Oakwood, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1357260, place: Oakwood city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 677 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 52 (7.68%)
Kindergarten: 21 (3.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 323 (47.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 163 (24.08%)
College or graduate school: 118 (17.43%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,549 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 146 (9.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 211 (13.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 601 (38.8%)
Some college, no degree: 318 (20.53%)
Associate degree: 118 (7.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 125 (8.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 30 (1.94%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,079 (100%)
Never married: 699 (33.62%)
Now married, except separated: 1,025 (49.3%)
Separated: 19 (0.91%)
Total Widowed: 99 (4.76%)
Widowed Female: 93 (4.47%)
Total Divorced: 237 (11.4%)
Divorced Female: 156 (7.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 65 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 43 (66.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,984 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 112 (5.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 655 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (9.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,669 (100%)
--With a disability: 339 (20.31%)
----Percent employed: 72.3%
--No disability: 1,330 (79.69%)
----Percent employed: 72.8%
Population 65 years and over: 140 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,464 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 906 (36.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,342 (54.46%)
--Same county: 546 (22.16%)
--Different county: 796 (32.31%)
----Same state: 503 (20.41%)
----Different state: 293 (11.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 216 (8.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,655 (100%)
Native: 2,249 (84.71%)
--Born in United States: 2,221 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,473 (55.48%)
----Different state: 748 (28.17%)
--Born outside United States: 28 (1.05%)
Foreign born: 406 (15.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 323 (12.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 33 (1.24%)
--Not a citizen: 373 (14.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 406 (100%)
Europe: 13 (3.2%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 17 (4.19%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 376 (92.61%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,464 (100%)
English only: 1,937 (78.61%)
Language other than English: 527 (21.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 393 (15.95%)
--Spanish: 461 (18.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 374 (15.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 66 (2.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.77%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,655 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,184% (82.26%)
Arab: 6 (0.23%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 21 (0.79%)
English: 172 (6.48%)
French (except Basque): 29 (1.09%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.3%)
German: 294 (11.07%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 168 (6.33%)
Italian: 131 (4.93%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 20 (0.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (0.79%)
Scottish: 15 (0.56%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 29 (1.09%)
Swedish: 11 (0.41%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 495 (18.64%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 764 (28.78%)

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