Murrells Inlet, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4548985, place: Murrells Inlet CDP, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 844 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 49 (5.81%)
Kindergarten: 28 (3.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 453 (53.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 180 (21.33%)
College or graduate school: 134 (15.88%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,391 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 138 (3.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 572 (13.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,285 (29.26%)
Some college, no degree: 969 (22.07%)
Associate degree: 304 (6.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 801 (18.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 322 (7.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,763 (100%)
Never married: 769 (16.15%)
Now married, except separated: 2,872 (60.3%)
Separated: 75 (1.57%)
Total Widowed: 410 (8.61%)
Widowed Female: 314 (6.59%)
Total Divorced: 637 (13.37%)
Divorced Female: 334 (7.01%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 31 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (29.03%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,640 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 967 (20.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 747 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (5.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,361 (100%)
--With a disability: 627 (18.66%)
----Percent employed: 67%
--No disability: 2,734 (81.34%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,189 (100%)
--With a disability: 443 (37.26%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,297 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,857 (53.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,432 (45.91%)
--Same county: 495 (9.34%)
--Different county: 1,937 (36.57%)
----Same state: 768 (14.5%)
----Different state: 1,169 (22.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.15%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,492 (100%)
Native: 5,383 (98.02%)
--Born in United States: 5,302 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,075 (37.78%)
----Different state: 3,227 (58.76%)
--Born outside United States: 81 (1.47%)
Foreign born: 109 (1.98%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 32 (0.58%)
--Naturalized citizen: 71 (1.29%)
--Not a citizen: 38 (0.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 109 (100%)
Europe: 58 (53.21%)
Asia: 6 (5.5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 7 (6.42%)
Latin America: 25 (22.94%)
Northern America: 13 (11.93%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,297 (100%)
English only: 5,152 (97.26%)
Language other than English: 145 (2.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (1%)
--Spanish: 103 (1.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 36 (0.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,492 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,493% (100.02%)
Arab: 52 (0.95%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 12 (0.22%)
Dutch: 110 (2%)
English: 917 (16.7%)
French (except Basque): 200 (3.64%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,083 (19.72%)
Greek: 21 (0.38%)
Hungarian: 42 (0.76%)
Irish: 633 (11.53%)
Italian: 263 (4.79%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 49 (0.89%)
Polish: 152 (2.77%)
Portuguese: 22 (0.4%)
Russian: 5 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 257 (4.68%)
Scottish: 212 (3.86%)
Slovak: 44 (0.8%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.15%)
Swedish: 108 (1.97%)
Swiss: 12 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 546 (9.94%)
Welsh: 40 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 701 (12.76%)

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