Greenwood County, SC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Greenwood county south carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics





NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.


Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school17,843100.0
Nursery school, preschool1,3417.5
Kindergarten1,2346.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)7,97844.7
High school (grades 9-12)3,26618.3
College or graduate school4,02422.6
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over42,412100.0
Less than 9th grade4,26710.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma7,12516.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)12,61629.7
Some college, no degree6,97616.4
Associate degree3,4088.0
Bachelor's degree5,59213.2
Graduate or professional degree2,4285.7
Percent high school graduate or higher73.1(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher18.9(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over51,934100.0
Never married13,27425.6
Now married, except separated27,78053.5
Separated1,7833.4
Widowed4,4278.5
Female
3,6647.1
Divorced4,6709.0
Female
2,7475.3
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,634100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren86853.1
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over49,361100.0
Civilian veterans5,91412.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years15,410100.0
With a disability1,2107.9
Population 21 to 64 years36,311100.0
With a disability8,05122.2
Percent employed
56.2(X)
No disability28,26077.8
Percent employed
79.3(X)
Population 65 years and over8,826100.0
With a disability4,27248.4
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over61,657100.0
Same house in 199533,67154.6
Different house in the U.S. in 199527,01743.8
Same county
16,39826.6
Different county
10,61917.2
Same state
6,36610.3
Different state
4,2536.9
Elsewhere in 19959691.6
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population66,271100.0
Native64,42997.2
Born in United States
64,13396.8
State of residence
49,87275.3
Different state
14,26121.5
Born outside United States
2960.4
Foreign born1,8422.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1,2791.9
Naturalized citizen
4550.7
Not a citizen
1,3872.1
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,842100.0
Europe19810.7
Asia34318.6
Africa713.9
Oceania442.4
Latin America1,14362.1
Northern America432.3
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over61,657100.0
English only58,67395.2
Language other than English2,9844.8
Speak English less than 'very well
1,6162.6
Spanish
2,1333.5
Speak English less than "very well"
1,2692.1
Other Indo-European languages
4520.7
Speak English less than "very well"
1220.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages
3000.5
Speak English less than "very well"
1880.3
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population66,271100.0

Total ancestries reported

54,72482.6
Arab710.1
Czech1780.1
Danish210.0
Dutch5020.8
English4,5166.8
French (except Basque)18081.2
French Canadian11290.2
German4,6117.0
Greek1140.2
Hungarian430.1
Irish14,6517.0
Italian6451.0
Lithuanian190.0
Norwegian1060.2
Polish2780.4
Portuguese470.1
Russian940.1
Scotch-Irish2,1453.2
Scottish7631.2
Slovak00.0
Subsaharan African5390.8
Swedish1320.2
Swiss470.1
Ukrainian130.0
United States or American11,47317.3
Welsh1670.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)260.0
Other ancestries22,68634.2
(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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