Clarkston, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1316544, place: Clarkston city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,121 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 128 (6.03%)
Kindergarten: 177 (8.35%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 893 (42.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 477 (22.49%)
College or graduate school: 446 (21.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,057 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 288 (7.1%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 560 (13.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,025 (25.26%)
Some college, no degree: 1,008 (24.85%)
Associate degree: 299 (7.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 656 (16.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 221 (5.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,126 (100%)
Never married: 2,128 (41.51%)
Now married, except separated: 1,930 (37.65%)
Separated: 257 (5.01%)
Total Widowed: 234 (4.56%)
Widowed Female: 136 (2.65%)
Total Divorced: 577 (11.26%)
Divorced Female: 316 (6.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 104 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 46 (44.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,752 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 376 (7.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,801 (100%)
--With a disability: 146 (8.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,163 (100%)
--With a disability: 942 (22.63%)
----Percent employed: 69.9%
--No disability: 3,221 (77.37%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 269 (100%)
--With a disability: 132 (49.07%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,243 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,221 (19.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,820 (61.19%)
--Same county: 1,648 (26.4%)
--Different county: 2,172 (34.79%)
----Same state: 686 (10.99%)
----Different state: 1,486 (23.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,202 (19.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,826 (100%)
Native: 4,525 (66.29%)
--Born in United States: 4,347 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,925 (28.2%)
----Different state: 2,422 (35.48%)
--Born outside United States: 178 (2.61%)
Foreign born: 2,301 (33.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,970 (28.86%)
--Naturalized citizen: 412 (6.04%)
--Not a citizen: 1,889 (27.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,301 (100%)
Europe: 595 (25.86%)
Asia: 750 (32.59%)
Africa: 654 (28.42%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 284 (12.34%)
Northern America: 18 (0.78%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,243 (100%)
English only: 3,683 (58.99%)
Language other than English: 2,560 (41.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,755 (28.11%)
--Spanish: 268 (4.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 193 (3.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 706 (11.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 542 (8.68%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 669 (10.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 590 (9.45%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,826 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,880% (86.14%)
Arab: 78 (1.14%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 90 (1.32%)
French (except Basque): 11 (0.16%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 200 (2.93%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.13%)
Irish: 119 (1.74%)
Italian: 42 (0.62%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 27 (0.4%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 980 (14.36%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 85 (1.25%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 78 (1.14%)
Other ancestries: 4,161 (60.96%)

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