Fountain Inn, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4527070, place: Fountain Inn city, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,509 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 133 (8.81%)
Kindergarten: 118 (7.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 742 (49.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 269 (17.83%)
College or graduate school: 247 (16.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,843 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 296 (7.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 509 (13.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,360 (35.39%)
Some college, no degree: 774 (20.14%)
Associate degree: 288 (7.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 460 (11.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 156 (4.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,570 (100%)
Never married: 1,063 (23.26%)
Now married, except separated: 2,456 (53.74%)
Separated: 157 (3.44%)
Total Widowed: 348 (7.61%)
Widowed Female: 323 (7.07%)
Total Divorced: 546 (11.95%)
Divorced Female: 365 (7.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 127 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 64 (50.39%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,340 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 531 (12.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,423 (100%)
--With a disability: 178 (12.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,326 (100%)
--With a disability: 678 (20.38%)
----Percent employed: 54.3%
--No disability: 2,648 (79.62%)
----Percent employed: 84.8%
Population 65 years and over: 687 (100%)
--With a disability: 367 (53.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,477 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,733 (49.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,729 (49.83%)
--Same county: 1,231 (22.48%)
--Different county: 1,498 (27.35%)
----Same state: 980 (17.89%)
----Different state: 518 (9.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (0.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,005 (100%)
Native: 5,927 (98.7%)
--Born in United States: 5,876 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,197 (69.89%)
----Different state: 1,679 (27.96%)
--Born outside United States: 51 (0.85%)
Foreign born: 78 (1.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29 (0.48%)
--Not a citizen: 49 (0.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 78 (100%)
Europe: 46 (58.97%)
Asia: 7 (8.97%)
Africa: 9 (11.54%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (10.26%)
Northern America: 8 (10.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,477 (100%)
English only: 5,285 (96.49%)
Language other than English: 192 (3.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.42%)
--Spanish: 68 (1.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 108 (1.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,005 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,341% (88.94%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 11 (0.18%)
Dutch: 112 (1.87%)
English: 430 (7.16%)
French (except Basque): 192 (3.2%)
French Canadian: 33 (0.55%)
German: 537 (8.94%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.18%)
Irish: 705 (11.74%)
Italian: 164 (2.73%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 153 (2.55%)
Portuguese: 21 (0.35%)
Russian: 14 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 140 (2.33%)
Scottish: 79 (1.32%)
Slovak: 21 (0.35%)
Subsaharan African: 31 (0.52%)
Swedish: 5 (0.08%)
Swiss: 27 (0.45%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 898 (14.95%)
Welsh: 19 (0.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 1,728 (28.78%)

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