Bethune, SC

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4506040, place: Bethune town, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 50 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 5 (10%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 19 (38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 18 (36%)
College or graduate school: 8 (16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 260 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 20 (7.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 46 (17.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 86 (33.08%)
Some college, no degree: 47 (18.08%)
Associate degree: 9 (3.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 31 (11.92%)
Graduate or professional degree: 21 (8.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 291 (100%)
Never married: 55 (18.9%)
Now married, except separated: 168 (57.73%)
Separated: 7 (2.41%)
Total Widowed: 35 (12.03%)
Widowed Female: 30 (10.31%)
Total Divorced: 26 (8.93%)
Divorced Female: 16 (5.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 274 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 51 (18.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 49 (100%)
--With a disability: 1 (2.04%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 182 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (12.09%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 160 (87.91%)
----Percent employed: 85.6%
Population 65 years and over: 84 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (45.24%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 315 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 263 (83.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 52 (16.51%)
--Same county: 21 (6.67%)
--Different county: 31 (9.84%)
----Same state: 19 (6.03%)
----Different state: 12 (3.81%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 332 (100%)
Native: 328 (98.8%)
--Born in United States: 326 (100%)
----State of residence: 250 (75.3%)
----Different state: 76 (22.89%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 4 (1.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (1.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (1.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 315 (100%)
English only: 304 (96.51%)
Language other than English: 11 (3.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (2.22%)
--Spanish: 9 (2.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (2.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 332 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 219% (65.96%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (0.9%)
English: 27 (8.13%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.6%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 13 (3.92%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 14 (4.22%)
Italian: 7 (2.11%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (6.02%)
Scottish: 24 (7.23%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 56 (16.87%)
Welsh: 3 (0.9%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 50 (15.06%)

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