St. Simons, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1368040, place: St. Simons CDP, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,602 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 207 (7.96%)
Kindergarten: 110 (4.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,217 (46.77%)
High school (grades 9-12): 685 (26.33%)
College or graduate school: 383 (14.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,211 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 195 (1.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 263 (2.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,366 (13.38%)
Some college, no degree: 2,442 (23.92%)
Associate degree: 688 (6.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,182 (31.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,075 (20.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 51.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,382 (100%)
Never married: 1,930 (16.96%)
Now married, except separated: 6,913 (60.74%)
Separated: 113 (0.99%)
Total Widowed: 959 (8.43%)
Widowed Female: 806 (7.08%)
Total Divorced: 1,467 (12.89%)
Divorced Female: 1,036 (9.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 53 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (67.92%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,856 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,964 (18.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,295 (100%)
--With a disability: 103 (4.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,629 (100%)
--With a disability: 823 (10.79%)
----Percent employed: 65.5%
--No disability: 6,806 (89.21%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
Population 65 years and over: 2,922 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,029 (35.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,873 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,138 (47.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,598 (51.25%)
--Same county: 2,871 (22.3%)
--Different county: 3,727 (28.95%)
----Same state: 1,570 (12.2%)
----Different state: 2,157 (16.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 137 (1.06%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,448 (100%)
Native: 12,940 (96.22%)
--Born in United States: 12,796 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,073 (45.16%)
----Different state: 6,723 (49.99%)
--Born outside United States: 144 (1.07%)
Foreign born: 508 (3.78%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 137 (1.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 291 (2.16%)
--Not a citizen: 217 (1.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 508 (100%)
Europe: 194 (38.19%)
Asia: 36 (7.09%)
Africa: 33 (6.5%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 153 (30.12%)
Northern America: 92 (18.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,873 (100%)
English only: 12,229 (95%)
Language other than English: 644 (5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 196 (1.52%)
--Spanish: 362 (2.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 148 (1.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 178 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 58 (0.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,448 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,011% (104.19%)
Arab: 44 (0.33%)
Czech: 120 (0.89%)
Danish: 17 (0.13%)
Dutch: 219 (1.63%)
English: 3,196 (23.77%)
French (except Basque): 546 (4.06%)
French Canadian: 78 (0.58%)
German: 1,585 (11.79%)
Greek: 11 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 58 (0.43%)
Irish: 1,681 (12.5%)
Italian: 353 (2.62%)
Lithuanian: 36 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 65 (0.48%)
Polish: 176 (1.31%)
Portuguese: 21 (0.16%)
Russian: 50 (0.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 728 (5.41%)
Scottish: 634 (4.71%)
Slovak: 81 (0.6%)
Subsaharan African: 31 (0.23%)
Swedish: 220 (1.64%)
Swiss: 8 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 72 (0.54%)
United States or American: 1,604 (11.93%)
Welsh: 236 (1.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 2,124 (15.79%)

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