Gordon County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Gordon county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,354	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	797	7.7
Kindergarten	601	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,343	51.6
High school (grades 9-12)	2,347	22.7
College or graduate school	1,266	12.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	28,490	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,838	13.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,875	20.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,723	34.1
Some college, no degree	4,894	17.2
Associate degree	1,140	4.0
Bachelor's degree	1,899	6.7
Graduate or professional degree	1,121	3.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	65.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	34,503	100.0
Never married	6,312	18.3
Now married, except separated	21,788	63.1
Separated	530	1.5
Widowed	2,076	6.0
Female	1,675	4.9
Divorced	3,797	11.0
Female	2,179	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,190	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	653	54.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	32,561	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,850	11.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,079	100.0
With a disability	841	8.3

Population 21 to 64 years	26,057	100.0
With a disability	5,574	21.4
Percent employed	58.1	(X)
No disability	20,483	78.6
Percent employed	81.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,366	100.0
With a disability	2,071	47.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	40,940	100.0
Same house in 1995	21,638	52.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	18,218	44.5
Same county	10,027	24.5
Different county	8,191	20.0
Same state	4,697	11.5
Different state	3,494	8.5
Elsewhere in 1995	1,084	2.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	44,104	100.0
Native	41,293	93.6
Born in United States	41,065	93.1
State of residence	30,480	69.1
Different state	10,585	24.0
Born outside United States	228	0.5
Foreign born	2,811	6.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,829	4.1
Naturalized citizen	415	0.9
Not a citizen	2,396	5.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,811	100.0
Europe	148	5.3
Asia	176	6.3
Africa	27	1.0
Oceania	11	0.4
Latin America	2,432	86.5
Northern America	17	0.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	40,940	100.0
English only	37,279	91.1
Language other than English	3,661	8.9
Speak English less than 'very well	2,401	5.9
Spanish	3,239	7.9
Speak English less than "very well"	2,198	5.4
Other Indo-European languages	301	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	139	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	69	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	44	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	44,104	100.0
Total ancestries reported	33,709	76.4
Arab	58	0.1
Czech¹	91	0.2
Danish	31	0.1
Dutch	584	1.3
English	4,106	9.3
French (except Basque)¹	674	1.5
French Canadian¹	101	0.2
German	2,688	6.1
Greek	27	0.1
Hungarian	56	0.1
Irish¹	3,627	8.2
Italian	453	1.0
Lithuanian	33	0.1
Norwegian	92	0.2
Polish	162	0.4
Portuguese	34	0.1
Russian	36	0.1
Scotch-Irish	676	1.5
Scottish	731	1.7
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	58	0.1
Swedish	108	0.2
Swiss	30	0.1
Ukrainian	20	0.0
United States or American	10,772	24.4
Welsh	139	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	83	0.2
Other ancestries	8,239	18.7

(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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