Cartersville, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1313688, place: Cartersville city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,948 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 250 (6.33%)
Kindergarten: 300 (7.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,076 (52.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 842 (21.33%)
College or graduate school: 480 (12.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,454 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,178 (11.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,652 (15.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,859 (27.35%)
Some college, no degree: 2,047 (19.58%)
Associate degree: 363 (3.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,585 (15.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 770 (7.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,507 (100%)
Never married: 2,660 (21.27%)
Now married, except separated: 7,418 (59.31%)
Separated: 269 (2.15%)
Total Widowed: 905 (7.24%)
Widowed Female: 799 (6.39%)
Total Divorced: 1,255 (10.03%)
Divorced Female: 765 (6.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 342 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 133 (38.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,813 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,571 (13.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,790 (100%)
--With a disability: 264 (6.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,641 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,519 (17.58%)
----Percent employed: 52.1%
--No disability: 7,122 (82.42%)
----Percent employed: 78.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,944 (100%)
--With a disability: 994 (51.13%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,078 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,718 (51.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,716 (44.54%)
--Same county: 3,243 (21.51%)
--Different county: 3,473 (23.03%)
----Same state: 1,808 (11.99%)
----Different state: 1,665 (11.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 644 (4.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,081 (100%)
Native: 14,952 (92.98%)
--Born in United States: 14,865 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,093 (62.76%)
----Different state: 4,772 (29.67%)
--Born outside United States: 87 (0.54%)
Foreign born: 1,129 (7.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 798 (4.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 264 (1.64%)
--Not a citizen: 865 (5.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,129 (100%)
Europe: 20 (1.77%)
Asia: 82 (7.26%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,005 (89.02%)
Northern America: 22 (1.95%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,078 (100%)
English only: 13,322 (88.35%)
Language other than English: 1,756 (11.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 945 (6.27%)
--Spanish: 1,514 (10.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 856 (5.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 125 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 77 (0.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,081 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,404% (83.35%)
Arab: 60 (0.37%)
Czech: 22 (0.14%)
Danish: 11 (0.07%)
Dutch: 133 (0.83%)
English: 1,799 (11.19%)
French (except Basque): 200 (1.24%)
French Canadian: 13 (0.08%)
German: 901 (5.6%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.07%)
Irish: 1,364 (8.48%)
Italian: 289 (1.8%)
Lithuanian: 21 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 114 (0.71%)
Polish: 127 (0.79%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 34 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 294 (1.83%)
Scottish: 370 (2.3%)
Slovak: 19 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 115 (0.72%)
Swedish: 115 (0.72%)
Swiss: 47 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,939 (18.28%)
Welsh: 55 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 65 (0.4%)
Other ancestries: 4,286 (26.65%)

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