Language Spoken At Home in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 65,970 | 100% |
English only | 58,734 | 89.0% |
Language other than English | 7,236 | 11.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 4,170 | 6.3% |
Spanish | 6,957 | 10.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 4,084 | 6.2% |
Other Indo-European languages | 148 | 0.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 59 | 0.1% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 105 | 0.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 27 | 0.0% |
Other languages | 26 | 0.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 70,949 | 100% |
American | 10,135 | 14.3% |
Arab | 62 | 0.1% |
Czech | 102 | 0.1% |
Danish | 83 | 0.1% |
Dutch | 957 | 1.3% |
English | 5,193 | 7.3% |
French (except Basque) | 544 | 0.8% |
French Canadian | 5 | 0.0% |
German | 3,919 | 5.5% |
Greek | 68 | 0.1% |
Hungarian | 36 | 0.1% |
Irish | 7,172 | 10.1% |
Italian | 541 | 0.8% |
Lithuanian | 2 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 235 | 0.3% |
Polish | 275 | 0.4% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.0% |
Russian | 63 | 0.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,013 | 1.4% |
Scottish | 1,439 | 2.0% |
Slovak | 28 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 53 | 0.1% |
Swedish | 151 | 0.2% |
Swiss | 11 | 0.0% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.0% |
Welsh | 168 | 0.2% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 26 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 25,550 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 18,746 | 73.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 7,935 | 31.1% |
Married-couple family | 14,691 | 57.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 5,713 | 22.4% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 1,126 | 4.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 586 | 2.3% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 2,929 | 11.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,636 | 6.4% |
Nonfamily households | 6,804 | 26.6% |
Householder living alone | 6,236 | 24.4% |
65 years and over | 2,670 | 10.5% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 9,051 | 35.4% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 6,704 | 26.2% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 70,004 | 100% |
Householder | 25,550 | 36.5% |
Spouse | 14,770 | 21.1% |
Child | 21,498 | 30.7% |
Other relatives | 6,300 | 9.0% |
Nonrelatives | 1,886 | 2.7% |
Unmarried partner | 669 | 1.0% |
Marital Status in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 27,258 | 100% |
Never married | 6,866 | 25.2% |
Now married, except separated | 16,633 | 61.0% |
Separated | 396 | 1.5% |
Widowed | 715 | 2.6% |
Divorced | 2,648 | 9.7% |
Females 15 years and over | 28,565 | 100% |
Never married | 4,862 | 17.0% |
Now married, except separated | 15,744 | 55.1% |
Separated | 1,017 | 3.6% |
Widowed | 3,593 | 12.6% |
Divorced | 3,349 | 11.7% |
Fertility in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 958 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 229 | 23.9% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 33 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 57 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 17 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 129 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 9 | 0% |
Grandparents in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 1,614 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 987 | 61.2% |
Less than 1 year | 155 | 9.6% |
1 or 2 years | 178 | 11.0% |
3 or 4 years | 204 | 12.6% |
5 or more years | 450 | 27.9% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 987 | 100% |
Who are female | 613 | 62.1% |
Who are married | 653 | 66.2% |
School Enrollment in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 16,506 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 539 | 3.3% |
Kindergarten | 1,109 | 6.7% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 8,244 | 49.9% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 3,777 | 22.9% |
College or graduate school | 2,837 | 17.2% |
Educational Attainment in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 46,841 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 5,963 | 12.7% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 7,848 | 16.8% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 16,669 | 35.6% |
Some college, no degree | 8,269 | 17.7% |
Associate's degree | 3,469 | 7.4% |
Bachelor's degree | 2,735 | 5.8% |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,888 | 4.0% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 70.5% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 9.9% |
Veteran Status in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 52,672 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 4,396 | 8.3% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 70,314 | 100% |
With a disability | 11,352 | 16.1% |
Under 18 years | 18,259 | 100% |
With a disability | 601 | 3.3% |
18 to 64 years | 42,491 | 100% |
With a disability | 6,634 | 15.6% |
65 years and over | 9,564 | 100% |
With a disability | 4,117 | 43.0% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 70,124 | 100% |
Same house | 63,220 | 90.2% |
Different house in the U.S. | 6,728 | 9.6% |
Same county | 4,625 | 6.6% |
Different county | 2,103 | 3.0% |
Same state | 1,149 | 1.6% |
Different state | 954 | 1.4% |
Abroad | 176 | 0.3% |
Place Of Birth in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 70,949 | 100% |
Native | 65,715 | 92.6% |
Born in United States | 65,368 | 92.1% |
State of residence | 48,520 | 68.4% |
Different state | 16,848 | 23.7% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 347 | 0.5% |
Foreign born | 5,234 | 7.4% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 5,234 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 722 | 13.8% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 4,512 | 86.2% |
Year of Entry in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 5,581 | 100% |
Native | 347 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 9 | 2.6% |
Entered before 2010 | 338 | 97.4% |
Foreign born | 5,234 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 76 | 1.5% |
Entered before 2010 | 5,158 | 98.5% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Dekalb County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 5,234 | 100% |
Europe | 131 | 2.5% |
Asia | 215 | 4.1% |
Africa | 0 | 0.0% |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0% |
Latin America | 4,881 | 93.3% |
Northern America | 7 | 0.1% |