Blue Ridge, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1308928, place: Blue Ridge city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 242 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (10.74%)
Kindergarten: 5 (2.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 144 (59.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 50 (20.66%)
College or graduate school: 17 (7.02%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 815 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 130 (15.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 184 (22.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 326 (40%)
Some college, no degree: 97 (11.9%)
Associate degree: 23 (2.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 34 (4.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 21 (2.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 966 (100%)
Never married: 186 (19.25%)
Now married, except separated: 496 (51.35%)
Separated: 18 (1.86%)
Total Widowed: 102 (10.56%)
Widowed Female: 87 (9.01%)
Total Divorced: 164 (16.98%)
Divorced Female: 94 (9.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (68.42%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 931 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 145 (15.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 247 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (6.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 613 (100%)
--With a disability: 182 (29.69%)
----Percent employed: 43.4%
--No disability: 431 (70.31%)
----Percent employed: 78%
Population 65 years and over: 241 (100%)
--With a disability: 116 (48.13%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,132 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 602 (53.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 528 (46.64%)
--Same county: 239 (21.11%)
--Different county: 289 (25.53%)
----Same state: 192 (16.96%)
----Different state: 97 (8.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,221 (100%)
Native: 1,203 (98.53%)
--Born in United States: 1,198 (100%)
----State of residence: 760 (62.24%)
----Different state: 438 (35.87%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 18 (1.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (0.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (1.47%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 18 (100%)
Europe: 6 (33.33%)
Asia: 2 (11.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 10 (55.56%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,132 (100%)
English only: 1,099 (97.08%)
Language other than English: 33 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (1.06%)
--Spanish: 10 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23 (2.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.71%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,221 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 832% (68.14%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.16%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 13 (1.06%)
English: 114 (9.34%)
French (except Basque): 11 (0.9%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.74%)
German: 33 (2.7%)
Greek: 9 (0.74%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 91 (7.45%)
Italian: 30 (2.46%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.16%)
Polish: 3 (0.25%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 28 (2.29%)
Scottish: 11 (0.9%)
Slovak: 9 (0.74%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.16%)
United States or American: 339 (27.76%)
Welsh: 6 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 120 (9.83%)

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