Sylvester, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1375188, place: Sylvester city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,958 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 140 (7.15%)
Kindergarten: 130 (6.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 927 (47.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 531 (27.12%)
College or graduate school: 230 (11.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,605 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 528 (14.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 781 (21.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,179 (32.7%)
Some college, no degree: 592 (16.42%)
Associate degree: 95 (2.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 257 (7.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 173 (4.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,385 (100%)
Never married: 1,337 (30.49%)
Now married, except separated: 1,935 (44.13%)
Separated: 182 (4.15%)
Total Widowed: 540 (12.31%)
Widowed Female: 475 (10.83%)
Total Divorced: 391 (8.92%)
Divorced Female: 269 (6.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 292 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 155 (53.08%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,072 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 515 (12.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,705 (100%)
--With a disability: 158 (9.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,801 (100%)
--With a disability: 688 (24.56%)
----Percent employed: 52.5%
--No disability: 2,113 (75.44%)
----Percent employed: 76.1%
Population 65 years and over: 965 (100%)
--With a disability: 650 (67.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,507 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,275 (59.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,208 (40.09%)
--Same county: 1,363 (24.75%)
--Different county: 845 (15.34%)
----Same state: 647 (11.75%)
----Different state: 198 (3.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 24 (0.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,062 (100%)
Native: 6,021 (99.32%)
--Born in United States: 6,000 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,277 (87.05%)
----Different state: 723 (11.93%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 41 (0.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 28 (0.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.1%)
--Not a citizen: 35 (0.58%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 41 (100%)
Europe: 22 (53.66%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 19 (46.34%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,507 (100%)
English only: 5,430 (98.6%)
Language other than English: 77 (1.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.38%)
--Spanish: 37 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 40 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,062 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,353% (71.81%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 200 (3.3%)
French (except Basque): 20 (0.33%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 166 (2.74%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 271 (4.47%)
Italian: 66 (1.09%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 28 (0.46%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 23 (0.38%)
Scottish: 44 (0.73%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 135 (2.23%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 502 (8.28%)
Welsh: 16 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,882 (47.54%)

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