Cheraw, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4513600, place: Cheraw town, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,534 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 168 (10.95%)
Kindergarten: 52 (3.39%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 739 (48.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 430 (28.03%)
College or graduate school: 145 (9.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,718 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 391 (10.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 759 (20.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 984 (26.47%)
Some college, no degree: 642 (17.27%)
Associate degree: 287 (7.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 444 (11.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 211 (5.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,382 (100%)
Never married: 1,293 (29.51%)
Now married, except separated: 1,867 (42.61%)
Separated: 234 (5.34%)
Total Widowed: 555 (12.67%)
Widowed Female: 496 (11.32%)
Total Divorced: 433 (9.88%)
Divorced Female: 258 (5.89%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 169 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 44 (26.04%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,154 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 524 (12.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,379 (100%)
--With a disability: 216 (15.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,808 (100%)
--With a disability: 848 (30.2%)
----Percent employed: 41%
--No disability: 1,960 (69.8%)
----Percent employed: 69.8%
Population 65 years and over: 878 (100%)
--With a disability: 399 (45.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,278 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,135 (59.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,107 (39.92%)
--Same county: 1,152 (21.83%)
--Different county: 955 (18.09%)
----Same state: 341 (6.46%)
----Different state: 614 (11.63%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 36 (0.68%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,705 (100%)
Native: 5,637 (98.81%)
--Born in United States: 5,623 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,157 (72.87%)
----Different state: 1,466 (25.7%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 68 (1.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 25 (0.44%)
--Naturalized citizen: 26 (0.46%)
--Not a citizen: 42 (0.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 68 (100%)
Europe: 43 (63.24%)
Asia: 7 (10.29%)
Africa: 9 (13.24%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 9 (13.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,278 (100%)
English only: 5,106 (96.74%)
Language other than English: 172 (3.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.97%)
--Spanish: 96 (1.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.76%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 50 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 26 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,705 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,662% (81.72%)
Arab: 10 (0.18%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 16 (0.28%)
English: 229 (4.01%)
French (except Basque): 30 (0.53%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 236 (4.14%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 252 (4.42%)
Italian: 120 (2.1%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 40 (0.7%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 309 (5.42%)
Scottish: 120 (2.1%)
Slovak: 28 (0.49%)
Subsaharan African: 49 (0.86%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 426 (7.47%)
Welsh: 64 (1.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 12 (0.21%)
Other ancestries: 2,721 (47.7%)

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