Washington County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Washington county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,802	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	508	8.8
Kindergarten	275	4.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,868	49.4
High school (grades 9-12)	1,536	26.5
College or graduate school	615	10.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,626	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,611	11.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,711	19.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,289	38.8
Some college, no degree	2,081	15.3
Associate degree	500	3.7
Bachelor's degree	960	7.0
Graduate or professional degree	474	3.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	68.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,449	100.0
Never married	4,683	28.5
Now married, except separated	8,127	49.4
Separated	657	4.0
Widowed	1,506	9.2
Female	1,296	7.9
Divorced	1,476	9.0
Female	872	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	811	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	383	47.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,487	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,602	10.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,177	100.0
With a disability	406	7.8

Population 21 to 64 years	10,810	100.0
With a disability	2,893	26.8
Percent employed	43.3	(X)
No disability	7,917	73.2
Percent employed	72.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,574	100.0
With a disability	1,276	49.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	19,828	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,601	63.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,080	35.7
Same county	4,188	21.1
Different county	2,892	14.6
Same state	2,079	10.5
Different state	813	4.1
Elsewhere in 1995	147	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,176	100.0
Native	21,065	99.5
Born in United States	20,991	99.1
State of residence	18,386	86.8
Different state	2,605	12.3
Born outside United States	74	0.3
Foreign born	111	0.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	29	0.1
Naturalized citizen	48	0.2
Not a citizen	63	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	111	100.0
Europe	34	30.6
Asia	32	28.8
Africa	13	11.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	32	28.8
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	19,828	100.0
English only	19,357	97.6
Language other than English	471	2.4
Speak English less than 'very well	108	0.5
Spanish	316	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	70	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	122	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	27	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	33	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	11	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,176	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,243	76.7
Arab	12	0.1
Czech¹	24	0.1
Danish	2	0.0
Dutch	83	0.4
English	1,087	5.1
French (except Basque)¹	148	0.7
French Canadian¹	13	0.1
German	538	2.5
Greek	5	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	923	4.4
Italian	75	0.4
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	9	0.0
Polish	93	0.4
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	5	0.0
Scotch-Irish	193	0.9
Scottish	172	0.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	152	0.7
Swedish	10	0.0
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	4	0.0
United States or American	3,271	15.4
Welsh	10	0.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	3	0.0
Other ancestries	9,411	44.4

(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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