Gaffney, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4528060, place: Gaffney city, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,023 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 125 (4.13%)
Kindergarten: 131 (4.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,324 (43.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 764 (25.27%)
College or graduate school: 679 (22.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,545 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,040 (12.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,506 (17.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,088 (36.14%)
Some college, no degree: 1,137 (13.31%)
Associate degree: 319 (3.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 894 (10.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 561 (6.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,512 (100%)
Never married: 3,128 (29.76%)
Now married, except separated: 4,658 (44.31%)
Separated: 492 (4.68%)
Total Widowed: 1,184 (11.26%)
Widowed Female: 994 (9.46%)
Total Divorced: 1,050 (9.99%)
Divorced Female: 568 (5.4%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 523 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 236 (45.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,934 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,281 (12.9%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,865 (100%)
--With a disability: 307 (10.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,933 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,873 (27.02%)
----Percent employed: 52.1%
--No disability: 5,060 (72.98%)
----Percent employed: 76%
Population 65 years and over: 1,930 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,092 (56.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,109 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,246 (59.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,729 (39.05%)
--Same county: 3,279 (27.08%)
--Different county: 1,450 (11.97%)
----Same state: 560 (4.62%)
----Different state: 890 (7.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 134 (1.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,945 (100%)
Native: 12,828 (99.1%)
--Born in United States: 12,757 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,957 (76.92%)
----Different state: 2,800 (21.63%)
--Born outside United States: 71 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 117 (0.9%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 43 (0.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 32 (0.25%)
--Not a citizen: 85 (0.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 117 (100%)
Europe: 25 (21.37%)
Asia: 46 (39.32%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 34 (29.06%)
Northern America: 12 (10.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,109 (100%)
English only: 11,706 (96.67%)
Language other than English: 403 (3.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 172 (1.42%)
--Spanish: 252 (2.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 121 (1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 83 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 60 (0.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,945 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,963% (84.69%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 10 (0.08%)
Dutch: 119 (0.92%)
English: 619 (4.78%)
French (except Basque): 110 (0.85%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 581 (4.49%)
Greek: 11 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 870 (6.72%)
Italian: 77 (0.59%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 49 (0.38%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.05%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 347 (2.68%)
Scottish: 115 (0.89%)
Slovak: 35 (0.27%)
Subsaharan African: 85 (0.66%)
Swedish: 40 (0.31%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.08%)
United States or American: 2,110 (16.3%)
Welsh: 47 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 5,715 (44.15%)

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