York, SC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4579630, place: York city, South Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,896 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 114 (6.01%)
Kindergarten: 191 (10.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 949 (50.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 474 (25%)
College or graduate school: 168 (8.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,417 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 533 (12.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,020 (23.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,358 (30.74%)
Some college, no degree: 601 (13.61%)
Associate degree: 268 (6.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 392 (8.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 245 (5.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,345 (100%)
Never married: 1,862 (34.84%)
Now married, except separated: 2,263 (42.34%)
Separated: 256 (4.79%)
Total Widowed: 505 (9.45%)
Widowed Female: 473 (8.85%)
Total Divorced: 459 (8.59%)
Divorced Female: 273 (5.11%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 255 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 130 (50.98%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,045 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 603 (11.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,838 (100%)
--With a disability: 184 (10.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,605 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,141 (31.65%)
----Percent employed: 57.1%
--No disability: 2,464 (68.35%)
----Percent employed: 79.5%
Population 65 years and over: 930 (100%)
--With a disability: 498 (53.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,589 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,618 (54.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,727 (41.39%)
--Same county: 1,892 (28.71%)
--Different county: 835 (12.67%)
----Same state: 213 (3.23%)
----Different state: 622 (9.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 244 (3.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,120 (100%)
Native: 6,827 (95.88%)
--Born in United States: 6,796 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,581 (64.34%)
----Different state: 2,215 (31.11%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 293 (4.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 238 (3.34%)
--Naturalized citizen: 52 (0.73%)
--Not a citizen: 241 (3.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 293 (100%)
Europe: 5 (1.71%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 288 (98.29%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,589 (100%)
English only: 6,129 (93.02%)
Language other than English: 460 (6.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 214 (3.25%)
--Spanish: 440 (6.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 214 (3.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 20 (0.3%)
----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: 7,120 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,115% (85.88%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 70 (0.98%)
English: 470 (6.6%)
French (except Basque): 28 (0.39%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 465 (6.53%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 25 (0.35%)
Irish: 414 (5.81%)
Italian: 92 (1.29%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.1%)
Polish: 26 (0.37%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 311 (4.37%)
Scottish: 75 (1.05%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 64 (0.9%)
Swedish: 14 (0.2%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 872 (12.25%)
Welsh: 18 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 3,160 (44.38%)

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