Thomson, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1376280, place: Thomson city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,886 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 201 (10.66%)
Kindergarten: 78 (4.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 984 (52.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 422 (22.38%)
College or graduate school: 201 (10.66%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,200 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 606 (14.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 944 (22.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,242 (29.57%)
Some college, no degree: 808 (19.24%)
Associate degree: 70 (1.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 339 (8.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 191 (4.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,183 (100%)
Never married: 1,661 (32.05%)
Now married, except separated: 2,210 (42.64%)
Separated: 230 (4.44%)
Total Widowed: 598 (11.54%)
Widowed Female: 498 (9.61%)
Total Divorced: 484 (9.34%)
Divorced Female: 303 (5.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 207 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 90 (43.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,779 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 585 (12.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,727 (100%)
--With a disability: 180 (10.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,324 (100%)
--With a disability: 847 (25.48%)
----Percent employed: 46.2%
--No disability: 2,477 (74.52%)
----Percent employed: 72.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,063 (100%)
--With a disability: 608 (57.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,267 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,648 (58.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,571 (41.02%)
--Same county: 1,523 (24.3%)
--Different county: 1,048 (16.72%)
----Same state: 823 (13.13%)
----Different state: 225 (3.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 48 (0.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,765 (100%)
Native: 6,760 (99.93%)
--Born in United States: 6,710 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,773 (85.34%)
----Different state: 937 (13.85%)
--Born outside United States: 50 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.07%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.07%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 5 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,267 (100%)
English only: 6,127 (97.77%)
Language other than English: 140 (2.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.38%)
--Spanish: 116 (1.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 14 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,765 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,351% (79.1%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 18 (0.27%)
English: 273 (4.04%)
French (except Basque): 78 (1.15%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.1%)
German: 152 (2.25%)
Greek: 7 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 250 (3.7%)
Italian: 5 (0.07%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.27%)
Polish: 15 (0.22%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.22%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 143 (2.11%)
Scottish: 88 (1.3%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 67 (0.99%)
Swedish: 7 (0.1%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 815 (12.05%)
Welsh: 14 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 3,372 (49.84%)

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