Greenville, SC Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school14,602100.0
Nursery school, preschool7725.3
Kindergarten6944.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)5,28836.2
High school (grades 9-12)2,63118.0
College or graduate school5,21735.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over37,171100.0
Less than 9th grade2,8047.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma4,98513.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)7,60320.5
Some college, no degree6,94118.7
Associate degree2,1285.7
Bachelor's degree8,21622.1
Graduate or professional degree4,49412.1
Percent high school graduate or higher79.0(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher34.2(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over46,813100.0
Never married16,58035.4
Now married, except separated19,21241.0
Separated2,0714.4
Widowed3,9818.5
Female
3,2577.0
Divorced4,96910.6
Female
2,8986.2
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,139100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren76266.9
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over45,036100.0
Civilian veterans4,66810.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years11,469100.0
With a disability1,21210.6
Population 21 to 64 years32,842100.0
With a disability5,82117.7
Percent employed
56.2(X)
No disability27,02182.3
Percent employed
78.5(X)
Population 65 years and over7,801100.0
With a disability3,49244.8
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over53,204100.0
Same house in 199524,90646.8
Different house in the U.S. in 199526,79350.4
Same county
14,81627.8
Different county
11,97722.5
Same state
4,4018.3
Different state
7,57614.2
Elsewhere in 19951,5052.8
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population56,334100.0
Native53,91595.7
Born in United States
53,45294.9
State of residence
34,80161.8
Different state
18,65133.1
Born outside United States
4630.8
Foreign born2,4194.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1,6102.9
Naturalized citizen
5431.0
Not a citizen
1,8763.3
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)2,419100.0
Europe48720.1
Asia52621.7
Africa1345.5
Oceania261.1
Latin America1,09145.1
Northern America1556.4
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over53,204100.0
English only49,52493.1
Language other than English3,6806.9
Speak English less than 'very well
1,5462.9
Spanish
1,9383.6
Speak English less than "very well"
9241.7
Other Indo-European languages
1,1882.2
Speak English less than "very well"
3580.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages
4460.8
Speak English less than "very well"
2640.5
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population56,334100.0

Total ancestries reported

50,00988.8
Arab1890.3
Czech11020.2
Danish1080.2
Dutch6811.2
English6,01810.7
French (except Basque)11,0061.8
French Canadian12480.4
German5,0188.9
Greek2900.5
Hungarian840.1
Irish13,8896.9
Italian9991.8
Lithuanian340.1
Norwegian2810.5
Polish4310.8
Portuguese230.0
Russian1220.2
Scotch-Irish2,5404.5
Scottish1,7123.0
Slovak130.0
Subsaharan African7851.4
Swedish2580.5
Swiss1160.2
Ukrainian340.1
United States or American4,8708.6
Welsh3310.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)800.1
Other ancestries19,74735.1
(X) Not applicable.
1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.



Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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