Gainesville, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1331908, place: Gainesville city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,575 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 326 (5.85%)
Kindergarten: 336 (6.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,540 (45.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,243 (22.3%)
College or graduate school: 1,130 (20.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,131 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,784 (18.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,324 (15.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,476 (22.97%)
Some college, no degree: 2,433 (16.08%)
Associate degree: 457 (3.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,310 (15.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,347 (8.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,124 (100%)
Never married: 6,230 (30.96%)
Now married, except separated: 10,062 (50%)
Separated: 490 (2.43%)
Total Widowed: 1,558 (7.74%)
Widowed Female: 1,347 (6.69%)
Total Divorced: 1,784 (8.87%)
Divorced Female: 1,016 (5.05%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 514 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 241 (46.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,090 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,718 (9%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,549 (100%)
--With a disability: 539 (9.71%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,687 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,200 (23.38%)
----Percent employed: 65%
--No disability: 10,487 (76.62%)
----Percent employed: 70.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,876 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,257 (43.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,301 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,744 (37.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,657 (50.03%)
--Same county: 6,711 (28.8%)
--Different county: 4,946 (21.23%)
----Same state: 2,341 (10.05%)
----Different state: 2,605 (11.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,900 (12.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,454 (100%)
Native: 17,995 (70.7%)
--Born in United States: 17,730 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,311 (48.37%)
----Different state: 5,419 (21.29%)
--Born outside United States: 265 (1.04%)
Foreign born: 7,459 (29.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,683 (22.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 909 (3.57%)
--Not a citizen: 6,550 (25.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,459 (100%)
Europe: 188 (2.52%)
Asia: 719 (9.64%)
Africa: 120 (1.61%)
Oceania: 7 (0.09%)
Latin America: 6,372 (85.43%)
Northern America: 53 (0.71%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,301 (100%)
English only: 15,248 (65.44%)
Language other than English: 8,053 (34.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,595 (24.01%)
--Spanish: 6,990 (30%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,944 (21.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 338 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 120 (0.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 681 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 505 (2.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,454 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,774% (89.47%)
Arab: 38 (0.15%)
Czech: 59 (0.23%)
Danish: 25 (0.1%)
Dutch: 110 (0.43%)
English: 2,208 (8.67%)
French (except Basque): 272 (1.07%)
French Canadian: 147 (0.58%)
German: 1,255 (4.93%)
Greek: 110 (0.43%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,513 (5.94%)
Italian: 441 (1.73%)
Lithuanian: 17 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 89 (0.35%)
Polish: 112 (0.44%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.03%)
Russian: 34 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 542 (2.13%)
Scottish: 470 (1.85%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 167 (0.66%)
Swedish: 87 (0.34%)
Swiss: 45 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.02%)
United States or American: 2,307 (9.06%)
Welsh: 51 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 12,644 (49.67%)

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