Jeff Davis County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jeff davis county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,880	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	263	9.1
Kindergarten	152	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,482	51.5
High school (grades 9-12)	694	24.1
College or graduate school	289	10.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,036	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,055	13.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,895	23.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,847	35.4
Some college, no degree	1,163	14.5
Associate degree	323	4.0
Bachelor's degree	485	6.0
Graduate or professional degree	268	3.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	63.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	9,818	100.0
Never married	1,923	19.6
Now married, except separated	5,813	59.2
Separated	264	2.7
Widowed	757	7.7
Female	689	7.0
Divorced	1,061	10.8
Female	546	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	520	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	264	50.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	9,249	100.0
Civilian veterans	919	9.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,990	100.0
With a disability	226	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	7,119	100.0
With a disability	1,883	26.5
Percent employed	43.5	(X)
No disability	5,236	73.5
Percent employed	73.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,504	100.0
With a disability	883	58.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	11,714	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,095	60.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,486	38.3
Same county	2,666	22.8
Different county	1,820	15.5
Same state	1,235	10.5
Different state	585	5.0
Elsewhere in 1995	133	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	12,684	100.0
Native	12,202	96.2
Born in United States	12,174	96.0
State of residence	10,559	83.2
Different state	1,615	12.7
Born outside United States	28	0.2
Foreign born	482	3.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	355	2.8
Naturalized citizen	81	0.6
Not a citizen	401	3.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	482	100.0
Europe	40	8.3
Asia	71	14.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	371	77.0
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	11,714	100.0
English only	11,046	94.3
Language other than English	668	5.7
Speak English less than 'very well	330	2.8
Spanish	551	4.7
Speak English less than "very well"	288	2.5
Other Indo-European languages	91	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	35	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	26	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	7	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	12,684	100.0
Total ancestries reported	8,038	63.4
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	23	0.2
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	25	0.2
English	657	5.2
French (except Basque)¹	18	0.1
French Canadian¹	17	0.1
German	336	2.6
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	729	5.7
Italian	114	0.9
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	0	0.0
Polish	32	0.3
Portuguese	22	0.2
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	87	0.7
Scottish	101	0.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	27	0.2
Swedish	5	0.0
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,254	25.7
Welsh	16	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,575	20.3

(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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