Forsyth County, GA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Forsyth county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	23,873	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	3,262	13.7
Kindergarten	1,641	6.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	11,752	49.2
High school (grades 9-12)	4,240	17.8
College or graduate school	2,978	12.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	65,027	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,617	5.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,669	8.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	15,272	23.5
Some college, no degree	14,062	21.6
Associate degree	3,917	6.0
Bachelor's degree	16,950	26.1
Graduate or professional degree	5,540	8.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	34.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	74,267	100.0
Never married	12,173	16.4
Now married, except separated	52,660	70.9
Separated	678	0.9
Widowed	2,752	3.7
Female	2,409	3.2
Divorced	6,004	8.1
Female	3,221	4.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,442	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	514	35.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	70,896	100.0
Civilian veterans	8,619	12.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	20,461	100.0
With a disability	1,153	5.6

Population 21 to 64 years	61,295	100.0
With a disability	8,468	13.8
Percent employed	64.8	(X)
No disability	52,827	86.2
Percent employed	80.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,779	100.0
With a disability	2,771	40.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	88,989	100.0
Same house in 1995	36,143	40.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	50,603	56.9
Same county	10,404	11.7
Different county	40,199	45.2
Same state	23,474	26.4
Different state	16,725	18.8
Elsewhere in 1995	2,243	2.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	98,407	100.0
Native	92,524	94.0
Born in United States	91,805	93.3
State of residence	48,487	49.3
Different state	43,318	44.0
Born outside United States	719	0.7
Foreign born	5,883	6.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	3,284	3.3
Naturalized citizen	1,576	1.6
Not a citizen	4,307	4.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	5,883	100.0
Europe	1,267	21.5
Asia	701	11.9
Africa	178	3.0
Oceania	34	0.6
Latin America	3,289	55.9
Northern America	414	7.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	88,989	100.0
English only	81,312	91.4
Language other than English	7,677	8.6
Speak English less than 'very well	4,038	4.5
Spanish	5,210	5.9
Speak English less than "very well"	3,241	3.6
Other Indo-European languages	1,828	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	530	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	490	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	185	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	98,407	100.0
Total ancestries reported	93,682	95.2
Arab	307	0.3
Czech¹	318	0.3
Danish	221	0.2
Dutch	1,546	1.6
English	13,779	14.0
French (except Basque)¹	2,672	2.7
French Canadian¹	740	0.8
German	12,993	13.2
Greek	342	0.3
Hungarian	651	0.7
Irish¹	13,394	13.6
Italian	4,176	4.2
Lithuanian	180	0.2
Norwegian	879	0.9
Polish	2,087	2.1
Portuguese	121	0.1
Russian	583	0.6
Scotch-Irish	2,577	2.6
Scottish	3,117	3.2
Slovak	119	0.1
Subsaharan African	104	0.1
Swedish	788	0.8
Swiss	133	0.1
Ukrainian	249	0.3
United States or American	15,792	16.0
Welsh	678	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	65	0.1
Other ancestries	15,071	15.3

(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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