Alma, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1301612, place: Alma city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 687 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 63 (9.17%)
Kindergarten: 21 (3.06%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 317 (46.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 191 (27.8%)
College or graduate school: 95 (13.83%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,012 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 343 (17.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 448 (22.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 732 (36.38%)
Some college, no degree: 283 (14.07%)
Associate degree: 82 (4.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 74 (3.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 50 (2.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,478 (100%)
Never married: 698 (28.17%)
Now married, except separated: 1,105 (44.59%)
Separated: 47 (1.9%)
Total Widowed: 241 (9.73%)
Widowed Female: 215 (8.68%)
Total Divorced: 387 (15.62%)
Divorced Female: 220 (8.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 143 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 66 (46.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,358 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 319 (13.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 623 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (5.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,588 (100%)
--With a disability: 489 (30.79%)
----Percent employed: 29.4%
--No disability: 1,099 (69.21%)
----Percent employed: 72.2%
Population 65 years and over: 530 (100%)
--With a disability: 324 (61.13%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,871 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,751 (60.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,088 (37.9%)
--Same county: 609 (21.21%)
--Different county: 479 (16.68%)
----Same state: 273 (9.51%)
----Different state: 206 (7.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 32 (1.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,074 (100%)
Native: 3,056 (99.41%)
--Born in United States: 3,041 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,512 (81.72%)
----Different state: 529 (17.21%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 18 (0.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.16%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (0.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 18 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,871 (100%)
English only: 2,806 (97.74%)
Language other than English: 65 (2.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.52%)
--Spanish: 53 (1.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,074 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,261% (73.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 152 (4.94%)
French (except Basque): 29 (0.94%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.62%)
German: 18 (0.59%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 164 (5.34%)
Italian: 9 (0.29%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.16%)
Scottish: 8 (0.26%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.23%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 717 (23.32%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 13 (0.42%)
Other ancestries: 1,120 (36.43%)

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