Colquitt, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1318000, place: Colquitt city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 371 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 27 (7.28%)
Kindergarten: 13 (3.5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 193 (52.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 93 (25.07%)
College or graduate school: 45 (12.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,375 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 219 (15.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 241 (17.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 487 (35.42%)
Some college, no degree: 201 (14.62%)
Associate degree: 58 (4.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 130 (9.45%)
Graduate or professional degree: 39 (2.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,561 (100%)
Never married: 315 (20.18%)
Now married, except separated: 742 (47.53%)
Separated: 82 (5.25%)
Total Widowed: 238 (15.25%)
Widowed Female: 193 (12.36%)
Total Divorced: 184 (11.79%)
Divorced Female: 99 (6.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 59 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 41 (69.49%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,484 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 142 (9.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 323 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (4.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 884 (100%)
--With a disability: 245 (27.71%)
----Percent employed: 48.2%
--No disability: 639 (72.29%)
----Percent employed: 81.7%
Population 65 years and over: 455 (100%)
--With a disability: 244 (53.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,782 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,117 (62.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 653 (36.64%)
--Same county: 436 (24.47%)
--Different county: 217 (12.18%)
----Same state: 156 (8.75%)
----Different state: 61 (3.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 12 (0.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,903 (100%)
Native: 1,887 (99.16%)
--Born in United States: 1,881 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,639 (86.13%)
----Different state: 242 (12.72%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 16 (0.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.58%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.26%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 16 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 16 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,782 (100%)
English only: 1,744 (97.87%)
Language other than English: 38 (2.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.79%)
--Spanish: 12 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 26 (1.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.62%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,903 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,428% (75.04%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 7 (0.37%)
English: 125 (6.57%)
French (except Basque): 6 (0.32%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 43 (2.26%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 128 (6.73%)
Italian: 9 (0.47%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 16 (0.84%)
Scottish: 13 (0.68%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.68%)
Swedish: 4 (0.21%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 191 (10.04%)
Welsh: 6 (0.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 867 (45.56%)

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