Dentsville, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4519285, place: Dentsville CDP, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,205 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 251 (7.83%)
Kindergarten: 148 (4.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,230 (38.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 794 (24.77%)
College or graduate school: 782 (24.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,871 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 311 (3.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 888 (10.01%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,273 (25.62%)
Some college, no degree: 2,214 (24.96%)
Associate degree: 792 (8.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,571 (17.71%)
Graduate or professional degree: 822 (9.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,575 (100%)
Never married: 3,075 (29.08%)
Now married, except separated: 5,088 (48.11%)
Separated: 398 (3.76%)
Total Widowed: 671 (6.35%)
Widowed Female: 586 (5.54%)
Total Divorced: 1,343 (12.7%)
Divorced Female: 795 (7.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 297 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 183 (61.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,918 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,743 (17.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,414 (100%)
--With a disability: 263 (10.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,648 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,645 (21.51%)
----Percent employed: 68.9%
--No disability: 6,003 (78.49%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,275 (100%)
--With a disability: 651 (51.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,103 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,763 (47.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,114 (50.52%)
--Same county: 2,841 (23.47%)
--Different county: 3,273 (27.04%)
----Same state: 1,472 (12.16%)
----Different state: 1,801 (14.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 226 (1.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,824 (100%)
Native: 12,083 (94.22%)
--Born in United States: 11,918 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,684 (59.92%)
----Different state: 4,234 (33.02%)
--Born outside United States: 165 (1.29%)
Foreign born: 741 (5.78%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 390 (3.04%)
--Naturalized citizen: 331 (2.58%)
--Not a citizen: 410 (3.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 741 (100%)
Europe: 156 (21.05%)
Asia: 296 (39.95%)
Africa: 42 (5.67%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 210 (28.34%)
Northern America: 37 (4.99%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,103 (100%)
English only: 11,021 (91.06%)
Language other than English: 1,082 (8.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 444 (3.67%)
--Spanish: 471 (3.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 188 (1.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 308 (2.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 78 (0.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 264 (2.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 158 (1.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,824 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,550% (90.07%)
Arab: 8 (0.06%)
Czech: 7 (0.05%)
Danish: 39 (0.3%)
Dutch: 49 (0.38%)
English: 677 (5.28%)
French (except Basque): 181 (1.41%)
French Canadian: 50 (0.39%)
German: 835 (6.51%)
Greek: 44 (0.34%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.04%)
Irish: 608 (4.74%)
Italian: 292 (2.28%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 44 (0.34%)
Polish: 72 (0.56%)
Portuguese: 13 (0.1%)
Russian: 31 (0.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 251 (1.96%)
Scottish: 144 (1.12%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 179 (1.4%)
Swedish: 36 (0.28%)
Swiss: 9 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.1%)
United States or American: 710 (5.54%)
Welsh: 29 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 7,205 (56.18%)

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