Pickens County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Pickens county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,808	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	462	9.6
Kindergarten	331	6.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,526	52.5
High school (grades 9-12)	985	20.5
College or graduate school	504	10.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,868	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,855	11.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,873	18.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,259	33.1
Some college, no degree	2,902	18.3
Associate degree	500	3.2
Bachelor's degree	1,574	9.9
Graduate or professional degree	905	5.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	18,396	100.0
Never married	2,835	15.4
Now married, except separated	12,242	66.5
Separated	274	1.5
Widowed	1,170	6.4
Female	990	5.4
Divorced	1,875	10.2
Female	1,030	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	402	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	137	34.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,573	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,436	13.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,620	100.0
With a disability	350	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	13,800	100.0
With a disability	3,261	23.6
Percent employed	61.5	(X)
No disability	10,539	76.4
Percent employed	77.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,883	100.0
With a disability	1,194	41.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	21,523	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,207	56.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,225	42.9
Same county	3,859	17.9
Different county	5,366	24.9
Same state	4,097	19.0
Different state	1,269	5.9
Elsewhere in 1995	91	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	22,983	100.0
Native	22,530	98.0
Born in United States	22,409	97.5
State of residence	16,839	73.3
Different state	5,570	24.2
Born outside United States	121	0.5
Foreign born	453	2.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	227	1.0
Naturalized citizen	128	0.6
Not a citizen	325	1.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	453	100.0
Europe	157	34.7
Asia	35	7.7
Africa	8	1.8
Oceania	11	2.4
Latin America	215	47.5
Northern America	27	6.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	21,523	100.0
English only	20,753	96.4
Language other than English	770	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	370	1.7
Spanish	471	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	288	1.3
Other Indo-European languages	267	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	82	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	8	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	22,983	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,993	82.6
Arab	17	0.1
Czech¹	32	0.1
Danish	11	0.0
Dutch	284	1.2
English	2,309	10.0
French (except Basque)¹	402	1.7
French Canadian¹	52	0.2
German	1,645	7.2
Greek	12	0.1
Hungarian	49	0.2
Irish¹	2,848	12.4
Italian	442	1.9
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	90	0.4
Polish	89	0.4
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	36	0.2
Scotch-Irish	513	2.2
Scottish	423	1.8
Slovak	4	0.0
Subsaharan African	19	0.1
Swedish	106	0.5
Swiss	34	0.1
Ukrainian	13	0.1
United States or American	6,282	27.3
Welsh	143	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	13	0.1
Other ancestries	3,125	13.6

(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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