Ware Shoals, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4574680, place: Ware Shoals town, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 577 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (4.51%)
Kindergarten: 68 (11.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 285 (49.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 122 (21.14%)
College or graduate school: 76 (13.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,525 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 183 (12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 298 (19.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 519 (34.03%)
Some college, no degree: 221 (14.49%)
Associate degree: 123 (8.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 124 (8.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 57 (3.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,786 (100%)
Never married: 405 (22.68%)
Now married, except separated: 909 (50.9%)
Separated: 106 (5.94%)
Total Widowed: 223 (12.49%)
Widowed Female: 187 (10.47%)
Total Divorced: 143 (8.01%)
Divorced Female: 74 (4.14%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 57 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (45.61%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,671 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 230 (13.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 555 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (5.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,192 (100%)
--With a disability: 301 (25.25%)
----Percent employed: 37.2%
--No disability: 891 (74.75%)
----Percent employed: 75.6%
Population 65 years and over: 397 (100%)
--With a disability: 218 (54.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,149 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,264 (58.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 877 (40.81%)
--Same county: 362 (16.85%)
--Different county: 515 (23.96%)
----Same state: 415 (19.31%)
----Different state: 100 (4.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,341 (100%)
Native: 2,328 (99.44%)
--Born in United States: 2,322 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,809 (77.27%)
----Different state: 513 (21.91%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.26%)
Foreign born: 13 (0.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.43%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13 (100%)
Europe: 3 (23.08%)
Asia: 3 (23.08%)
Africa: 4 (30.77%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (23.08%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,149 (100%)
English only: 2,084 (96.98%)
Language other than English: 65 (3.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.6%)
--Spanish: 39 (1.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,341 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,823% (77.87%)
Arab: 3 (0.13%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 13 (0.56%)
English: 142 (6.07%)
French (except Basque): 12 (0.51%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 126 (5.38%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 171 (7.3%)
Italian: 17 (0.73%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 30 (1.28%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 96 (4.1%)
Scottish: 22 (0.94%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.13%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 549 (23.45%)
Welsh: 4 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 635 (27.13%)

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