Chester, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4514095, place: Chester city, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,637 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 83 (5.07%)
Kindergarten: 168 (10.26%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 856 (52.29%)
High school (grades 9-12): 394 (24.07%)
College or graduate school: 136 (8.31%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,010 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 371 (9.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 955 (23.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,403 (34.99%)
Some college, no degree: 637 (15.89%)
Associate degree: 230 (5.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 261 (6.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 153 (3.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,837 (100%)
Never married: 1,576 (32.58%)
Now married, except separated: 2,106 (43.54%)
Separated: 216 (4.47%)
Total Widowed: 527 (10.9%)
Widowed Female: 454 (9.39%)
Total Divorced: 412 (8.52%)
Divorced Female: 262 (5.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 315 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 150 (47.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,548 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 505 (11.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,641 (100%)
--With a disability: 224 (13.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,411 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,233 (36.15%)
----Percent employed: 56.4%
--No disability: 2,178 (63.85%)
----Percent employed: 73.2%
Population 65 years and over: 793 (100%)
--With a disability: 397 (50.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,923 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,029 (68.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,866 (31.5%)
--Same county: 1,221 (20.61%)
--Different county: 645 (10.89%)
----Same state: 251 (4.24%)
----Different state: 394 (6.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 28 (0.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,353 (100%)
Native: 6,303 (99.21%)
--Born in United States: 6,294 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,263 (82.84%)
----Different state: 1,031 (16.23%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.14%)
Foreign born: 50 (0.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 31 (0.49%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14 (0.22%)
--Not a citizen: 36 (0.57%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 50 (100%)
Europe: 5 (10%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 5 (10%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 34 (68%)
Northern America: 6 (12%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,923 (100%)
English only: 5,766 (97.35%)
Language other than English: 157 (2.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.46%)
--Spanish: 118 (1.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 31 (0.52%)
----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: 6,353 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,508% (86.7%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 46 (0.72%)
English: 147 (2.31%)
French (except Basque): 34 (0.54%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 133 (2.09%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 338 (5.32%)
Italian: 48 (0.76%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.22%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.24%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 91 (1.43%)
Scottish: 30 (0.47%)
Slovak: 4 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 30 (0.47%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 12 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 659 (10.37%)
Welsh: 40 (0.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,867 (60.87%)

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