Goose Creek, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4529815, place: Goose Creek city, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,352 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 601 (7.2%)
Kindergarten: 507 (6.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,910 (46.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,595 (19.1%)
College or graduate school: 1,739 (20.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,260 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 431 (2.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,128 (7.39%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,508 (29.54%)
Some college, no degree: 4,439 (29.09%)
Associate degree: 1,607 (10.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,180 (14.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 967 (6.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,826 (100%)
Never married: 6,271 (28.73%)
Now married, except separated: 12,871 (58.97%)
Separated: 379 (1.74%)
Total Widowed: 690 (3.16%)
Widowed Female: 576 (2.64%)
Total Divorced: 1,615 (7.4%)
Divorced Female: 1,017 (4.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 432 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 162 (37.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,002 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,746 (23.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,049 (100%)
--With a disability: 625 (8.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,691 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,913 (21.28%)
----Percent employed: 65.5%
--No disability: 10,778 (78.72%)
----Percent employed: 77.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,226 (100%)
--With a disability: 578 (47.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 26,563 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,294 (34.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 16,665 (62.74%)
--Same county: 3,883 (14.62%)
--Different county: 12,782 (48.12%)
----Same state: 3,113 (11.72%)
----Different state: 9,669 (36.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 604 (2.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 29,162 (100%)
Native: 27,984 (95.96%)
--Born in United States: 27,363 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,560 (36.21%)
----Different state: 16,803 (57.62%)
--Born outside United States: 621 (2.13%)
Foreign born: 1,178 (4.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 424 (1.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 630 (2.16%)
--Not a citizen: 548 (1.88%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,178 (100%)
Europe: 333 (28.27%)
Asia: 477 (40.49%)
Africa: 43 (3.65%)
Oceania: 22 (1.87%)
Latin America: 247 (20.97%)
Northern America: 56 (4.75%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 26,563 (100%)
English only: 24,577 (92.52%)
Language other than English: 1,986 (7.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 690 (2.6%)
--Spanish: 892 (3.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 304 (1.14%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 584 (2.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 131 (0.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 478 (1.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 237 (0.89%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 29,162 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 28,353% (97.23%)
Arab: 100 (0.34%)
Czech: 121 (0.41%)
Danish: 93 (0.32%)
Dutch: 318 (1.09%)
English: 2,505 (8.59%)
French (except Basque): 863 (2.96%)
French Canadian: 213 (0.73%)
German: 4,166 (14.29%)
Greek: 152 (0.52%)
Hungarian: 132 (0.45%)
Irish: 3,415 (11.71%)
Italian: 1,477 (5.06%)
Lithuanian: 17 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 360 (1.23%)
Polish: 643 (2.2%)
Portuguese: 36 (0.12%)
Russian: 142 (0.49%)
Scotch-Irish: 670 (2.3%)
Scottish: 634 (2.17%)
Slovak: 9 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 84 (0.29%)
Swedish: 264 (0.91%)
Swiss: 38 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.06%)
United States or American: 3,110 (10.66%)
Welsh: 175 (0.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 94 (0.32%)
Other ancestries: 8,505 (29.16%)

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