Athens-clarke County, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1303440, place: Athens-Clarke County (balance), Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 43,992 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,552 (3.53%)
Kindergarten: 1,068 (2.43%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,849 (17.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,904 (8.87%)
College or graduate school: 29,619 (67.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 51,077 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,664 (7.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,055 (11.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 10,990 (21.52%)
Some college, no degree: 8,015 (15.69%)
Associate degree: 1,936 (3.79%)
Bachelor's degree: 10,722 (20.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9,695 (18.98%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 85,186 (100%)
Never married: 41,203 (48.37%)
Now married, except separated: 32,041 (37.61%)
Separated: 1,607 (1.89%)
Total Widowed: 3,821 (4.49%)
Widowed Female: 3,128 (3.67%)
Total Divorced: 6,514 (7.65%)
Divorced Female: 3,843 (4.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,573 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 920 (58.49%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 82,017 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,371 (7.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 26,907 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,097 (7.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 58,893 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,610 (16.32%)
----Percent employed: 56.6%
--No disability: 49,283 (83.68%)
----Percent employed: 73%
Population 65 years and over: 7,537 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,314 (43.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 94,929 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 31,920 (33.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 58,597 (61.73%)
--Same county: 20,032 (21.1%)
--Different county: 38,565 (40.63%)
----Same state: 26,533 (27.95%)
----Different state: 12,032 (12.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,412 (4.65%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 100,274 (100%)
Native: 91,801 (91.55%)
--Born in United States: 90,767 (100%)
----State of residence: 57,398 (57.24%)
----Different state: 33,369 (33.28%)
--Born outside United States: 1,034 (1.03%)
Foreign born: 8,473 (8.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,963 (5.95%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,786 (1.78%)
--Not a citizen: 6,687 (6.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8,473 (100%)
Europe: 809 (9.55%)
Asia: 2,456 (28.99%)
Africa: 568 (6.7%)
Oceania: 106 (1.25%)
Latin America: 4,246 (50.11%)
Northern America: 288 (3.4%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 94,929 (100%)
English only: 83,619 (88.09%)
Language other than English: 11,310 (11.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,487 (5.78%)
--Spanish: 6,071 (6.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,783 (3.99%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,444 (2.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 564 (0.59%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,223 (2.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 983 (1.04%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 100,274 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 92,276% (92.02%)
Arab: 422 (0.42%)
Czech: 342 (0.34%)
Danish: 202 (0.2%)
Dutch: 849 (0.85%)
English: 10,478 (10.45%)
French (except Basque): 2,266 (2.26%)
French Canadian: 445 (0.44%)
German: 9,414 (9.39%)
Greek: 298 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 258 (0.26%)
Irish: 8,949 (8.92%)
Italian: 2,426 (2.42%)
Lithuanian: 162 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 745 (0.74%)
Polish: 1,596 (1.59%)
Portuguese: 154 (0.15%)
Russian: 591 (0.59%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,787 (2.78%)
Scottish: 2,695 (2.69%)
Slovak: 52 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 1,393 (1.39%)
Swedish: 690 (0.69%)
Swiss: 189 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 145 (0.14%)
United States or American: 6,401 (6.38%)
Welsh: 689 (0.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 322 (0.32%)
Other ancestries: 37,316 (37.21%)

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