Whigham, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1382412, place: Whigham city, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 159 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (6.92%)
Kindergarten: 4 (2.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 75 (47.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 51 (32.08%)
College or graduate school: 18 (11.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 460 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 135 (29.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 68 (14.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 174 (37.83%)
Some college, no degree: 41 (8.91%)
Associate degree: 23 (5%)
Bachelor's degree: 15 (3.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (0.87%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 55.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 542 (100%)
Never married: 100 (18.45%)
Now married, except separated: 298 (54.98%)
Separated: 25 (4.61%)
Total Widowed: 80 (14.76%)
Widowed Female: 64 (11.81%)
Total Divorced: 39 (7.2%)
Divorced Female: 24 (4.43%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (72.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 518 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 57 (11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 127 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (11.81%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 294 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (28.91%)
----Percent employed: 56.5%
--No disability: 209 (71.09%)
----Percent employed: 70.3%
Population 65 years and over: 67 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (50.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 621 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 339 (54.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 276 (44.44%)
--Same county: 104 (16.75%)
--Different county: 172 (27.7%)
----Same state: 103 (16.59%)
----Different state: 69 (11.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.97%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 651 (100%)
Native: 645 (99.08%)
--Born in United States: 639 (100%)
----State of residence: 449 (68.97%)
----Different state: 190 (29.19%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.92%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.61%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.92%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 2 (33.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (66.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 621 (100%)
English only: 605 (97.42%)
Language other than English: 16 (2.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (1.61%)
--Spanish: 14 (2.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (1.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.32%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 651 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 362% (55.61%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.46%)
Danish: 3 (0.46%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 11 (1.69%)
French (except Basque): 8 (1.23%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.31%)
German: 24 (3.69%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 48 (7.37%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.31%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.77%)
Scottish: 6 (0.92%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 86 (13.21%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 164 (25.19%)

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