Saluda, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4563250, place: Saluda town, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 798 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 45 (5.64%)
Kindergarten: 49 (6.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 447 (56.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 180 (22.56%)
College or graduate school: 77 (9.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,818 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 266 (14.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 382 (21.01%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 653 (35.92%)
Some college, no degree: 197 (10.84%)
Associate degree: 88 (4.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 133 (7.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 99 (5.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,369 (100%)
Never married: 824 (34.78%)
Now married, except separated: 1,046 (44.15%)
Separated: 115 (4.85%)
Total Widowed: 205 (8.65%)
Widowed Female: 168 (7.09%)
Total Divorced: 179 (7.56%)
Divorced Female: 141 (5.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 121 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 57 (47.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,236 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 181 (8.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 874 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (5.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,589 (100%)
--With a disability: 340 (21.4%)
----Percent employed: 43.5%
--No disability: 1,249 (78.6%)
----Percent employed: 71.5%
Population 65 years and over: 399 (100%)
--With a disability: 202 (50.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,894 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,646 (56.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 943 (32.58%)
--Same county: 650 (22.46%)
--Different county: 293 (10.12%)
----Same state: 176 (6.08%)
----Different state: 117 (4.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 305 (10.54%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,139 (100%)
Native: 2,636 (83.98%)
--Born in United States: 2,628 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,349 (74.83%)
----Different state: 279 (8.89%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 503 (16.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 463 (14.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.32%)
--Not a citizen: 493 (15.71%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 503 (100%)
Europe: 3 (0.6%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 500 (99.4%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,894 (100%)
English only: 2,325 (80.34%)
Language other than English: 569 (19.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 393 (13.58%)
--Spanish: 566 (19.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 393 (13.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,139 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,595% (82.67%)
Arab: 4 (0.13%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 36 (1.15%)
English: 173 (5.51%)
French (except Basque): 17 (0.54%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.1%)
German: 168 (5.35%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 121 (3.85%)
Italian: 28 (0.89%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (0.67%)
Scottish: 10 (0.32%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.25%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 7 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 203 (6.47%)
Welsh: 31 (0.99%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,765 (56.23%)

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