Spartanburg, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4568290, place: Spartanburg city, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,913 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 636 (5.83%)
Kindergarten: 554 (5.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,790 (43.89%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,179 (19.97%)
College or graduate school: 2,754 (25.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 25,012 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,413 (9.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,489 (17.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,963 (23.84%)
Some college, no degree: 4,369 (17.47%)
Associate degree: 1,278 (5.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,870 (15.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,630 (10.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 31,245 (100%)
Never married: 10,817 (34.62%)
Now married, except separated: 12,563 (40.21%)
Separated: 1,387 (4.44%)
Total Widowed: 3,293 (10.54%)
Widowed Female: 2,764 (8.85%)
Total Divorced: 3,185 (10.19%)
Divorced Female: 2,049 (6.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 999 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 524 (52.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 29,758 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,472 (11.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,521 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,036 (10.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 20,987 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,583 (26.6%)
----Percent employed: 55%
--No disability: 15,404 (73.4%)
----Percent employed: 72%
Population 65 years and over: 5,903 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,677 (45.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 36,839 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,970 (51.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 17,298 (46.96%)
--Same county: 11,832 (32.12%)
--Different county: 5,466 (14.84%)
----Same state: 2,284 (6.2%)
----Different state: 3,182 (8.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 571 (1.55%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 39,407 (100%)
Native: 38,106 (96.7%)
--Born in United States: 37,976 (100%)
----State of residence: 28,336 (71.91%)
----Different state: 9,640 (24.46%)
--Born outside United States: 130 (0.33%)
Foreign born: 1,301 (3.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 547 (1.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 662 (1.68%)
--Not a citizen: 639 (1.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,301 (100%)
Europe: 281 (21.6%)
Asia: 427 (32.82%)
Africa: 71 (5.46%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 440 (33.82%)
Northern America: 82 (6.3%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 36,839 (100%)
English only: 34,776 (94.4%)
Language other than English: 2,063 (5.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 882 (2.39%)
--Spanish: 1,028 (2.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 463 (1.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 624 (1.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 199 (0.54%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 327 (0.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 179 (0.49%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 39,407 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 34,008% (86.3%)
Arab: 73 (0.19%)
Czech: 67 (0.17%)
Danish: 63 (0.16%)
Dutch: 179 (0.45%)
English: 2,916 (7.4%)
French (except Basque): 387 (0.98%)
French Canadian: 158 (0.4%)
German: 1,892 (4.8%)
Greek: 58 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 71 (0.18%)
Irish: 2,008 (5.1%)
Italian: 616 (1.56%)
Lithuanian: 19 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 111 (0.28%)
Polish: 230 (0.58%)
Portuguese: 41 (0.1%)
Russian: 106 (0.27%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,418 (3.6%)
Scottish: 717 (1.82%)
Slovak: 18 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 350 (0.89%)
Swedish: 86 (0.22%)
Swiss: 67 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 27 (0.07%)
United States or American: 3,393 (8.61%)
Welsh: 214 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 50 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 18,673 (47.38%)

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