Shannon, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1369868, place: Shannon CDP, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 283 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 33 (11.66%)
Kindergarten: 40 (14.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 109 (38.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 55 (19.43%)
College or graduate school: 46 (16.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,348 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 140 (10.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 278 (20.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 479 (35.53%)
Some college, no degree: 271 (20.1%)
Associate degree: 105 (7.79%)
Bachelor's degree: 52 (3.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 23 (1.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,519 (100%)
Never married: 231 (15.21%)
Now married, except separated: 1,107 (72.88%)
Separated: 9 (0.59%)
Total Widowed: 126 (8.29%)
Widowed Female: 100 (6.58%)
Total Divorced: 46 (3.03%)
Divorced Female: 20 (1.32%)

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: 1,443 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 251 (17.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 283 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (7.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,003 (100%)
--With a disability: 291 (29.01%)
----Percent employed: 69.1%
--No disability: 712 (70.99%)
----Percent employed: 85.1%
Population 65 years and over: 367 (100%)
--With a disability: 140 (38.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,653 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,211 (73.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 432 (26.13%)
--Same county: 311 (18.81%)
--Different county: 121 (7.32%)
----Same state: 78 (4.72%)
----Different state: 43 (2.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (0.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,778 (100%)
Native: 1,726 (97.08%)
--Born in United States: 1,726 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,453 (81.72%)
----Different state: 273 (15.35%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 52 (2.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 31 (1.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.45%)
--Not a citizen: 44 (2.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 52 (100%)
Europe: 11 (21.15%)
Asia: 28 (53.85%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13 (25%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,653 (100%)
English only: 1,529 (92.5%)
Language other than English: 124 (7.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (1.27%)
--Spanish: 64 (3.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 41 (2.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,778 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,356% (76.27%)
Arab: 28 (1.57%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 13 (0.73%)
English: 234 (13.16%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 96 (5.4%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 94 (5.29%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 31 (1.74%)
Scottish: 22 (1.24%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 611 (34.36%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 227 (12.77%)

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