Meggett, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4545790, place: Meggett town, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 302 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (6.95%)
Kindergarten: 5 (1.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 156 (51.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 83 (27.48%)
College or graduate school: 37 (12.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 879 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 38 (4.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 127 (14.45%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 240 (27.3%)
Some college, no degree: 223 (25.37%)
Associate degree: 49 (5.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 115 (13.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 87 (9.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,010 (100%)
Never married: 202 (20%)
Now married, except separated: 658 (65.15%)
Separated: 31 (3.07%)
Total Widowed: 59 (5.84%)
Widowed Female: 43 (4.26%)
Total Divorced: 60 (5.94%)
Divorced Female: 30 (2.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 943 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 146 (15.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 270 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (6.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 742 (100%)
--With a disability: 182 (24.53%)
----Percent employed: 62.1%
--No disability: 560 (75.47%)
----Percent employed: 74.5%
Population 65 years and over: 168 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (42.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,180 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 856 (72.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 320 (27.12%)
--Same county: 235 (19.92%)
--Different county: 85 (7.2%)
----Same state: 46 (3.9%)
----Different state: 39 (3.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,224 (100%)
Native: 1,216 (99.35%)
--Born in United States: 1,197 (100%)
----State of residence: 862 (70.42%)
----Different state: 335 (27.37%)
--Born outside United States: 19 (1.55%)
Foreign born: 8 (0.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.33%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 5 (62.5%)
Asia: 3 (37.5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,180 (100%)
English only: 1,117 (94.66%)
Language other than English: 63 (5.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (1.27%)
--Spanish: 15 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 26 (2.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 22 (1.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.76%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,224 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,069% (87.34%)
Arab: 5 (0.41%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.16%)
Dutch: 22 (1.8%)
English: 181 (14.79%)
French (except Basque): 62 (5.07%)
French Canadian: 17 (1.39%)
German: 160 (13.07%)
Greek: 3 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 96 (7.84%)
Italian: 8 (0.65%)
Lithuanian: 12 (0.98%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.33%)
Polish: 16 (1.31%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 31 (2.53%)
Scottish: 47 (3.84%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.49%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 83 (6.78%)
Welsh: 4 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.33%)
Other ancestries: 306 (25%)

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