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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: Atlanta city, Georgia |
| NOTE: Corrected counts are available for one or more geographies displayed in this table. |
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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.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
113,134 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
8,389 |
7.4 |
Kindergarten |
5,615 |
5.0 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
43,274 |
38.3 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
20,420 |
18.0 |
College or graduate school |
35,436 |
31.3 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
268,246 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
19,292 |
7.2 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
42,660 |
15.9 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
59,876 |
22.3 |
Some college, no degree |
43,869 |
16.4 |
Associate degree |
9,620 |
3.6 |
Bachelor's degree |
55,982 |
20.9 |
Graduate or professional degree |
36,947 |
13.8 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
76.9 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
34.6 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
337,572 |
100.0 |
Never married |
153,542 |
45.5 |
Now married, except separated |
106,078 |
31.4 |
Separated |
13,757 |
4.1 |
Widowed |
26,089 |
7.7 |
Female |
21,066 |
6.2 |
Divorced |
38,106 |
11.3 |
Female |
21,753 |
6.4 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
11,563 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
5,947 |
51.4 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
323,370 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
29,647 |
9.2 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
88,898 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
8,468 |
9.5 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
251,699 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
56,080 |
22.3 |
Percent employed |
50.2 |
(X) |
No disability |
195,619 |
77.7 |
Percent employed |
71.8 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
40,120 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
20,064 |
50.0 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
389,992 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
172,519 |
44.2 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
201,498 |
51.7 |
Same county |
104,839 |
26.9 |
Different county |
96,659 |
24.8 |
Same state |
45,294 |
11.6 |
Different state |
51,365 |
13.2 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
15,975 |
4.1 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
416,629 |
100.0 |
Native |
389,277 |
93.4 |
Born in United States |
386,036 |
92.7 |
State of residence |
243,840 |
58.5 |
Different state |
142,196 |
34.1 |
Born outside United States |
3,241 |
0.8 |
Foreign born |
27,352 |
6.6 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
18,326 |
4.4 |
Naturalized citizen |
6,715 |
1.6 |
Not a citizen |
20,637 |
5.0 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
27,352 |
100.0 |
Europe |
3,918 |
14.3 |
Asia |
5,936 |
21.7 |
Africa |
2,818 |
10.3 |
Oceania |
131 |
0.5 |
Latin America |
13,576 |
49.6 |
Northern America |
973 |
3.6 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
389,992 |
100.0 |
English only |
347,775 |
89.2 |
Language other than English |
42,217 |
10.8 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
19,269 |
4.9 |
Spanish |
23,097 |
5.9 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
12,729 |
3.3 |
Other Indo-European languages |
11,271 |
2.9 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
3,221 |
0.8 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
5,024 |
1.3 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
2,485 |
0.6 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
416,629 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
358,245 |
86.0 |
Arab |
963 |
0.2 |
Czech1 |
781 |
0.2 |
Danish |
613 |
0.1 |
Dutch |
2,090 |
0.5 |
English |
24,686 |
5.9 |
French (except Basque)1 |
4,984 |
1.2 |
French Canadian1 |
850 |
0.2 |
German |
18,709 |
4.5 |
Greek |
913 |
0.2 |
Hungarian |
809 |
0.2 |
Irish1 |
18,596 |
4.5 |
Italian |
6,609 |
1.6 |
Lithuanian |
509 |
0.1 |
Norwegian |
1,310 |
0.3 |
Polish |
3,441 |
0.8 |
Portuguese |
222 |
0.1 |
Russian |
3,233 |
0.8 |
Scotch-Irish |
6,088 |
1.5 |
Scottish |
6,711 |
1.6 |
Slovak |
239 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
7,699 |
1.8 |
Swedish |
1,738 |
0.4 |
Swiss |
621 |
0.1 |
Ukrainian |
419 |
0.1 |
United States or American |
12,412 |
3.0 |
Welsh |
1,472 |
0.4 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
2,406 |
0.6 |
Other ancestries |
229,122 |
55.0 |
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Number |
Percent |
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(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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