
Slovak	139	0.2
Subsaharan African	456	0.5
Swedish	523	0.6
Swiss	234	0.3
Ukrainian	160	0.2
United States or American	14,759	16.5
Welsh	504	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	162	0.2
Other ancestries	21,749	24.4

(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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