Wilmington Island, GA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1383168, place: Wilmington Island CDP, Georgia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,941 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 350 (8.88%)
Kindergarten: 295 (7.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,735 (44.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 710 (18.02%)
College or graduate school: 851 (21.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,706 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 152 (1.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 527 (5.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,899 (19.57%)
Some college, no degree: 2,467 (25.42%)
Associate degree: 747 (7.7%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,614 (26.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,300 (13.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,136 (100%)
Never married: 2,228 (20.01%)
Now married, except separated: 7,151 (64.22%)
Separated: 88 (0.79%)
Total Widowed: 552 (4.96%)
Widowed Female: 495 (4.45%)
Total Divorced: 1,117 (10.03%)
Divorced Female: 717 (6.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 154 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 65 (42.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,463 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,704 (16.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,123 (100%)
--With a disability: 324 (10.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,715 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,146 (13.15%)
----Percent employed: 70.9%
--No disability: 7,569 (86.85%)
----Percent employed: 85.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,360 (100%)
--With a disability: 519 (38.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,296 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,557 (49.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,316 (47.5%)
--Same county: 3,227 (24.27%)
--Different county: 3,089 (23.23%)
----Same state: 780 (5.87%)
----Different state: 2,309 (17.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 423 (3.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,213 (100%)
Native: 13,523 (95.15%)
--Born in United States: 13,355 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,023 (49.41%)
----Different state: 6,332 (44.55%)
--Born outside United States: 168 (1.18%)
Foreign born: 690 (4.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 317 (2.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 309 (2.17%)
--Not a citizen: 381 (2.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 690 (100%)
Europe: 190 (27.54%)
Asia: 218 (31.59%)
Africa: 53 (7.68%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 173 (25.07%)
Northern America: 56 (8.12%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,296 (100%)
English only: 12,329 (92.73%)
Language other than English: 967 (7.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 287 (2.16%)
--Spanish: 304 (2.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (0.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 321 (2.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 283 (2.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 155 (1.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,213 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,211% (99.99%)
Arab: 89 (0.63%)
Czech: 34 (0.24%)
Danish: 57 (0.4%)
Dutch: 190 (1.34%)
English: 2,193 (15.43%)
French (except Basque): 669 (4.71%)
French Canadian: 26 (0.18%)
German: 2,131 (14.99%)
Greek: 69 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 33 (0.23%)
Irish: 2,147 (15.11%)
Italian: 586 (4.12%)
Lithuanian: 17 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 32 (0.23%)
Polish: 310 (2.18%)
Portuguese: 46 (0.32%)
Russian: 146 (1.03%)
Scotch-Irish: 615 (4.33%)
Scottish: 779 (5.48%)
Slovak: 69 (0.49%)
Subsaharan African: 34 (0.24%)
Swedish: 122 (0.86%)
Swiss: 41 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,789 (12.59%)
Welsh: 94 (0.66%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 48 (0.34%)
Other ancestries: 1,845 (12.98%)

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