General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4556140, place: Pickens town, South Carolina)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 570 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (6.14%)
Kindergarten: 39 (6.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 298 (52.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 139 (24.39%)
College or graduate school: 59 (10.35%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 2,105 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 285 (13.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 424 (20.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 759 (36.06%)
Some college, no degree: 332 (15.77%)
Associate degree: 98 (4.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 170 (8.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 37 (1.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.8%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 2,416 (100%)
Never married: 504 (20.86%)
Now married, except separated: 1,139 (47.14%)
Separated: 81 (3.35%)
Total Widowed: 368 (15.23%)
Widowed Female: 339 (14.03%)
Total Divorced: 324 (13.41%)
Divorced Female: 183 (7.57%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 46 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (71.74%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 2,318 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 305 (13.16%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 529 (100%)
--With a disability: 45 (8.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,587 (100%)
--With a disability: 402 (25.33%)
----Percent employed: 52%
--No disability: 1,185 (74.67%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 628 (100%)
--With a disability: 366 (58.28%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 2,786 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,506 (54.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,225 (43.97%)
--Same county: 851 (30.55%)
--Different county: 374 (13.42%)
----Same state: 176 (6.32%)
----Different state: 198 (7.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 55 (1.97%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 2,971 (100%)
Native: 2,876 (96.8%)
--Born in United States: 2,862 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,188 (73.65%)
----Different state: 674 (22.69%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 95 (3.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 50 (1.68%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.34%)
--Not a citizen: 85 (2.86%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 95 (100%)
Europe: 17 (17.89%)
Asia: 5 (5.26%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 73 (76.84%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 2,786 (100%)
English only: 2,646 (94.97%)
Language other than English: 140 (5.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 96 (3.45%)
--Spanish: 105 (3.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (2.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 27 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.18%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 2,971 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,530% (85.16%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 32 (1.08%)
English: 220 (7.4%)
French (except Basque): 44 (1.48%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.17%)
German: 219 (7.37%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 306 (10.3%)
Italian: 37 (1.25%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.17%)
Polish: 4 (0.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 126 (4.24%)
Scottish: 46 (1.55%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 45 (1.51%)
Swedish: 5 (0.17%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.1%)
United States or American: 687 (23.12%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 746 (25.11%)
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