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Savannah Georgia Social and demographic information
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Savannah Georgia Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Savannah city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
131,603 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
39,210 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
126,538 |
96.2 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
2,904 |
7.4 |
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Born in
United States |
125,083 |
95.0 |
| Kindergarten |
1,936 |
4.9 |
|
State
of residence |
87,484 |
66.5 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
15,689 |
40.0 |
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Different state |
37,599 |
28.6 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
8,070 |
20.6 |
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Born
outside United States |
1,455 |
1.1 |
| College or
graduate school |
10,611 |
27.1 |
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Foreign born |
5,065 |
3.8 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
2,744 |
2.1 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
1,986 |
1.5 |
| Population
25 years and over |
80,319 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
3,079 |
2.3 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
5,724 |
7.1 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
13,451 |
16.7 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
22,777 |
28.4 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
5,065 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
18,381 |
22.9 |
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Europe |
1,114 |
22.0 |
| Associate
degree |
3,788 |
4.7 |
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Asia |
1,695 |
33.5 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
10,782 |
13.4 |
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Africa |
284 |
5.6 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
5,416 |
6.7 |
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Oceania |
68 |
1.3 |
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Latin America |
1,683 |
33.2 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
76.1 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
221 |
4.4 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
20.2 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
122,421 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
103,399 |
100.0 |
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English only |
114,227 |
93.3 |
| Never married |
36,828 |
35.6 |
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Language other
than English |
8,194 |
6.7 |
| Now married,
except separated |
41,532 |
40.2 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
3,230 |
2.6 |
| Separated |
3,625 |
3.5 |
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Spanish |
3,737 |
3.1 |
| Widowed |
9,059 |
8.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,527 |
1.2 |
| Female |
7,526 |
7.3 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
2,273 |
1.9 |
| Divorced |
12,355 |
11.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
582 |
0.5 |
| Female |
7,506 |
7.3 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
1,782 |
1.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,081 |
0.9 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
131,603 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
4,192 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
115,559 |
87.8 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
2,318 |
55.3 |
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Arab |
264 |
0.2 |
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Czech¹ |
196 |
0.1 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
156 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
94,918 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
701 |
0.5 |
| Civilian
veterans |
14,224 |
15.0 |
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English |
7,701 |
5.9 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
1,746 |
1.3 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
386 |
0.3 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
6,823 |
5.2 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
30,986 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
461 |
0.4 |
| With a
disability |
2,981 |
9.6 |
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Hungarian |
300 |
0.2 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
69,241 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
7,775 |
5.9 |
| With a
disability |
17,785 |
25.7 |
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Italian |
2,171 |
1.6 |
| Percent
employed |
56.5 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
164 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
51,456 |
74.3 |
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Norwegian |
442 |
0.3 |
| Percent
employed |
72.3 |
(X) |
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Polish |
1,019 |
0.8 |
| Population
65 years and over |
17,212 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
90 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
8,514 |
49.5 |
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Russian |
492 |
0.4 |
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Scotch-Irish |
1,663 |
1.3 |
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Scottish |
2,454 |
1.9 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
33 |
0.0 |
| Population
5 years and over |
122,421 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
2,405 |
1.8 |
| Same house in
1995 |
62,233 |
50.8 |
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Swedish |
526 |
0.4 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
57,016 |
46.6 |
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Swiss |
168 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
35,096 |
28.7 |
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Ukrainian |
101 |
0.1 |
| Different
county |
21,920 |
17.9 |
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United States
or American |
6,758 |
5.1 |
| Same state |
6,145 |
5.0 |
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Welsh |
378 |
0.3 |
| Different
state |
15,775 |
12.9 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
660 |
0.5 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
3,172 |
2.6 |
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Other
ancestries |
69,526 |
52.8 |
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| Date: January
11, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (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.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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