Valdosta, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1378800, place: Valdosta city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 15,705 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,239 (7.89%)
Kindergarten: 751 (4.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,156 (32.83%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,477 (15.77%)
College or graduate school: 6,082 (38.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 24,244 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,859 (7.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,021 (16.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,313 (26.04%)
Some college, no degree: 4,878 (20.12%)
Associate degree: 1,143 (4.71%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,706 (15.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,324 (9.59%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 34,074 (100%)
Never married: 13,289 (39%)
Now married, except separated: 13,328 (39.11%)
Separated: 1,116 (3.28%)
Total Widowed: 2,633 (7.73%)
Widowed Female: 2,163 (6.35%)
Total Divorced: 3,708 (10.88%)
Divorced Female: 2,145 (6.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,126 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 590 (52.4%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 31,472 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,204 (13.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,445 (100%)
--With a disability: 879 (7.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 23,380 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,902 (20.97%)
----Percent employed: 51.5%
--No disability: 18,478 (79.03%)
----Percent employed: 74.3%
Population 65 years and over: 4,281 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,086 (48.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 40,439 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,186 (44.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 21,403 (52.93%)
--Same county: 10,952 (27.08%)
--Different county: 10,451 (25.84%)
----Same state: 5,883 (14.55%)
----Different state: 4,568 (11.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 850 (2.1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 43,823 (100%)
Native: 42,815 (97.7%)
--Born in United States: 42,236 (100%)
----State of residence: 29,394 (67.07%)
----Different state: 12,842 (29.3%)
--Born outside United States: 579 (1.32%)
Foreign born: 1,008 (2.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 407 (0.93%)
--Naturalized citizen: 412 (0.94%)
--Not a citizen: 596 (1.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,008 (100%)
Europe: 243 (24.11%)
Asia: 215 (21.33%)
Africa: 6 (0.6%)
Oceania: 4 (0.4%)
Latin America: 517 (51.29%)
Northern America: 23 (2.28%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 40,439 (100%)
English only: 38,735 (95.79%)
Language other than English: 1,704 (4.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 723 (1.79%)
--Spanish: 1,083 (2.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 520 (1.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 397 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 200 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 109 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 43,823 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 39,765% (90.74%)
Arab: 114 (0.26%)
Czech: 37 (0.08%)
Danish: 12 (0.03%)
Dutch: 300 (0.68%)
English: 3,523 (8.04%)
French (except Basque): 718 (1.64%)
French Canadian: 62 (0.14%)
German: 2,443 (5.57%)
Greek: 144 (0.33%)
Hungarian: 80 (0.18%)
Irish: 2,636 (6.02%)
Italian: 853 (1.95%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 179 (0.41%)
Polish: 281 (0.64%)
Portuguese: 33 (0.08%)
Russian: 77 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 925 (2.11%)
Scottish: 821 (1.87%)
Slovak: 32 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 818 (1.87%)
Swedish: 132 (0.3%)
Swiss: 43 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 41 (0.09%)
United States or American: 3,338 (7.62%)
Welsh: 123 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 72 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 21,913 (50%)

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