Lakewood, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4539772, place: Lakewood CDP, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 693 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 38 (5.48%)
Kindergarten: 51 (7.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 381 (54.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 139 (20.06%)
College or graduate school: 84 (12.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,656 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 195 (11.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 398 (24.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 462 (27.9%)
Some college, no degree: 314 (18.96%)
Associate degree: 96 (5.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 151 (9.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 40 (2.42%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,948 (100%)
Never married: 388 (19.92%)
Now married, except separated: 1,119 (57.44%)
Separated: 114 (5.85%)
Total Widowed: 138 (7.08%)
Widowed Female: 113 (5.8%)
Total Divorced: 189 (9.7%)
Divorced Female: 115 (5.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 123 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 42 (34.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,858 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 289 (15.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 629 (100%)
--With a disability: 69 (10.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,518 (100%)
--With a disability: 314 (20.69%)
----Percent employed: 44.3%
--No disability: 1,204 (79.31%)
----Percent employed: 79.2%
Population 65 years and over: 269 (100%)
--With a disability: 127 (47.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,428 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,434 (59.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 946 (38.96%)
--Same county: 723 (29.78%)
--Different county: 223 (9.18%)
----Same state: 86 (3.54%)
----Different state: 137 (5.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 48 (1.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,625 (100%)
Native: 2,597 (98.93%)
--Born in United States: 2,573 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,923 (73.26%)
----Different state: 650 (24.76%)
--Born outside United States: 24 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 28 (1.07%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.27%)
--Not a citizen: 21 (0.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 28 (100%)
Europe: 7 (25%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 21 (75%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,428 (100%)
English only: 2,327 (95.84%)
Language other than English: 101 (4.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (2.55%)
--Spanish: 71 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (2.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 24 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,625 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,039% (77.68%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (0.23%)
Dutch: 5 (0.19%)
English: 198 (7.54%)
French (except Basque): 51 (1.94%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.34%)
German: 185 (7.05%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 137 (5.22%)
Italian: 34 (1.3%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 13 (0.5%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.3%)
Scottish: 10 (0.38%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.27%)
Swedish: 9 (0.34%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 576 (21.94%)
Welsh: 15 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 770 (29.33%)

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