Effingham County, GA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Effingham county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,636	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	954	9.0
Kindergarten	692	6.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,283	49.7
High school (grades 9-12)	2,523	23.7
College or graduate school	1,184	11.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	23,129	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,348	5.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,543	15.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,351	40.4
Some college, no degree	4,549	19.7
Associate degree	1,181	5.1
Bachelor's degree	2,143	9.3
Graduate or professional degree	1,014	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	28,223	100.0
Never married	5,547	19.7
Now married, except separated	17,765	62.9
Separated	480	1.7
Widowed	1,566	5.5
Female	1,333	4.7
Divorced	2,865	10.2
Female	1,515	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	797	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	422	52.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	26,219	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,334	16.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,910	100.0
With a disability	783	7.9

Population 21 to 64 years	21,551	100.0
With a disability	3,917	18.2
Percent employed	54.4	(X)
No disability	17,634	81.8
Percent employed	77.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,926	100.0
With a disability	1,495	51.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	34,701	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,572	53.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,838	45.6
Same county	5,717	16.5
Different county	10,121	29.2
Same state	6,323	18.2
Different state	3,798	10.9
Elsewhere in 1995	291	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	37,535	100.0
Native	37,033	98.7
Born in United States	36,647	97.6
State of residence	26,607	70.9
Different state	10,040	26.7
Born outside United States	386	1.0
Foreign born	502	1.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	143	0.4
Naturalized citizen	270	0.7
Not a citizen	232	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	502	100.0
Europe	143	28.5
Asia	252	50.2
Africa	7	1.4
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	100	19.9
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	34,701	100.0
English only	33,722	97.2
Language other than English	979	2.8
Speak English less than 'very well	436	1.3
Spanish	460	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	199	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	308	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	137	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	211	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	100	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	37,535	100.0
Total ancestries reported	30,480	81.2
Arab	25	0.1
Czech¹	88	0.2
Danish	25	0.1
Dutch	429	1.1
English	2,962	7.9
French (except Basque)¹	769	2.0
French Canadian¹	152	0.4
German	4,276	11.4
Greek	115	0.3
Hungarian	64	0.2
Irish¹	3,563	9.5
Italian	876	2.3
Lithuanian	17	0.0
Norwegian	230	0.6
Polish	327	0.9
Portuguese	38	0.1
Russian	20	0.1
Scotch-Irish	611	1.6
Scottish	683	1.8
Slovak	19	0.1
Subsaharan African	156	0.4
Swedish	196	0.5
Swiss	35	0.1
Ukrainian	22	0.1
United States or American	7,453	19.9
Welsh	195	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	73	0.2
Other ancestries	7,061	18.8

(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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