Hiawassee, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1338124, place: Hiawassee town, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 62 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (11.29%)
Kindergarten: 2 (3.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 22 (35.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6 (9.68%)
College or graduate school: 25 (40.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 653 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 90 (13.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 118 (18.07%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 148 (22.66%)
Some college, no degree: 134 (20.52%)
Associate degree: 33 (5.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 62 (9.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 68 (10.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 710 (100%)
Never married: 101 (14.23%)
Now married, except separated: 313 (44.08%)
Separated: 19 (2.68%)
Total Widowed: 193 (27.18%)
Widowed Female: 160 (22.54%)
Total Divorced: 84 (11.83%)
Divorced Female: 53 (7.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 706 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 126 (17.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 56 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (10.71%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 317 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (26.81%)
----Percent employed: 42.4%
--No disability: 232 (73.19%)
----Percent employed: 74.1%
Population 65 years and over: 255 (100%)
--With a disability: 134 (52.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 737 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 332 (45.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 371 (50.34%)
--Same county: 162 (21.98%)
--Different county: 209 (28.36%)
----Same state: 112 (15.2%)
----Different state: 97 (13.16%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 34 (4.61%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 754 (100%)
Native: 705 (93.5%)
--Born in United States: 701 (100%)
----State of residence: 379 (50.27%)
----Different state: 322 (42.71%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 49 (6.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 26 (3.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 25 (3.32%)
--Not a citizen: 24 (3.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 49 (100%)
Europe: 10 (20.41%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 34 (69.39%)
Northern America: 5 (10.2%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 737 (100%)
English only: 675 (91.59%)
Language other than English: 62 (8.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (5.29%)
--Spanish: 44 (5.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (4.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (2.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.68%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 754 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 666% (88.33%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.66%)
Danish: 2 (0.27%)
Dutch: 8 (1.06%)
English: 130 (17.24%)
French (except Basque): 32 (4.24%)
French Canadian: 10 (1.33%)
German: 41 (5.44%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 78 (10.34%)
Italian: 14 (1.86%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.53%)
Polish: 4 (0.53%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.27%)
Russian: 2 (0.27%)
Scotch-Irish: 39 (5.17%)
Scottish: 17 (2.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.8%)
Swiss: 6 (0.8%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 184 (24.4%)
Welsh: 10 (1.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 72 (9.55%)

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