Lancaster County, SC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lancaster county south carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school14,891100.0
Nursery school, preschool9176.2
Kindergarten9526.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)7,53750.6
High school (grades 9-12)3,54923.8
College or graduate school1,93613.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over40,520100.0
Less than 9th grade4,23210.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma7,99719.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)14,44735.7
Some college, no degree7,05817.4
Associate degree2,6576.6
Bachelor's degree2,7426.8
Graduate or professional degree1,3873.4
Percent high school graduate or higher69.8(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher10.2(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over48,151100.0
Never married11,47623.8
Now married, except separated27,03156.1
Separated1,5923.3
Widowed3,8698.0
Female
3,1566.6
Divorced4,1838.7
Female
2,3274.8
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,701100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren84549.7
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over45,769100.0
Civilian veterans5,98213.1
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years13,975100.0
With a disability1,1768.4
Population 21 to 64 years34,310100.0
With a disability8,17323.8
Percent employed
54.7(X)
No disability26,13776.2
Percent employed
79.9(X)
Population 65 years and over7,326100.0
With a disability3,50347.8
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over57,411100.0
Same house in 199535,98562.7
Different house in the U.S. in 199520,83136.3
Same county
13,08422.8
Different county
7,74713.5
Same state
3,5336.2
Different state
4,2147.3
Elsewhere in 19955951.0
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population61,351100.0
Native60,52498.7
Born in United States
60,27698.2
State of residence
44,81773.1
Different state
15,45925.2
Born outside United States
2480.4
Foreign born8271.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000
5030.8
Naturalized citizen
2390.4
Not a citizen
5881.0
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)827100.0
Europe13516.3
Asia13916.8
Africa00.0
Oceania00.0
Latin America54265.5
Northern America111.3
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over57,411100.0
English only55,39996.5
Language other than English2,0123.5
Speak English less than 'very well
8211.4
Spanish
1,3252.3
Speak English less than "very well"
6141.1
Other Indo-European languages
5060.9
Speak English less than "very well"
1240.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1210.2
Speak English less than "very well"
750.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population61,351100.0

Total ancestries reported

47,62377.6
Arab390.1
Czech1560.1
Danish380.1
Dutch2280.4
English3,0825.0
French (except Basque)13980.6
French Canadian1790.1
German2,7894.5
Greek150.0
Hungarian250.0
Irish13,7056.0
Italian6791.1
Lithuanian80.0
Norwegian880.1
Polish1820.3
Portuguese150.0
Russian300.0
Scotch-Irish3,0455.0
Scottish7981.3
Slovak320.1
Subsaharan African7301.2
Swedish860.1
Swiss100.0
Ukrainian50.0
United States or American14,01622.8
Welsh1550.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)300.0
Other ancestries17,26028.1
(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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