Worth County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Worth county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,158	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	466	7.6
Kindergarten	443	7.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,956	48.0
High school (grades 9-12)	1,601	26.0
College or graduate school	692	11.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,979	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,510	10.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,920	20.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,330	38.1
Some college, no degree	2,480	17.7
Associate degree	539	3.9
Bachelor's degree	795	5.7
Graduate or professional degree	405	2.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	68.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,872	100.0
Never married	3,838	22.7
Now married, except separated	9,797	58.1
Separated	400	2.4
Widowed	1,292	7.7
Female	1,110	6.6
Divorced	1,545	9.2
Female	873	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	855	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	489	57.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,652	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,107	13.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,611	100.0
With a disability	413	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	12,066	100.0
With a disability	2,966	24.6
Percent employed	56.1	(X)
No disability	9,100	75.4
Percent employed	74.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,678	100.0
With a disability	1,602	59.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,416	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,252	64.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,091	34.7
Same county	3,481	17.1
Different county	3,610	17.7
Same state	2,675	13.1
Different state	935	4.6
Elsewhere in 1995	73	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,967	100.0
Native	21,758	99.0
Born in United States	21,660	98.6
State of residence	18,253	83.1
Different state	3,407	15.5
Born outside United States	98	0.4
Foreign born	209	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	81	0.4
Naturalized citizen	84	0.4
Not a citizen	125	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	209	100.0
Europe	46	22.0
Asia	54	25.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	100	47.8
Northern America	9	4.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,416	100.0
English only	20,039	98.2
Language other than English	377	1.8
Speak English less than 'very well	121	0.6
Spanish	261	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	92	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	85	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	31	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	8	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,967	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,077	73.2
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	40	0.2
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	77	0.4
English	1,375	6.3
French (except Basque)¹	120	0.5
French Canadian¹	24	0.1
German	898	4.1
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,462	6.7
Italian	154	0.7
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	28	0.1
Polish	54	0.2
Portuguese	9	0.0
Russian	78	0.4
Scotch-Irish	250	1.1
Scottish	314	1.4
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	242	1.1
Swedish	4	0.0
Swiss	12	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,994	18.2
Welsh	57	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	12	0.1
Other ancestries	6,873	31.3

(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

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