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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics:  2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data
Geographic Area: Twiggs County, Georgia

NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.


Subject

Number

Percent

 

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

 

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

2,644

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

164

6.2

Kindergarten

155

5.9

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

1,351

51.1

High school (grades 9-12)

731

27.6

College or graduate school

243

9.2

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

 

Population 25 years and over

6,702

100.0

Less than 9th grade

869

13.0

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,600

23.9

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

2,730

40.7

Some college, no degree

995

14.8

Associate degree

144

2.1

Bachelor's degree

234

3.5

Graduate or professional degree

130

1.9

 

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

63.2

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

5.4

(X)

 

 

 

MARITAL STATUS

 

 

Population 15 years and over

8,211

100.0

Never married

2,337

28.5

Now married, except separated

4,091

49.8

Separated

238

2.9

Widowed

793

9.7

Female

653

8.0

Divorced

752

9.2

Female

413

5.0

 

 

 

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

 

 

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

393

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

207

52.7

 

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

 

Civilian population 18 years and over

7,700

100.0

Civilian veterans

744

9.7

 

 

 

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

 

 

Population 5 to 20 years

2,564

100.0

With a disability

167

6.5

 

 

 

Population 21 to 64 years

5,903

100.0

With a disability

1,462

24.8

Percent employed

44.3

(X)

No disability

4,441

75.2

Percent employed

72.2

(X)

 

 

 

Population 65 years and over

1,207

100.0

With a disability

628

52.0

 

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1995

 

 

Population 5 years and over

9,847

100.0

Same house in 1995

7,007

71.2

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

2,813

28.6

Same county

1,037

10.5

Different county

1,776

18.0

Same state

1,416

14.4

Different state

360

3.7

Elsewhere in 1995

27

0.3

 

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

 

Total population

10,590

100.0

Native

10,507

99.2

Born in United States

10,487

99.0

State of residence

9,176

86.6

Different state

1,311

12.4

Born outside United States

20

0.2

Foreign born

83

0.8

Entered 1990 to March 2000

44

0.4

Naturalized citizen

43

0.4

Not a citizen

40

0.4

 

 

 

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

 

 

Total (excluding born at sea)

83

100.0

Europe

6

7.2

Asia

53

63.9

Africa

0

0.0

Oceania

0

0.0

Latin America

24

28.9

Northern America

0

0.0

 

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

 

Population 5 years and over

9,847

100.0

English only

9,630

97.8

Language other than English

217

2.2

Speak English less than 'very well

76

0.8

Spanish

125

1.3

Speak English less than "very well"

44

0.4

Other Indo-European languages

56

0.6

Speak English less than "very well"

12

0.1

Asian and Pacific Island languages

36

0.4

Speak English less than "very well"

20

0.2

 

 

 

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

 

 

Total population

10,590

100.0

Total ancestries reported

8,143

76.9

Arab

3

0.0

Czech1

2

0.0

Danish

0

0.0

Dutch

26

0.2

English

650

6.1

French (except Basque)1

95

0.9

French Canadian1

3

0.0

German

338

3.2

Greek

1

0.0

Hungarian

6

0.1

Irish1

511

4.8

Italian

60

0.6

Lithuanian

0

0.0

Norwegian

22

0.2

Polish

3

0.0

Portuguese

0

0.0

Russian

0

0.0

Scotch-Irish

95

0.9

Scottish

59

0.6

Slovak

0

0.0

Subsaharan African

182

1.7

Swedish

0

0.0

Swiss

0

0.0

Ukrainian

0

0.0

United States or American

1,943

18.3

Welsh

8

0.1

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

0

0.0

Other ancestries

4,136

39.1

(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.
Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB)
Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB)
Language Code List (PDF 17KB)
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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