White County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

White county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,506	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	252	5.6
Kindergarten	229	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,182	48.4
High school (grades 9-12)	873	19.4
College or graduate school	970	21.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,473	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,219	9.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,018	15.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,734	35.1
Some college, no degree	2,797	20.8
Associate degree	624	4.6
Bachelor's degree	1,327	9.8
Graduate or professional degree	754	5.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	76.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,038	100.0
Never married	2,759	17.2
Now married, except separated	10,342	64.5
Separated	144	0.9
Widowed	1,104	6.9
Female	972	6.1
Divorced	1,689	10.5
Female	995	6.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	317	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	151	47.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,331	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,380	15.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,295	100.0
With a disability	363	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	11,467	100.0
With a disability	2,444	21.3
Percent employed	58.7	(X)
No disability	9,023	78.7
Percent employed	78.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,761	100.0
With a disability	1,266	45.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	18,703	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,614	51.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,974	48.0
Same county	2,973	15.9
Different county	6,001	32.1
Same state	3,976	21.3
Different state	2,025	10.8
Elsewhere in 1995	115	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	19,944	100.0
Native	19,548	98.0
Born in United States	19,476	97.7
State of residence	13,193	66.2
Different state	6,283	31.5
Born outside United States	72	0.4
Foreign born	396	2.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	122	0.6
Naturalized citizen	227	1.1
Not a citizen	169	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	396	100.0
Europe	173	43.7
Asia	51	12.9
Africa	31	7.8
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	133	33.6
Northern America	8	2.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	18,703	100.0
English only	17,883	95.6
Language other than English	820	4.4
Speak English less than 'very well	289	1.5
Spanish	524	2.8
Speak English less than "very well"	202	1.1
Other Indo-European languages	210	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	60	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	7	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	7	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	19,944	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,094	80.7
Arab	11	0.1
Czech¹	14	0.1
Danish	9	0.0
Dutch	302	1.5
English	2,024	10.1
French (except Basque)¹	318	1.6
French Canadian¹	37	0.2
German	1,681	8.4
Greek	37	0.2
Hungarian	44	0.2
Irish¹	1,963	9.8
Italian	393	2.0
Lithuanian	5	0.0
Norwegian	80	0.4
Polish	170	0.9
Portuguese	20	0.1
Russian	25	0.1
Scotch-Irish	714	3.6
Scottish	488	2.4
Slovak	30	0.2
Subsaharan African	153	0.8
Swedish	70	0.4
Swiss	31	0.2
Ukrainian	19	0.1
United States or American	5,018	25.2
Welsh	94	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	23	0.1
Other ancestries	2,321	11.6

(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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