Barrow County, GA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Barrow county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,251	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	978	8.7
Kindergarten	756	6.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,958	53.0
High school (grades 9-12)	2,416	21.5
College or graduate school	1,143	10.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	29,317	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,755	9.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,069	17.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,551	36.0
Some college, no degree	6,137	20.9
Associate degree	1,609	5.5
Bachelor's degree	2,283	7.8
Graduate or professional degree	913	3.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	35,047	100.0
Never married	6,893	19.7
Now married, except separated	21,478	61.3
Separated	532	1.5
Widowed	2,320	6.6
Female	1,902	5.4
Divorced	3,824	10.9
Female	1,978	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,063	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	493	46.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	33,142	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,085	12.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,816	100.0
With a disability	724	6.7

Population 21 to 64 years	27,144	100.0
With a disability	5,067	18.7
Percent employed	55.4	(X)
No disability	22,077	81.3
Percent employed	81.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,145	100.0
With a disability	2,376	57.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	42,429	100.0
Same house in 1995	20,135	47.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	21,835	51.5
Same county	7,890	18.6
Different county	13,945	32.9
Same state	10,020	23.6
Different state	3,925	9.3
Elsewhere in 1995	459	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	46,144	100.0
Native	44,464	96.4
Born in United States	44,210	95.8
State of residence	30,717	66.6
Different state	13,493	29.2
Born outside United States	254	0.6
Foreign born	1,680	3.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	691	1.5
Naturalized citizen	668	1.4
Not a citizen	1,012	2.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,680	100.0
Europe	295	17.6
Asia	752	44.8
Africa	45	2.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	555	33.0
Northern America	33	2.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	42,429	100.0
English only	39,973	94.2
Language other than English	2,456	5.8
Speak English less than 'very well	1,296	3.1
Spanish	1,035	2.4
Speak English less than "very well"	528	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	518	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	218	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	882	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	544	1.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	46,144	100.0
Total ancestries reported	38,063	82.5
Arab	10	0.0
Czech¹	42	0.1
Danish	53	0.1
Dutch	444	1.0
English	4,028	8.7
French (except Basque)¹	737	1.6
French Canadian¹	168	0.4
German	3,994	8.7
Greek	70	0.2
Hungarian	83	0.2
Irish¹	4,936	10.7
Italian	881	1.9
Lithuanian	57	0.1
Norwegian	206	0.4
Polish	468	1.0
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	7	0.0
Scotch-Irish	865	1.9
Scottish	748	1.6
Slovak	31	0.1
Subsaharan African	170	0.4
Swedish	238	0.5
Swiss	56	0.1
Ukrainian	135	0.3
United States or American	9,236	20.0
Welsh	316	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	63	0.1
Other ancestries	10,021	21.7

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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