West Columbia, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4575850, place: West Columbia city, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,562 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 138 (5.39%)
Kindergarten: 160 (6.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,054 (41.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 480 (18.74%)
College or graduate school: 730 (28.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,495 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 696 (7.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,339 (14.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,011 (31.71%)
Some college, no degree: 1,804 (19%)
Associate degree: 685 (7.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,369 (14.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 591 (6.22%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,091 (100%)
Never married: 3,208 (28.92%)
Now married, except separated: 5,364 (48.36%)
Separated: 285 (2.57%)
Total Widowed: 994 (8.96%)
Widowed Female: 864 (7.79%)
Total Divorced: 1,240 (11.18%)
Divorced Female: 734 (6.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 170 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 74 (43.53%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,769 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,555 (14.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,154 (100%)
--With a disability: 165 (7.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,882 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,692 (21.47%)
----Percent employed: 52.5%
--No disability: 6,190 (78.53%)
----Percent employed: 78.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,228 (100%)
--With a disability: 996 (44.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,469 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,563 (52.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,267 (42.24%)
--Same county: 2,469 (19.8%)
--Different county: 2,798 (22.44%)
----Same state: 1,878 (15.06%)
----Different state: 920 (7.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 639 (5.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,249 (100%)
Native: 12,329 (93.06%)
--Born in United States: 12,169 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,642 (65.23%)
----Different state: 3,527 (26.62%)
--Born outside United States: 160 (1.21%)
Foreign born: 920 (6.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 738 (5.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 144 (1.09%)
--Not a citizen: 776 (5.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 920 (100%)
Europe: 81 (8.8%)
Asia: 191 (20.76%)
Africa: 62 (6.74%)
Oceania: 17 (1.85%)
Latin America: 560 (60.87%)
Northern America: 9 (0.98%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,469 (100%)
English only: 11,389 (91.34%)
Language other than English: 1,080 (8.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 568 (4.56%)
--Spanish: 665 (5.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 435 (3.49%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 173 (1.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 157 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 72 (0.58%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,249 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,639% (87.85%)
Arab: 34 (0.26%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 5 (0.04%)
Dutch: 241 (1.82%)
English: 1,209 (9.13%)
French (except Basque): 303 (2.29%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.15%)
German: 1,373 (10.36%)
Greek: 48 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 20 (0.15%)
Irish: 1,205 (9.1%)
Italian: 216 (1.63%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 70 (0.53%)
Polish: 107 (0.81%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 61 (0.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 502 (3.79%)
Scottish: 252 (1.9%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 322 (2.43%)
Swedish: 36 (0.27%)
Swiss: 6 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,722 (13%)
Welsh: 27 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 24 (0.18%)
Other ancestries: 3,830 (28.91%)

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