Gresham Park, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1335240, place: Gresham Park CDP, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,846 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 260 (9.14%)
Kindergarten: 246 (8.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,200 (42.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 761 (26.74%)
College or graduate school: 379 (13.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,333 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 221 (4.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,111 (20.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,061 (38.65%)
Some college, no degree: 1,097 (20.57%)
Associate degree: 355 (6.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 411 (7.71%)
Graduate or professional degree: 77 (1.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,795 (100%)
Never married: 2,772 (40.79%)
Now married, except separated: 2,509 (36.92%)
Separated: 396 (5.83%)
Total Widowed: 336 (4.94%)
Widowed Female: 268 (3.94%)
Total Divorced: 782 (11.51%)
Divorced Female: 490 (7.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 548 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 272 (49.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,306 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 775 (12.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,503 (100%)
--With a disability: 287 (11.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,360 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,490 (27.8%)
----Percent employed: 52.5%
--No disability: 3,870 (72.2%)
----Percent employed: 69.8%
Population 65 years and over: 531 (100%)
--With a disability: 194 (36.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,394 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,043 (60.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,304 (39.36%)
--Same county: 1,769 (21.07%)
--Different county: 1,535 (18.29%)
----Same state: 1,005 (11.97%)
----Different state: 530 (6.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 47 (0.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,166 (100%)
Native: 9,056 (98.8%)
--Born in United States: 8,989 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,116 (77.63%)
----Different state: 1,873 (20.43%)
--Born outside United States: 67 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 110 (1.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 53 (0.58%)
--Naturalized citizen: 42 (0.46%)
--Not a citizen: 68 (0.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 110 (100%)
Europe: 11 (10%)
Asia: 14 (12.73%)
Africa: 44 (40%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 41 (37.27%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,394 (100%)
English only: 8,020 (95.54%)
Language other than English: 374 (4.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 108 (1.29%)
--Spanish: 178 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 139 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (0.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.08%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,166 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,028% (87.58%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 21 (0.23%)
English: 58 (0.63%)
French (except Basque): 12 (0.13%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 50 (0.55%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 56 (0.61%)
Italian: 7 (0.08%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 6 (0.07%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 251 (2.74%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 18 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 137 (1.49%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 57 (0.62%)
Other ancestries: 7,355 (80.24%)

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