Georgia: State Summary
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
State Health Department
- Georgia Department of Human Resources: Two Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta
Population:
- Total Population: 8,186,453
- Males: 4,022,230
- Females: 4,164,223
Top 19 Languages spoken at home: (> 5000)
- English only (6,843,010)
- Spanish (426,110)
- French (42,434)
- German (32,394)
- Vietnamese (26,675)
- Korean (25,095)
- Chinese (18,645)
- Gujarathi (10,170)
- Kru, Ibo, Yoruba (9,555)
- Arabic (7,860)
- Japanese (7,679)
- Hindi (6,780)
- Russian (6,765)
- Tagalog (6,630)
- Portuguese (6,435)
- Urdu (6,430)
- Italian (5,285)
- Amharic (5,035)
- Persian (5,025)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Southern Baptist Convention (1,719,484)
- United Methodist Church, The (570,674)
- Catholic Church (374,185)
- Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) (138,123)
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (105,774)
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 2,638,739
- Sensory: 257,923
- Physical: 606,215
- Mental: 358,052
- Self-care: 194,854
- Go outside home: 558,551
- Employment: 665,995
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 92,265
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 3,006,369
- Utility gas: 1,470,824
- Bottled or LP gas: 323,977
- Electricity: 1,151,346
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 18,769
- Coal or Coke: 204
- Wood: 29,141
- Solar Energy: 612
- Other fuel: 2,457
- No fuel used: 9,039
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 5,126,877
- No vehicle: 349,304
- 1 or more vehicle: 4,777,573
Education Attainment:
- No School: 69,445
- No High School: 323,752
- Some High School: 718,152
- High School: 1,486,006
- Some College: 1,058,692
- Associate's Degree: 269,740
- College Degree: 829,873
- Master's Degree: 288,888
- Professional Degree: 97,174
- Doctoral Degree: 44,243
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 3,006,369
- Owners with phone: 1,995,712
- Owners without phone: 33,581
- Renters with phone: 914,517
- Renters without phone: 62,559
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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