Parker, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4554535, place: Parker CDP, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,264 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 155 (6.85%)
Kindergarten: 236 (10.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,150 (50.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 454 (20.05%)
College or graduate school: 269 (11.88%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,108 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,273 (17.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,200 (30.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,229 (31.36%)
Some college, no degree: 810 (11.4%)
Associate degree: 319 (4.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 206 (2.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 71 (1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 51.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,520 (100%)
Never married: 1,844 (21.64%)
Now married, except separated: 4,166 (48.9%)
Separated: 425 (4.99%)
Total Widowed: 908 (10.66%)
Widowed Female: 759 (8.91%)
Total Divorced: 1,177 (13.81%)
Divorced Female: 544 (6.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 267 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 182 (68.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,154 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,089 (13.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,299 (100%)
--With a disability: 319 (13.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,011 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,949 (32.42%)
----Percent employed: 44.5%
--No disability: 4,062 (67.58%)
----Percent employed: 71.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,471 (100%)
--With a disability: 822 (55.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,968 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,726 (57.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,928 (39.41%)
--Same county: 2,732 (27.41%)
--Different county: 1,196 (12%)
----Same state: 476 (4.78%)
----Different state: 720 (7.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 314 (3.15%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,650 (100%)
Native: 10,087 (94.71%)
--Born in United States: 10,038 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,313 (68.67%)
----Different state: 2,725 (25.59%)
--Born outside United States: 49 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 563 (5.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 389 (3.65%)
--Naturalized citizen: 85 (0.8%)
--Not a citizen: 478 (4.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 563 (100%)
Europe: 18 (3.2%)
Asia: 28 (4.97%)
Africa: 14 (2.49%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 503 (89.34%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,968 (100%)
English only: 9,249 (92.79%)
Language other than English: 719 (7.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 493 (4.95%)
--Spanish: 631 (6.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 468 (4.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 68 (0.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 20 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.08%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,650 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,691% (72.22%)
Arab: 14 (0.13%)
Czech: 7 (0.07%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 100 (0.94%)
English: 519 (4.87%)
French (except Basque): 103 (0.97%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.17%)
German: 358 (3.36%)
Greek: 5 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 901 (8.46%)
Italian: 111 (1.04%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 4 (0.04%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 118 (1.11%)
Scottish: 115 (1.08%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 58 (0.54%)
Swedish: 11 (0.1%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,526 (23.72%)
Welsh: 34 (0.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 2,681 (25.17%)

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