Bennettsville, SC

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4505680, place: Bennettsville city, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,319 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 119 (5.13%)
Kindergarten: 127 (5.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,065 (45.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 773 (33.33%)
College or graduate school: 235 (10.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,126 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 798 (13.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,645 (26.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,068 (33.76%)
Some college, no degree: 715 (11.67%)
Associate degree: 234 (3.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 364 (5.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 302 (4.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,472 (100%)
Never married: 1,838 (24.6%)
Now married, except separated: 3,787 (50.68%)
Separated: 453 (6.06%)
Total Widowed: 694 (9.29%)
Widowed Female: 611 (8.18%)
Total Divorced: 700 (9.37%)
Divorced Female: 350 (4.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 385 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 167 (43.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,110 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 757 (10.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,091 (100%)
--With a disability: 137 (6.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,140 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,254 (30.29%)
----Percent employed: 40.6%
--No disability: 2,886 (69.71%)
----Percent employed: 76.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,174 (100%)
--With a disability: 614 (52.3%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,818 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,375 (60.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,443 (39.05%)
--Same county: 1,957 (22.19%)
--Different county: 1,486 (16.85%)
----Same state: 692 (7.85%)
----Different state: 794 (9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,407 (100%)
Native: 9,329 (99.17%)
--Born in United States: 9,311 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,958 (73.97%)
----Different state: 2,353 (25.01%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.19%)
Foreign born: 78 (0.83%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 50 (0.53%)
--Not a citizen: 28 (0.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 78 (100%)
Europe: 23 (29.49%)
Asia: 55 (70.51%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,818 (100%)
English only: 8,608 (97.62%)
Language other than English: 210 (2.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 88 (1%)
--Spanish: 103 (1.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 42 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 65 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.32%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,407 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,336% (67.35%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 32 (0.34%)
English: 187 (1.99%)
French (except Basque): 81 (0.86%)
French Canadian: 23 (0.24%)
German: 176 (1.87%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 182 (1.93%)
Italian: 31 (0.33%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.09%)
Polish: 11 (0.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 209 (2.22%)
Scottish: 122 (1.3%)
Slovak: 8 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 69 (0.73%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 7 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 879 (9.34%)
Welsh: 33 (0.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,278 (45.48%)

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