Fort Oglethorpe, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1330956, place: Fort Oglethorpe city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,537 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 138 (8.98%)
Kindergarten: 118 (7.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 609 (39.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 355 (23.1%)
College or graduate school: 317 (20.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,920 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 520 (10.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 845 (17.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,618 (32.89%)
Some college, no degree: 1,060 (21.54%)
Associate degree: 290 (5.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 407 (8.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 180 (3.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,836 (100%)
Never married: 1,180 (20.22%)
Now married, except separated: 3,177 (54.44%)
Separated: 108 (1.85%)
Total Widowed: 668 (11.45%)
Widowed Female: 594 (10.18%)
Total Divorced: 703 (12.05%)
Divorced Female: 512 (8.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 105 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 79 (75.24%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,585 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 735 (13.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,343 (100%)
--With a disability: 106 (7.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,014 (100%)
--With a disability: 704 (17.54%)
----Percent employed: 50.7%
--No disability: 3,310 (82.46%)
----Percent employed: 79.8%
Population 65 years and over: 973 (100%)
--With a disability: 508 (52.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,667 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,182 (47.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,408 (51.12%)
--Same county: 1,226 (18.39%)
--Different county: 2,182 (32.73%)
----Same state: 976 (14.64%)
----Different state: 1,206 (18.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 77 (1.15%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,169 (100%)
Native: 6,876 (95.91%)
--Born in United States: 6,828 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,371 (33.07%)
----Different state: 4,457 (62.17%)
--Born outside United States: 48 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 293 (4.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 151 (2.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 55 (0.77%)
--Not a citizen: 238 (3.32%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 293 (100%)
Europe: 44 (15.02%)
Asia: 173 (59.04%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 76 (25.94%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,667 (100%)
English only: 6,314 (94.71%)
Language other than English: 353 (5.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 186 (2.79%)
--Spanish: 75 (1.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (0.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 92 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.66%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 160 (2.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 76 (1.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,169 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,568% (77.67%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 17 (0.24%)
Dutch: 87 (1.21%)
English: 551 (7.69%)
French (except Basque): 50 (0.7%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 601 (8.38%)
Greek: 24 (0.33%)
Hungarian: 29 (0.4%)
Irish: 900 (12.55%)
Italian: 77 (1.07%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 101 (1.41%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 32 (0.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 100 (1.39%)
Scottish: 152 (2.12%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 23 (0.32%)
United States or American: 1,655 (23.09%)
Welsh: 33 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,136 (15.85%)

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