Folkston, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1330424, place: Folkston city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 591 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 52 (8.8%)
Kindergarten: 35 (5.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 294 (49.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 159 (26.9%)
College or graduate school: 51 (8.63%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,402 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 234 (16.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 345 (24.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 499 (35.59%)
Some college, no degree: 169 (12.05%)
Associate degree: 23 (1.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 74 (5.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 58 (4.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 58.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,703 (100%)
Never married: 399 (23.43%)
Now married, except separated: 867 (50.91%)
Separated: 66 (3.88%)
Total Widowed: 205 (12.04%)
Widowed Female: 164 (9.63%)
Total Divorced: 166 (9.75%)
Divorced Female: 94 (5.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 80 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (32.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,586 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 188 (11.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 551 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (11.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,142 (100%)
--With a disability: 237 (20.75%)
----Percent employed: 49.4%
--No disability: 905 (79.25%)
----Percent employed: 56.4%
Population 65 years and over: 289 (100%)
--With a disability: 171 (59.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,064 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,089 (52.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 975 (47.24%)
--Same county: 478 (23.16%)
--Different county: 497 (24.08%)
----Same state: 258 (12.5%)
----Different state: 239 (11.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,237 (100%)
Native: 2,194 (98.08%)
--Born in United States: 2,190 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,424 (63.66%)
----Different state: 766 (34.24%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 43 (1.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (0.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (1.21%)
--Not a citizen: 16 (0.72%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 43 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 22 (51.16%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (13.95%)
Northern America: 15 (34.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,064 (100%)
English only: 2,002 (97%)
Language other than English: 62 (3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (1.5%)
--Spanish: 26 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 29 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (1.02%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,237 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,746% (78.05%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (0.13%)
English: 213 (9.52%)
French (except Basque): 27 (1.21%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 51 (2.28%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.18%)
Irish: 121 (5.41%)
Italian: 15 (0.67%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.31%)
Polish: 22 (0.98%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 16 (0.72%)
Scottish: 47 (2.1%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 33 (1.48%)
Swedish: 20 (0.89%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 228 (10.19%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.27%)
Other ancestries: 933 (41.71%)

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