Elgin, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4523290, place: Elgin CDP, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 618 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 60 (9.71%)
Kindergarten: 73 (11.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 306 (49.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 142 (22.98%)
College or graduate school: 37 (5.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,509 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 62 (4.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 205 (13.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 650 (43.07%)
Some college, no degree: 350 (23.19%)
Associate degree: 63 (4.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 127 (8.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 52 (3.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,770 (100%)
Never married: 331 (18.7%)
Now married, except separated: 1,185 (66.95%)
Separated: 45 (2.54%)
Total Widowed: 59 (3.33%)
Widowed Female: 41 (2.32%)
Total Divorced: 150 (8.47%)
Divorced Female: 93 (5.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 76 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 48 (63.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,659 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 250 (15.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 576 (100%)
--With a disability: 98 (17.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,412 (100%)
--With a disability: 321 (22.73%)
----Percent employed: 72.3%
--No disability: 1,091 (77.27%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 183 (100%)
--With a disability: 109 (59.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,171 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,522 (70.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 649 (29.89%)
--Same county: 451 (20.77%)
--Different county: 198 (9.12%)
----Same state: 37 (1.7%)
----Different state: 161 (7.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,390 (100%)
Native: 2,381 (99.62%)
--Born in United States: 2,374 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,807 (75.61%)
----Different state: 567 (23.72%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.29%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.38%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,171 (100%)
English only: 2,136 (98.39%)
Language other than English: 35 (1.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.88%)
--Spanish: 19 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,390 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,069% (86.57%)
Arab: 7 (0.29%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 13 (0.54%)
English: 175 (7.32%)
French (except Basque): 50 (2.09%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 110 (4.6%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.38%)
Irish: 187 (7.82%)
Italian: 10 (0.42%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.67%)
Polish: 36 (1.51%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 203 (8.49%)
Scottish: 6 (0.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 35 (1.46%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 733 (30.67%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 473 (19.79%)

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