East Gaffney, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4522075, place: East Gaffney CDP, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 720 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 51 (7.08%)
Kindergarten: 49 (6.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 361 (50.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 176 (24.44%)
College or graduate school: 83 (11.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,241 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 531 (23.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 595 (26.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 763 (34.05%)
Some college, no degree: 213 (9.5%)
Associate degree: 51 (2.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 76 (3.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (0.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 49.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,679 (100%)
Never married: 693 (25.87%)
Now married, except separated: 1,236 (46.14%)
Separated: 136 (5.08%)
Total Widowed: 269 (10.04%)
Widowed Female: 219 (8.17%)
Total Divorced: 345 (12.88%)
Divorced Female: 170 (6.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 86 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 39 (45.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,536 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 303 (11.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 691 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (10.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,957 (100%)
--With a disability: 655 (33.47%)
----Percent employed: 58.9%
--No disability: 1,302 (66.53%)
----Percent employed: 70%
Population 65 years and over: 462 (100%)
--With a disability: 274 (59.31%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,110 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,071 (66.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,039 (33.41%)
--Same county: 760 (24.44%)
--Different county: 279 (8.97%)
----Same state: 153 (4.92%)
----Different state: 126 (4.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,368 (100%)
Native: 3,281 (97.42%)
--Born in United States: 3,281 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,830 (84.03%)
----Different state: 451 (13.39%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 87 (2.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 66 (1.96%)
--Not a citizen: 21 (0.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 87 (100%)
Europe: 14 (16.09%)
Asia: 8 (9.2%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 65 (74.71%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,110 (100%)
English only: 2,985 (95.98%)
Language other than English: 125 (4.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (1.64%)
--Spanish: 116 (3.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (1.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,368 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,401% (71.29%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 46 (1.37%)
English: 86 (2.55%)
French (except Basque): 18 (0.53%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.18%)
German: 96 (2.85%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 232 (6.89%)
Italian: 37 (1.1%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 9 (0.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 48 (1.43%)
Scottish: 16 (0.48%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 989 (29.36%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 818 (24.29%)

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