Beaufort, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4504690, place: Beaufort city, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,072 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 229 (7.45%)
Kindergarten: 142 (4.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,217 (39.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 772 (25.13%)
College or graduate school: 712 (23.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,709 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 434 (5.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 703 (9.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,937 (25.13%)
Some college, no degree: 1,940 (25.17%)
Associate degree: 485 (6.29%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,268 (16.45%)
Graduate or professional degree: 942 (12.22%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,630 (100%)
Never married: 3,605 (33.91%)
Now married, except separated: 4,904 (46.13%)
Separated: 328 (3.09%)
Total Widowed: 763 (7.18%)
Widowed Female: 608 (5.72%)
Total Divorced: 1,030 (9.69%)
Divorced Female: 536 (5.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 269 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 163 (60.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,044 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,805 (22.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,338 (100%)
--With a disability: 276 (11.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,723 (100%)
--With a disability: 902 (15.76%)
----Percent employed: 55.1%
--No disability: 4,821 (84.24%)
----Percent employed: 77%
Population 65 years and over: 1,546 (100%)
--With a disability: 627 (40.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,072 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,321 (44.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,507 (53.9%)
--Same county: 1,837 (15.22%)
--Different county: 4,670 (38.68%)
----Same state: 754 (6.25%)
----Different state: 3,916 (32.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 244 (2.02%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,789 (100%)
Native: 12,387 (96.86%)
--Born in United States: 12,192 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,342 (33.95%)
----Different state: 7,850 (61.38%)
--Born outside United States: 195 (1.52%)
Foreign born: 402 (3.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 131 (1.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 206 (1.61%)
--Not a citizen: 196 (1.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 402 (100%)
Europe: 115 (28.61%)
Asia: 106 (26.37%)
Africa: 27 (6.72%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 146 (36.32%)
Northern America: 8 (1.99%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,072 (100%)
English only: 11,017 (91.26%)
Language other than English: 1,055 (8.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 302 (2.5%)
--Spanish: 616 (5.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 182 (1.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 315 (2.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 80 (0.66%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 93 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,789 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,024% (101.84%)
Arab: 35 (0.27%)
Czech: 127 (0.99%)
Danish: 45 (0.35%)
Dutch: 204 (1.6%)
English: 1,600 (12.51%)
French (except Basque): 554 (4.33%)
French Canadian: 67 (0.52%)
German: 1,730 (13.53%)
Greek: 17 (0.13%)
Hungarian: 81 (0.63%)
Irish: 1,488 (11.63%)
Italian: 435 (3.4%)
Lithuanian: 22 (0.17%)
Norwegian: 138 (1.08%)
Polish: 372 (2.91%)
Portuguese: 31 (0.24%)
Russian: 69 (0.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 287 (2.24%)
Scottish: 456 (3.57%)
Slovak: 10 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 54 (0.42%)
Swedish: 69 (0.54%)
Swiss: 16 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 797 (6.23%)
Welsh: 66 (0.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 53 (0.41%)
Other ancestries: 4,201 (32.85%)

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