Rockdale County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Rockdale county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	19,019	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,623	8.5
Kindergarten	1,069	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	9,125	48.0
High school (grades 9-12)	4,624	24.3
College or graduate school	2,578	13.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	44,794	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,755	6.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,125	11.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	13,152	29.4
Some college, no degree	10,735	24.0
Associate degree	2,566	5.7
Bachelor's degree	7,102	15.9
Graduate or professional degree	3,359	7.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	23.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	54,317	100.0
Never married	12,432	22.9
Now married, except separated	32,862	60.5
Separated	855	1.6
Widowed	2,640	4.9
Female	2,183	4.0
Divorced	5,528	10.2
Female	3,075	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,858	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	755	40.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	50,702	100.0
Civilian veterans	8,086	15.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	17,510	100.0
With a disability	1,252	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	40,886	100.0
With a disability	7,695	18.8
Percent employed	56.3	(X)
No disability	33,191	81.2
Percent employed	78.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,338	100.0
With a disability	2,859	45.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	65,480	100.0
Same house in 1995	34,042	52.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	29,113	44.5
Same county	10,376	15.8
Different county	18,737	28.6
Same state	11,399	17.4
Different state	7,338	11.2
Elsewhere in 1995	2,325	3.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	70,111	100.0
Native	64,750	92.4
Born in United States	63,961	91.2
State of residence	38,567	55.0
Different state	25,394	36.2
Born outside United States	789	1.1
Foreign born	5,361	7.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	3,518	5.0
Naturalized citizen	1,361	1.9
Not a citizen	4,000	5.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	5,361	100.0
Europe	627	11.7
Asia	957	17.9
Africa	147	2.7
Oceania	40	0.7
Latin America	3,457	64.5
Northern America	133	2.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	65,480	100.0
English only	59,122	90.3
Language other than English	6,358	9.7
Speak English less than 'very well	3,349	5.1
Spanish	4,290	6.6
Speak English less than "very well"	2,680	4.1
Other Indo-European languages	1,152	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	211	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	830	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	449	0.7

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	70,111	100.0
Total ancestries reported	62,167	88.7
Arab	142	0.2
Czech¹	152	0.2
Danish	77	0.1
Dutch	733	1.0
English	7,098	10.1
French (except Basque)¹	1,414	2.0
French Canadian¹	355	0.5
German	6,821	9.7
Greek	234	0.3
Hungarian	84	0.1
Irish¹	7,180	10.2
Italian	1,553	2.2
Lithuanian	89	0.1
Norwegian	501	0.7
Polish	790	1.1
Portuguese	87	0.1
Russian	181	0.3
Scotch-Irish	1,557	2.2
Scottish	1,514	2.2
Slovak	60	0.1
Subsaharan African	381	0.5
Swedish	451	0.6
Swiss	101	0.1
Ukrainian	72	0.1
United States or American	9,064	12.9
Welsh	367	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	311	0.4
Other ancestries	20,798	29.7

(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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