Rossville, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1367256, place: Rossville city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 697 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 52 (7.46%)
Kindergarten: 37 (5.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 389 (55.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 126 (18.08%)
College or graduate school: 93 (13.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,357 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 345 (14.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 581 (24.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 744 (31.57%)
Some college, no degree: 434 (18.41%)
Associate degree: 55 (2.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 124 (5.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 74 (3.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,739 (100%)
Never married: 412 (15.04%)
Now married, except separated: 1,388 (50.68%)
Separated: 77 (2.81%)
Total Widowed: 440 (16.06%)
Widowed Female: 383 (13.98%)
Total Divorced: 422 (15.41%)
Divorced Female: 267 (9.75%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 55 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 28 (50.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,643 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 306 (11.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 638 (100%)
--With a disability: 47 (7.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,814 (100%)
--With a disability: 534 (29.44%)
----Percent employed: 42.9%
--No disability: 1,280 (70.56%)
----Percent employed: 80.3%
Population 65 years and over: 624 (100%)
--With a disability: 338 (54.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,185 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,465 (46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,683 (52.84%)
--Same county: 574 (18.02%)
--Different county: 1,109 (34.82%)
----Same state: 312 (9.8%)
----Different state: 797 (25.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 37 (1.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,487 (100%)
Native: 3,428 (98.31%)
--Born in United States: 3,413 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,315 (37.71%)
----Different state: 2,098 (60.17%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 59 (1.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 40 (1.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (0.43%)
--Not a citizen: 44 (1.26%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 59 (100%)
Europe: 20 (33.9%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 39 (66.1%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,185 (100%)
English only: 3,081 (96.73%)
Language other than English: 104 (3.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.53%)
--Spanish: 55 (1.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 49 (1.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,487 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,606% (74.73%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 20 (0.57%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 72 (2.06%)
English: 189 (5.42%)
French (except Basque): 15 (0.43%)
French Canadian: 21 (0.6%)
German: 237 (6.8%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 392 (11.24%)
Italian: 45 (1.29%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.46%)
Polish: 7 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 9 (0.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (0.95%)
Scottish: 55 (1.58%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 897 (25.72%)
Welsh: 19 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 579 (16.6%)

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