Oconee County, SC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Oconee county south carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	14,546	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,053	7.2
Kindergarten	886	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,931	47.6
High school (grades 9-12)	3,215	22.1
College or graduate school	2,461	16.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	45,896	100.0
Less than 9th grade	5,118	11.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,877	15.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	15,237	33.2
Some college, no degree	7,420	16.2
Associate degree	2,913	6.3
Bachelor's degree	5,060	11.0
Graduate or professional degree	3,271	7.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	53,620	100.0
Never married	9,953	18.6
Now married, except separated	33,493	62.5
Separated	1,482	2.8
Widowed	3,844	7.2
Female	3,272	6.1
Divorced	4,848	9.0
Female	2,231	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,398	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	819	58.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	51,052	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,864	15.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,176	100.0
With a disability	1,336	10.1

Population 21 to 64 years	38,574	100.0
With a disability	9,196	23.8
Percent employed	51.7	(X)
No disability	29,378	76.2
Percent employed	76.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	10,126	100.0
With a disability	4,419	43.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	62,175	100.0
Same house in 1995	36,924	59.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	24,745	39.8
Same county	14,200	22.8
Different county	10,545	17.0
Same state	3,919	6.3
Different state	6,626	10.7
Elsewhere in 1995	506	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	66,215	100.0
Native	64,619	97.6
Born in United States	64,319	97.1
State of residence	43,456	65.6
Different state	20,863	31.5
Born outside United States	300	0.5
Foreign born	1,596	2.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	736	1.1
Naturalized citizen	649	1.0
Not a citizen	947	1.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,596	100.0
Europe	414	25.9
Asia	236	14.8
Africa	20	1.3
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	847	53.1
Northern America	79	4.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	62,175	100.0
English only	59,796	96.2
Language other than English	2,379	3.8
Speak English less than 'very well	1,000	1.6
Spanish	1,552	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	778	1.3
Other Indo-European languages	598	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	149	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	196	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	61	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	66,215	100.0
Total ancestries reported	55,483	83.8
Arab	69	0.1
Czech¹	185	0.3
Danish	106	0.2
Dutch	978	1.5
English	6,349	9.6
French (except Basque)¹	1,150	1.7
French Canadian¹	233	0.4
German	7,363	11.1
Greek	122	0.2
Hungarian	132	0.2
Irish¹	8,373	12.6
Italian	1,202	1.8
Lithuanian	38	0.1
Norwegian	279	0.4
Polish	660	1.0
Portuguese	43	0.1
Russian	85	0.1
Scotch-Irish	2,284	3.4
Scottish	1,387	2.1
Slovak	49	0.1
Subsaharan African	193	0.3
Swedish	330	0.5
Swiss	179	0.3
Ukrainian	24	0.0
United States or American	11,947	18.0
Welsh	262	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	60	0.1
Other ancestries	11,401	17.2

(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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