Pearson, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1359808, place: Pearson city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 409 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 32 (7.82%)
Kindergarten: 21 (5.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 253 (61.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 86 (21.03%)
College or graduate school: 17 (4.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,045 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 324 (31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 224 (21.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 311 (29.76%)
Some college, no degree: 78 (7.46%)
Associate degree: 9 (0.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 64 (6.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 35 (3.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 47.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,336 (100%)
Never married: 387 (28.97%)
Now married, except separated: 649 (48.58%)
Separated: 53 (3.97%)
Total Widowed: 142 (10.63%)
Widowed Female: 119 (8.91%)
Total Divorced: 105 (7.86%)
Divorced Female: 53 (3.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 86 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 48 (55.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,278 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 126 (9.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 439 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (7.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,003 (100%)
--With a disability: 227 (22.63%)
----Percent employed: 36.6%
--No disability: 776 (77.37%)
----Percent employed: 73.8%
Population 65 years and over: 165 (100%)
--With a disability: 83 (50.3%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,617 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 868 (53.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 582 (35.99%)
--Same county: 343 (21.21%)
--Different county: 239 (14.78%)
----Same state: 144 (8.91%)
----Different state: 95 (5.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 167 (10.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,841 (100%)
Native: 1,427 (77.51%)
--Born in United States: 1,422 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,225 (66.54%)
----Different state: 197 (10.7%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.27%)
Foreign born: 414 (22.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 301 (16.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 39 (2.12%)
--Not a citizen: 375 (20.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 414 (100%)
Europe: 2 (0.48%)
Asia: 4 (0.97%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 405 (97.83%)
Northern America: 3 (0.72%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,617 (100%)
English only: 1,163 (71.92%)
Language other than English: 454 (28.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 368 (22.76%)
--Spanish: 434 (26.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 367 (22.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 19 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.06%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,841 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,501% (81.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 10 (0.54%)
English: 73 (3.97%)
French (except Basque): 5 (0.27%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.27%)
German: 11 (0.6%)
Greek: 11 (0.6%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 56 (3.04%)
Italian: 5 (0.27%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.27%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.71%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 277 (15.05%)
Welsh: 1 (0.05%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,027 (55.78%)

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