Union County, GA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Union county georgia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,414	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	181	5.3
Kindergarten	180	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,633	47.8
High school (grades 9-12)	868	25.4
College or graduate school	552	16.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,730	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,154	9.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,131	16.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,471	35.1
Some college, no degree	2,656	20.9
Associate degree	721	5.7
Bachelor's degree	960	7.5
Graduate or professional degree	637	5.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	74.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,460	100.0
Never married	2,299	15.9
Now married, except separated	9,279	64.2
Separated	167	1.2
Widowed	1,248	8.6
Female	1,086	7.5
Divorced	1,467	10.1
Female	751	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	281	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	138	49.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,882	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,549	18.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,073	100.0
With a disability	269	8.8

Population 21 to 64 years	9,391	100.0
With a disability	2,207	23.5
Percent employed	55.2	(X)
No disability	7,184	76.5
Percent employed	72.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,601	100.0
With a disability	1,408	39.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,460	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,409	57.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,016	42.6
Same county	2,511	15.3
Different county	4,505	27.4
Same state	1,941	11.8
Different state	2,564	15.6
Elsewhere in 1995	35	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,289	100.0
Native	17,066	98.7
Born in United States	16,925	97.9
State of residence	9,414	54.5
Different state	7,511	43.4
Born outside United States	141	0.8
Foreign born	223	1.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	35	0.2
Naturalized citizen	174	1.0
Not a citizen	49	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	223	100.0
Europe	116	52.0
Asia	35	15.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	5	2.2
Latin America	46	20.6
Northern America	21	9.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,460	100.0
English only	16,130	98.0
Language other than English	330	2.0
Speak English less than 'very well	98	0.6
Spanish	185	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	57	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	74	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	20	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	64	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,289	100.0
Total ancestries reported	13,951	80.7
Arab	10	0.1
Czech¹	47	0.3
Danish	49	0.3
Dutch	384	2.2
English	2,438	14.1
French (except Basque)¹	317	1.8
French Canadian¹	74	0.4
German	1,833	10.6
Greek	31	0.2
Hungarian	19	0.1
Irish¹	2,015	11.7
Italian	459	2.7
Lithuanian	24	0.1
Norwegian	66	0.4
Polish	170	1.0
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	40	0.2
Scotch-Irish	525	3.0
Scottish	391	2.3
Slovak	8	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	200	1.2
Swiss	22	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,171	18.3
Welsh	107	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	8	0.0
Other ancestries	1,543	8.9

(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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