Long County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Long county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,788	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	291	10.4
Kindergarten	237	8.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,332	47.8
High school (grades 9-12)	642	23.0
College or graduate school	286	10.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	5,527	100.0
Less than 9th grade	551	10.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	870	15.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,300	41.6
Some college, no degree	1,247	22.6
Associate degree	236	4.3
Bachelor's degree	199	3.6
Graduate or professional degree	124	2.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	74.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	5.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	7,410	100.0
Never married	1,598	21.6
Now married, except separated	4,460	60.2
Separated	262	3.5
Widowed	284	3.8
Female	268	3.6
Divorced	806	10.9
Female	402	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	217	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	139	64.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	6,263	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,175	18.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,674	100.0
With a disability	191	7.1

Population 21 to 64 years	5,268	100.0
With a disability	971	18.4
Percent employed	53.0	(X)
No disability	4,297	81.6
Percent employed	69.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	580	100.0
With a disability	327	56.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	9,187	100.0
Same house in 1995	4,319	47.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,432	48.2
Same county	951	10.4
Different county	3,481	37.9
Same state	1,406	15.3
Different state	2,075	22.6
Elsewhere in 1995	436	4.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	10,304	100.0
Native	9,751	94.6
Born in United States	9,471	91.9
State of residence	5,484	53.2
Different state	3,987	38.7
Born outside United States	280	2.7
Foreign born	553	5.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	358	3.5
Naturalized citizen	109	1.1
Not a citizen	444	4.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	553	100.0
Europe	43	7.8
Asia	63	11.4
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	440	79.6
Northern America	7	1.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	9,187	100.0
English only	8,326	90.6
Language other than English	861	9.4
Speak English less than 'very well	480	5.2
Spanish	699	7.6
Speak English less than "very well"	415	4.5
Other Indo-European languages	111	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	54	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	49	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	11	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	10,304	100.0
Total ancestries reported	8,715	84.6
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	19	0.2
Danish	6	0.1
Dutch	58	0.6
English	467	4.5
French (except Basque)¹	148	1.4
French Canadian¹	27	0.3
German	636	6.2
Greek	13	0.1
Hungarian	2	0.0
Irish¹	697	6.8
Italian	231	2.2
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	37	0.4
Polish	122	1.2
Portuguese	3	0.0
Russian	6	0.1
Scotch-Irish	132	1.3
Scottish	140	1.4
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	36	0.3
Swedish	38	0.4
Swiss	9	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,084	20.2
Welsh	57	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	24	0.2
Other ancestries	3,723	36.1

(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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