Thomas County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Thomas county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,646	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	916	7.9
Kindergarten	621	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,711	49.0
High school (grades 9-12)	2,752	23.6
College or graduate school	1,646	14.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	27,697	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,778	10.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,551	16.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,301	33.6
Some college, no degree	5,164	18.6
Associate degree	1,255	4.5
Bachelor's degree	2,944	10.6
Graduate or professional degree	1,704	6.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	33,183	100.0
Never married	8,137	24.5
Now married, except separated	17,345	52.3
Separated	1,127	3.4
Widowed	2,735	8.2
Female	2,379	7.2
Divorced	3,839	11.6
Female	2,311	7.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	990	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	519	52.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	31,084	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,095	13.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,147	100.0
With a disability	955	9.4

Population 21 to 64 years	23,081	100.0
With a disability	6,209	26.9
Percent employed	51.4	(X)
No disability	16,872	73.1
Percent employed	77.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,720	100.0
With a disability	2,890	50.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	39,872	100.0
Same house in 1995	22,430	56.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,188	43.1
Same county	11,467	28.8
Different county	5,721	14.3
Same state	2,658	6.7
Different state	3,063	7.7
Elsewhere in 1995	254	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	42,737	100.0
Native	42,122	98.6
Born in United States	41,863	98.0
State of residence	32,115	75.1
Different state	9,748	22.8
Born outside United States	259	0.6
Foreign born	615	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	316	0.7
Naturalized citizen	294	0.7
Not a citizen	321	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	615	100.0
Europe	100	16.3
Asia	160	26.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	321	52.2
Northern America	34	5.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	39,872	100.0
English only	38,374	96.2
Language other than English	1,498	3.8
Speak English less than 'very well	637	1.6
Spanish	900	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	496	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	355	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	86	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	185	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	42	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	42,737	100.0
Total ancestries reported	34,313	80.3
Arab	11	0.0
Czech¹	21	0.0
Danish	80	0.2
Dutch	352	0.8
English	3,077	7.2
French (except Basque)¹	459	1.1
French Canadian¹	60	0.1
German	2,159	5.1
Greek	64	0.1
Hungarian	15	0.0
Irish¹	2,956	6.9
Italian	400	0.9
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	89	0.2
Polish	215	0.5
Portuguese	7	0.0
Russian	39	0.1
Scotch-Irish	731	1.7
Scottish	769	1.8
Slovak	13	0.0
Subsaharan African	524	1.2
Swedish	86	0.2
Swiss	51	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	5,305	12.4
Welsh	213	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	18	0.0
Other ancestries	16,599	38.8

(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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