Towns County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Towns county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,865	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	127	6.8
Kindergarten	50	2.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	699	37.5
High school (grades 9-12)	407	21.8
College or graduate school	582	31.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	6,935	100.0
Less than 9th grade	709	10.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,021	14.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,316	33.4
Some college, no degree	1,289	18.6
Associate degree	390	5.6
Bachelor's degree	655	9.4
Graduate or professional degree	555	8.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	8,061	100.0
Never married	1,270	15.8
Now married, except separated	5,282	65.5
Separated	64	0.8
Widowed	802	9.9
Female	642	8.0
Divorced	643	8.0
Female	368	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	108	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	57	52.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	7,812	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,360	17.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,718	100.0
With a disability	127	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	4,769	100.0
With a disability	1,102	23.1
Percent employed	50.0	(X)
No disability	3,667	76.9
Percent employed	68.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,301	100.0
With a disability	878	38.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	8,897	100.0
Same house in 1995	4,989	56.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,829	43.0
Same county	1,127	12.7
Different county	2,702	30.4
Same state	1,433	16.1
Different state	1,269	14.3
Elsewhere in 1995	79	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	9,319	100.0
Native	9,070	97.3
Born in United States	9,030	96.9
State of residence	5,024	53.9
Different state	4,006	43.0
Born outside United States	40	0.4
Foreign born	249	2.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	113	1.2
Naturalized citizen	121	1.3
Not a citizen	128	1.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	249	100.0
Europe	100	40.2
Asia	55	22.1
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	89	35.7
Northern America	5	2.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	8,897	100.0
English only	8,534	95.9
Language other than English	363	4.1
Speak English less than 'very well	140	1.6
Spanish	201	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	106	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	128	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	32	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	9,319	100.0
Total ancestries reported	7,729	82.9
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	29	0.3
Danish	27	0.3
Dutch	102	1.1
English	1,214	13.0
French (except Basque)¹	169	1.8
French Canadian¹	35	0.4
German	907	9.7
Greek	15	0.2
Hungarian	13	0.1
Irish¹	1,060	11.4
Italian	150	1.6
Lithuanian	6	0.1
Norwegian	69	0.7
Polish	82	0.9
Portuguese	10	0.1
Russian	15	0.2
Scotch-Irish	295	3.2
Scottish	261	2.8
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	84	0.9
Swiss	59	0.6
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,077	22.3
Welsh	62	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	986	10.6

(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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