Elberton, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1326616, place: Elberton city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,035 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 48 (4.64%)
Kindergarten: 54 (5.22%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 512 (49.47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 337 (32.56%)
College or graduate school: 84 (8.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,188 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 363 (11.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 757 (23.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,083 (33.97%)
Some college, no degree: 366 (11.48%)
Associate degree: 103 (3.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 316 (9.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 200 (6.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,804 (100%)
Never married: 1,097 (28.84%)
Now married, except separated: 1,715 (45.08%)
Separated: 218 (5.73%)
Total Widowed: 439 (11.54%)
Widowed Female: 413 (10.86%)
Total Divorced: 335 (8.81%)
Divorced Female: 178 (4.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 151 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 118 (78.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,556 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 462 (12.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,082 (100%)
--With a disability: 124 (11.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,388 (100%)
--With a disability: 662 (27.72%)
----Percent employed: 36.6%
--No disability: 1,726 (72.28%)
----Percent employed: 75.3%
Population 65 years and over: 892 (100%)
--With a disability: 458 (51.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,433 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,415 (54.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,932 (43.58%)
--Same county: 1,427 (32.19%)
--Different county: 505 (11.39%)
----Same state: 251 (5.66%)
----Different state: 254 (5.73%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 86 (1.94%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,707 (100%)
Native: 4,633 (98.43%)
--Born in United States: 4,624 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,827 (81.3%)
----Different state: 797 (16.93%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.19%)
Foreign born: 74 (1.57%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 40 (0.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 43 (0.91%)
--Not a citizen: 31 (0.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 74 (100%)
Europe: 30 (40.54%)
Asia: 9 (12.16%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 35 (47.3%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,433 (100%)
English only: 4,304 (97.09%)
Language other than English: 129 (2.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (1.58%)
--Spanish: 100 (2.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (1.47%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 20 (0.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,707 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,702% (78.65%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 43 (0.91%)
English: 281 (5.97%)
French (except Basque): 80 (1.7%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 194 (4.12%)
Greek: 5 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 256 (5.44%)
Italian: 117 (2.49%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 13 (0.28%)
Polish: 15 (0.32%)
Portuguese: 26 (0.55%)
Russian: 9 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 73 (1.55%)
Scottish: 55 (1.17%)
Slovak: 6 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 15 (0.32%)
Swedish: 8 (0.17%)
Swiss: 27 (0.57%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 678 (14.4%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 1,797 (38.18%)

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