Lyman, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4543315, place: Lyman town, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 588 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 55 (9.35%)
Kindergarten: 24 (4.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 302 (51.36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 101 (17.18%)
College or graduate school: 106 (18.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,951 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 153 (7.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 302 (15.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 594 (30.45%)
Some college, no degree: 421 (21.58%)
Associate degree: 163 (8.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 232 (11.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 86 (4.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,241 (100%)
Never married: 402 (17.94%)
Now married, except separated: 1,353 (60.37%)
Separated: 14 (0.62%)
Total Widowed: 282 (12.58%)
Widowed Female: 236 (10.53%)
Total Divorced: 190 (8.48%)
Divorced Female: 120 (5.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 62 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 46 (74.19%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,154 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 279 (12.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 496 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (12.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,555 (100%)
--With a disability: 241 (15.5%)
----Percent employed: 41.9%
--No disability: 1,314 (84.5%)
----Percent employed: 88.6%
Population 65 years and over: 525 (100%)
--With a disability: 267 (50.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,576 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,715 (66.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 861 (33.42%)
--Same county: 711 (27.6%)
--Different county: 150 (5.82%)
----Same state: 94 (3.65%)
----Different state: 56 (2.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,737 (100%)
Native: 2,689 (98.25%)
--Born in United States: 2,670 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,121 (77.49%)
----Different state: 549 (20.06%)
--Born outside United States: 19 (0.69%)
Foreign born: 48 (1.75%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 31 (1.13%)
--Not a citizen: 17 (0.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 48 (100%)
Europe: 9 (18.75%)
Asia: 13 (27.08%)
Africa: 6 (12.5%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 20 (41.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,576 (100%)
English only: 2,465 (95.69%)
Language other than English: 111 (4.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.89%)
--Spanish: 87 (3.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13 (0.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,737 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,255% (82.39%)
Arab: 6 (0.22%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 9 (0.33%)
Dutch: 3 (0.11%)
English: 344 (12.57%)
French (except Basque): 41 (1.5%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 167 (6.1%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 324 (11.84%)
Italian: 77 (2.81%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 6 (0.22%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 114 (4.17%)
Scottish: 73 (2.67%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 9 (0.33%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.33%)
United States or American: 596 (21.78%)
Welsh: 10 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 459 (16.77%)

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