Edgefield, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4522795, place: Edgefield town, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 712 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 47 (6.6%)
Kindergarten: 40 (5.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 296 (41.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 234 (32.87%)
College or graduate school: 95 (13.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,481 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 588 (16.89%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 485 (13.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,713 (49.21%)
Some college, no degree: 278 (7.99%)
Associate degree: 80 (2.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 233 (6.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 104 (2.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,966 (100%)
Never married: 1,229 (30.99%)
Now married, except separated: 2,032 (51.24%)
Separated: 168 (4.24%)
Total Widowed: 369 (9.3%)
Widowed Female: 248 (6.25%)
Total Divorced: 168 (4.24%)
Divorced Female: 112 (2.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 92 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 32 (34.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,888 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 366 (9.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 526 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (8.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,316 (100%)
--With a disability: 344 (26.14%)
----Percent employed: 49.7%
--No disability: 972 (73.86%)
----Percent employed: 70.9%
Population 65 years and over: 583 (100%)
--With a disability: 302 (51.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,326 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,896 (43.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,143 (49.54%)
--Same county: 1,857 (42.93%)
--Different county: 286 (6.61%)
----Same state: 145 (3.35%)
----Different state: 141 (3.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 287 (6.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,484 (100%)
Native: 4,440 (99.02%)
--Born in United States: 4,434 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,962 (66.06%)
----Different state: 1,472 (32.83%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.13%)
Foreign born: 44 (0.98%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 23 (0.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (0.6%)
--Not a citizen: 17 (0.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 44 (100%)
Europe: 26 (59.09%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18 (40.91%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,326 (100%)
English only: 4,077 (94.24%)
Language other than English: 249 (5.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 126 (2.91%)
--Spanish: 174 (4.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 87 (2.01%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 67 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.9%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,484 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,132% (47.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 12 (0.27%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 187 (4.17%)
French (except Basque): 20 (0.45%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 99 (2.21%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.07%)
Irish: 61 (1.36%)
Italian: 17 (0.38%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 3 (0.07%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 42 (0.94%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.18%)
Scottish: 57 (1.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 20 (0.45%)
Swedish: 12 (0.27%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 202 (4.5%)
Welsh: 18 (0.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,371 (30.58%)

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