Great Falls, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4530490, place: Great Falls town, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 531 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 36 (6.78%)
Kindergarten: 40 (7.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 283 (53.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 141 (26.55%)
College or graduate school: 31 (5.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,408 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 224 (15.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 310 (22.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 503 (35.72%)
Some college, no degree: 196 (13.92%)
Associate degree: 74 (5.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 56 (3.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 45 (3.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,702 (100%)
Never married: 473 (27.79%)
Now married, except separated: 769 (45.18%)
Separated: 61 (3.58%)
Total Widowed: 182 (10.69%)
Widowed Female: 148 (8.7%)
Total Divorced: 217 (12.75%)
Divorced Female: 117 (6.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 91 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (41.76%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,601 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 188 (11.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 536 (100%)
--With a disability: 54 (10.07%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,112 (100%)
--With a disability: 295 (26.53%)
----Percent employed: 47.8%
--No disability: 817 (73.47%)
----Percent employed: 75.6%
Population 65 years and over: 398 (100%)
--With a disability: 262 (65.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,048 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,316 (64.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 726 (35.45%)
--Same county: 415 (20.26%)
--Different county: 311 (15.19%)
----Same state: 273 (13.33%)
----Different state: 38 (1.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,229 (100%)
Native: 2,215 (99.37%)
--Born in United States: 2,204 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,902 (85.33%)
----Different state: 302 (13.55%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 14 (0.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.36%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 10 (71.43%)
Africa: 4 (28.57%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,048 (100%)
English only: 2,014 (98.34%)
Language other than English: 34 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.39%)
--Spanish: 13 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,229 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,779% (79.81%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 48 (2.15%)
English: 127 (5.7%)
French (except Basque): 40 (1.79%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.76%)
German: 87 (3.9%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.45%)
Irish: 88 (3.95%)
Italian: 25 (1.12%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 64 (2.87%)
Scottish: 19 (0.85%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 11 (0.49%)
Swedish: 7 (0.31%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 625 (28.04%)
Welsh: 3 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 608 (27.28%)

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