Parris Island, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4554850, place: Parris Island CDP, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 795 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 37 (4.65%)
Kindergarten: 5 (0.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 135 (16.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 340 (42.77%)
College or graduate school: 278 (34.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 837 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7 (0.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 23 (2.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 224 (26.76%)
Some college, no degree: 344 (41.1%)
Associate degree: 49 (5.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 123 (14.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 67 (8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,498 (100%)
Never married: 3,419 (76.01%)
Now married, except separated: 916 (20.36%)
Separated: 54 (1.2%)
Total Widowed: 0 (0%)
Widowed Female: 0 (0%)
Total Divorced: 109 (2.42%)
Divorced Female: 26 (0.58%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 464 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 122 (26.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 201 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 419 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (10.98%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
--No disability: 373 (89.02%)
----Percent employed: 45.8%
Population 65 years and over: 0
--With a disability: 0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,646 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 355 (7.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,099 (88.23%)
--Same county: 6 (0.13%)
--Different county: 4,093 (88.1%)
----Same state: 171 (3.68%)
----Different state: 3,922 (84.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 192 (4.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,841 (100%)
Native: 4,501 (92.98%)
--Born in United States: 4,330 (100%)
----State of residence: 230 (4.75%)
----Different state: 4,100 (84.69%)
--Born outside United States: 171 (3.53%)
Foreign born: 340 (7.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 149 (3.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 119 (2.46%)
--Not a citizen: 221 (4.57%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 340 (100%)
Europe: 42 (12.35%)
Asia: 54 (15.88%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 244 (71.76%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,646 (100%)
English only: 3,828 (82.39%)
Language other than English: 818 (17.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 232 (4.99%)
--Spanish: 616 (13.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 177 (3.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 107 (2.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.67%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 95 (2.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.52%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,841 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,234% (108.12%)
Arab: 6 (0.12%)
Czech: 37 (0.76%)
Danish: 16 (0.33%)
Dutch: 24 (0.5%)
English: 255 (5.27%)
French (except Basque): 135 (2.79%)
French Canadian: 67 (1.38%)
German: 819 (16.92%)
Greek: 12 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 24 (0.5%)
Irish: 836 (17.27%)
Italian: 343 (7.09%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 40 (0.83%)
Polish: 133 (2.75%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.39%)
Russian: 22 (0.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 25 (0.52%)
Scottish: 123 (2.54%)
Slovak: 6 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 49 (1.01%)
Swedish: 55 (1.14%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 28 (0.58%)
United States or American: 181 (3.74%)
Welsh: 35 (0.72%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 46 (0.95%)
Other ancestries: 1,892 (39.08%)

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