Homer, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1339720, place: Homer town, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 234 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (5.13%)
Kindergarten: 23 (9.83%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 134 (57.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 38 (16.24%)
College or graduate school: 27 (11.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 599 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 93 (15.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 126 (21.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 207 (34.56%)
Some college, no degree: 93 (15.53%)
Associate degree: 22 (3.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 37 (6.18%)
Graduate or professional degree: 21 (3.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 743 (100%)
Never married: 144 (19.38%)
Now married, except separated: 429 (57.74%)
Separated: 7 (0.94%)
Total Widowed: 68 (9.15%)
Widowed Female: 61 (8.21%)
Total Divorced: 95 (12.79%)
Divorced Female: 50 (6.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (26.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 692 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 86 (12.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 239 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (4.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 552 (100%)
--With a disability: 139 (25.18%)
----Percent employed: 43.2%
--No disability: 413 (74.82%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 114 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (38.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 905 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 516 (57.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 389 (42.98%)
--Same county: 164 (18.12%)
--Different county: 225 (24.86%)
----Same state: 210 (23.2%)
----Different state: 15 (1.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 986 (100%)
Native: 981 (99.49%)
--Born in United States: 977 (100%)
----State of residence: 873 (88.54%)
----Different state: 104 (10.55%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.51%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 2 (40%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 3 (60%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 905 (100%)
English only: 891 (98.45%)
Language other than English: 14 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.22%)
--Spanish: 12 (1.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 986 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 730% (74.04%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 9 (0.91%)
English: 72 (7.3%)
French (except Basque): 24 (2.43%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 18 (1.83%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 65 (6.59%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 4 (0.41%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (3.35%)
Scottish: 32 (3.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 290 (29.41%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 183 (18.56%)

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