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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: Dalton city, Georgia |
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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 |
6,273 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
462 |
7.4 |
Kindergarten |
493 |
7.9 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
3,216 |
51.3 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
1,385 |
22.1 |
College or graduate school |
717 |
11.4 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
17,173 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
4,032 |
23.5 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
3,004 |
17.5 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
3,776 |
22.0 |
Some college, no degree |
2,693 |
15.7 |
Associate degree |
521 |
3.0 |
Bachelor's degree |
1,980 |
11.5 |
Graduate or professional degree |
1,167 |
6.8 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
59.0 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
18.3 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
21,791 |
100.0 |
Never married |
5,438 |
25.0 |
Now married, except separated |
12,288 |
56.4 |
Separated |
457 |
2.1 |
Widowed |
1,480 |
6.8 |
Female |
1,246 |
5.7 |
Divorced |
2,128 |
9.8 |
Female |
1,397 |
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 |
918 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
369 |
40.2 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
20,646 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
2,023 |
9.8 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
6,514 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
545 |
8.4 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
15,821 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
4,191 |
26.5 |
Percent employed |
60.1 |
(X) |
No disability |
11,630 |
73.5 |
Percent employed |
71.8 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
2,977 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,232 |
41.4 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
25,815 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
10,705 |
41.5 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
11,870 |
46.0 |
Same county |
6,744 |
26.1 |
Different county |
5,126 |
19.9 |
Same state |
1,822 |
7.1 |
Different state |
3,304 |
12.8 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
3,240 |
12.6 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
28,233 |
100.0 |
Native |
19,616 |
69.5 |
Born in United States |
19,312 |
68.4 |
State of residence |
12,643 |
44.8 |
Different state |
6,669 |
23.6 |
Born outside United States |
304 |
1.1 |
Foreign born |
8,617 |
30.5 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
6,166 |
21.8 |
Naturalized citizen |
1,026 |
3.6 |
Not a citizen |
7,591 |
26.9 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
8,617 |
100.0 |
Europe |
106 |
1.2 |
Asia |
464 |
5.4 |
Africa |
59 |
0.7 |
Oceania |
20 |
0.2 |
Latin America |
7,968 |
92.5 |
Northern America |
0 |
0.0 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
25,815 |
100.0 |
English only |
15,939 |
61.7 |
Language other than English |
9,876 |
38.3 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
6,986 |
27.1 |
Spanish |
9,275 |
35.9 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
6,748 |
26.1 |
Other Indo-European languages |
463 |
1.8 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
153 |
0.6 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
94 |
0.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
68 |
0.3 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
28,233 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
23,740 |
84.1 |
Arab |
54 |
0.2 |
Czech1 |
49 |
0.2 |
Danish |
9 |
0.0 |
Dutch |
257 |
0.9 |
English |
2,085 |
7.4 |
French (except Basque)1 |
269 |
1.0 |
French Canadian1 |
98 |
0.3 |
German |
1,226 |
4.3 |
Greek |
24 |
0.1 |
Hungarian |
29 |
0.1 |
Irish1 |
1,472 |
5.2 |
Italian |
209 |
0.7 |
Lithuanian |
0 |
0.0 |
Norwegian |
75 |
0.3 |
Polish |
43 |
0.2 |
Portuguese |
0 |
0.0 |
Russian |
9 |
0.0 |
Scotch-Irish |
504 |
1.8 |
Scottish |
359 |
1.3 |
Slovak |
18 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
62 |
0.2 |
Swedish |
67 |
0.2 |
Swiss |
19 |
0.1 |
Ukrainian |
0 |
0.0 |
United States or American |
3,265 |
11.6 |
Welsh |
68 |
0.2 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
80 |
0.3 |
Other ancestries |
13,390 |
47.4 |
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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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