Blakely, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1308536, place: Blakely city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,540 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 198 (12.86%)
Kindergarten: 133 (8.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 768 (49.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 286 (18.57%)
College or graduate school: 155 (10.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,442 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 504 (14.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 738 (21.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 979 (28.44%)
Some college, no degree: 666 (19.35%)
Associate degree: 121 (3.52%)
Bachelor's degree: 243 (7.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 191 (5.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,132 (100%)
Never married: 1,214 (29.38%)
Now married, except separated: 1,569 (37.97%)
Separated: 259 (6.27%)
Total Widowed: 703 (17.01%)
Widowed Female: 571 (13.82%)
Total Divorced: 387 (9.37%)
Divorced Female: 244 (5.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 125 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 67 (53.6%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,857 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 347 (9%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,375 (100%)
--With a disability: 121 (8.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,520 (100%)
--With a disability: 769 (30.52%)
----Percent employed: 42.1%
--No disability: 1,751 (69.48%)
----Percent employed: 75.7%
Population 65 years and over: 964 (100%)
--With a disability: 605 (62.76%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,116 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,768 (54.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,298 (44.92%)
--Same county: 1,601 (31.29%)
--Different county: 697 (13.62%)
----Same state: 483 (9.44%)
----Different state: 214 (4.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 50 (0.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,538 (100%)
Native: 5,497 (99.26%)
--Born in United States: 5,454 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,543 (82.03%)
----Different state: 911 (16.45%)
--Born outside United States: 43 (0.78%)
Foreign born: 41 (0.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 24 (0.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.09%)
--Not a citizen: 36 (0.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 41 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 41 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,116 (100%)
English only: 4,944 (96.64%)
Language other than English: 172 (3.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (1.51%)
--Spanish: 123 (2.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.94%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 49 (0.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.57%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,538 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,974% (71.76%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 28 (0.51%)
English: 251 (4.53%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 49 (0.88%)
Greek: 8 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 196 (3.54%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.18%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 36 (0.65%)
Scottish: 16 (0.29%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 53 (0.96%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 564 (10.18%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 2,758 (49.8%)

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