Charleston, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4513330, place: Charleston city, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 30,276 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,600 (5.28%)
Kindergarten: 1,299 (4.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 8,771 (28.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,330 (14.3%)
College or graduate school: 14,276 (47.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 60,358 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,066 (5.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,745 (11.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,930 (19.77%)
Some college, no degree: 12,107 (20.06%)
Associate degree: 3,881 (6.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 14,217 (23.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8,412 (13.94%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 79,992 (100%)
Never married: 32,129 (40.17%)
Now married, except separated: 32,013 (40.02%)
Separated: 2,534 (3.17%)
Total Widowed: 6,283 (7.85%)
Widowed Female: 5,156 (6.45%)
Total Divorced: 7,033 (8.79%)
Divorced Female: 4,438 (5.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,861 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 944 (50.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 76,228 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 10,040 (13.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 21,820 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,904 (8.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 55,057 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,949 (18.07%)
----Percent employed: 52.1%
--No disability: 45,108 (81.93%)
----Percent employed: 76.5%
Population 65 years and over: 12,642 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,627 (44.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 90,702 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 41,674 (45.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 47,248 (52.09%)
--Same county: 23,627 (26.05%)
--Different county: 23,621 (26.04%)
----Same state: 7,800 (8.6%)
----Different state: 15,821 (17.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,780 (1.96%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 96,086 (100%)
Native: 92,676 (96.45%)
--Born in United States: 91,971 (100%)
----State of residence: 55,880 (58.16%)
----Different state: 36,091 (37.56%)
--Born outside United States: 705 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 3,410 (3.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,701 (1.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,416 (1.47%)
--Not a citizen: 1,994 (2.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,410 (100%)
Europe: 1,343 (39.38%)
Asia: 1,085 (31.82%)
Africa: 203 (5.95%)
Oceania: 36 (1.06%)
Latin America: 556 (16.3%)
Northern America: 187 (5.48%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 90,702 (100%)
English only: 84,539 (93.21%)
Language other than English: 6,163 (6.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,920 (2.12%)
--Spanish: 2,355 (2.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 650 (0.72%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,678 (2.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 732 (0.81%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 845 (0.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 477 (0.53%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 96,086 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 90,911% (94.61%)
Arab: 364 (0.38%)
Czech: 267 (0.28%)
Danish: 162 (0.17%)
Dutch: 887 (0.92%)
English: 10,481 (10.91%)
French (except Basque): 2,672 (2.78%)
French Canadian: 395 (0.41%)
German: 10,279 (10.7%)
Greek: 722 (0.75%)
Hungarian: 412 (0.43%)
Irish: 8,807 (9.17%)
Italian: 3,083 (3.21%)
Lithuanian: 241 (0.25%)
Norwegian: 494 (0.51%)
Polish: 1,542 (1.6%)
Portuguese: 45 (0.05%)
Russian: 805 (0.84%)
Scotch-Irish: 3,048 (3.17%)
Scottish: 3,168 (3.3%)
Slovak: 62 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 1,243 (1.29%)
Swedish: 605 (0.63%)
Swiss: 133 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 149 (0.16%)
United States or American: 5,979 (6.22%)
Welsh: 616 (0.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 206 (0.21%)
Other ancestries: 34,044 (35.43%)

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