Ware County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Ware county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,641	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	598	6.9
Kindergarten	436	5.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,402	50.9
High school (grades 9-12)	2,144	24.8
College or graduate school	1,061	12.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	23,380	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,394	10.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,545	19.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,060	38.8
Some college, no degree	3,860	16.5
Associate degree	862	3.7
Bachelor's degree	1,582	6.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,077	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	28,162	100.0
Never married	5,440	19.3
Now married, except separated	16,154	57.4
Separated	817	2.9
Widowed	2,590	9.2
Female	2,182	7.7
Divorced	3,161	11.2
Female	1,636	5.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	908	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	492	54.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	26,686	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,074	15.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,778	100.0
With a disability	835	10.7

Population 21 to 64 years	18,352	100.0
With a disability	5,557	30.3
Percent employed	50.0	(X)
No disability	12,795	69.7
Percent employed	74.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,965	100.0
With a disability	2,600	52.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	33,238	100.0
Same house in 1995	17,609	53.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,261	45.9
Same county	8,033	24.2
Different county	7,228	21.7
Same state	4,903	14.8
Different state	2,325	7.0
Elsewhere in 1995	368	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	35,483	100.0
Native	34,853	98.2
Born in United States	34,673	97.7
State of residence	28,054	79.1
Different state	6,619	18.7
Born outside United States	180	0.5
Foreign born	630	1.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	451	1.3
Naturalized citizen	159	0.4
Not a citizen	471	1.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	630	100.0
Europe	65	10.3
Asia	88	14.0
Africa	26	4.1
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	419	66.5
Northern America	32	5.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	33,238	100.0
English only	31,866	95.9
Language other than English	1,372	4.1
Speak English less than 'very well	688	2.1
Spanish	1,025	3.1
Speak English less than "very well"	534	1.6
Other Indo-European languages	234	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	98	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	57	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	42	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	35,483	100.0
Total ancestries reported	26,802	75.5
Arab	52	0.1
Czech¹	8	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	291	0.8
English	2,867	8.1
French (except Basque)¹	310	0.9
French Canadian¹	45	0.1
German	1,196	3.4
Greek	22	0.1
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	2,307	6.5
Italian	307	0.9
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	28	0.1
Polish	131	0.4
Portuguese	63	0.2
Russian	19	0.1
Scotch-Irish	538	1.5
Scottish	439	1.2
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	322	0.9
Swedish	71	0.2
Swiss	5	0.0
Ukrainian	22	0.1
United States or American	7,175	20.2
Welsh	102	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	30	0.1
Other ancestries	10,452	29.5

(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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