Putnam County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Putnam county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,207	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	326	7.7
Kindergarten	325	7.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,004	47.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,003	23.8
College or graduate school	549	13.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,931	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,027	7.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,147	16.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,241	40.5
Some college, no degree	2,084	16.1
Associate degree	570	4.4
Bachelor's degree	1,107	8.6
Graduate or professional degree	755	5.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	15,169	100.0
Never married	3,281	21.6
Now married, except separated	8,913	58.8
Separated	255	1.7
Widowed	1,069	7.0
Female	891	5.9
Divorced	1,651	10.9
Female	875	5.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	394	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	179	45.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	14,446	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,493	17.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,842	100.0
With a disability	314	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	10,879	100.0
With a disability	2,522	23.2
Percent employed	51.0	(X)
No disability	8,357	76.8
Percent employed	72.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,650	100.0
With a disability	1,272	48.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,632	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,258	58.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,090	40.2
Same county	2,752	15.6
Different county	4,338	24.6
Same state	3,511	19.9
Different state	827	4.7
Elsewhere in 1995	284	1.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	18,812	100.0
Native	18,343	97.5
Born in United States	18,302	97.3
State of residence	14,820	78.8
Different state	3,482	18.5
Born outside United States	41	0.2
Foreign born	469	2.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	291	1.5
Naturalized citizen	117	0.6
Not a citizen	352	1.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	469	100.0
Europe	86	18.3
Asia	36	7.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	336	71.6
Northern America	11	2.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,632	100.0
English only	16,797	95.3
Language other than English	835	4.7
Speak English less than 'very well	456	2.6
Spanish	623	3.5
Speak English less than "very well"	382	2.2
Other Indo-European languages	141	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	55	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	58	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	19	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	18,812	100.0
Total ancestries reported	14,433	76.7
Arab	69	0.4
Czech¹	14	0.1
Danish	48	0.3
Dutch	200	1.1
English	1,885	10.0
French (except Basque)¹	205	1.1
French Canadian¹	45	0.2
German	946	5.0
Greek	71	0.4
Hungarian	23	0.1
Irish¹	1,444	7.7
Italian	193	1.0
Lithuanian	25	0.1
Norwegian	38	0.2
Polish	106	0.6
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	7	0.0
Scotch-Irish	297	1.6
Scottish	219	1.2
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	16	0.1
Swedish	84	0.4
Swiss	19	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,938	15.6
Welsh	35	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	5,506	29.3

(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

Atlas Tools Menu

Encyclopedia Tools Menu

Putnam county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

More census articles:

Trending