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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Charleston city, South Carolina |
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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 http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
30,276 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
1,600 |
5.3 |
Kindergarten |
1,299 |
4.3 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
8,771 |
29.0 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
4,330 |
14.3 |
College or graduate school |
14,276 |
47.2 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
60,358 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
3,066 |
5.1 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
6,745 |
11.2 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
11,930 |
19.8 |
Some college, no degree |
12,107 |
20.1 |
Associate degree |
3,881 |
6.4 |
Bachelor's degree |
14,217 |
23.6 |
Graduate or professional degree |
8,412 |
13.9 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
83.7 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
37.5 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
79,992 |
100.0 |
Never married |
32,129 |
40.2 |
Now married, except separated |
32,013 |
40.0 |
Separated |
2,534 |
3.2 |
Widowed |
6,283 |
7.9 |
Female |
5,156 |
6.4 |
Divorced |
7,033 |
8.8 |
Female |
4,438 |
5.5 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
1,861 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
944 |
50.7 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
76,228 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
10,040 |
13.2 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
21,820 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,904 |
8.7 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
55,057 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
9,949 |
18.1 |
Percent employed |
52.1 |
(X) |
No disability |
45,108 |
81.9 |
Percent employed |
76.5 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
12,642 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
5,627 |
44.5 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
90,702 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
41,674 |
45.9 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
47,248 |
52.1 |
Same county |
23,627 |
26.0 |
Different county |
23,621 |
26.0 |
Same state |
7,800 |
8.6 |
Different state |
15,821 |
17.4 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
1,780 |
2.0 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
96,086 |
100.0 |
Native |
92,676 |
96.5 |
Born in United States |
91,971 |
95.7 |
State of residence |
55,880 |
58.2 |
Different state |
36,091 |
37.6 |
Born outside United States |
705 |
0.7 |
Foreign born |
3,410 |
3.5 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
1,701 |
1.8 |
Naturalized citizen |
1,416 |
1.5 |
Not a citizen |
1,994 |
2.1 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
3,410 |
100.0 |
Europe |
1,343 |
39.4 |
Asia |
1,085 |
31.8 |
Africa |
203 |
6.0 |
Oceania |
36 |
1.1 |
Latin America |
556 |
16.3 |
Northern America |
187 |
5.5 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
90,702 |
100.0 |
English only |
84,539 |
93.2 |
Language other than English |
6,163 |
6.8 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
1,920 |
2.1 |
Spanish |
2,355 |
2.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
650 |
0.7 |
Other Indo-European languages |
2,678 |
3.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
732 |
0.8 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
845 |
0.9 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
477 |
0.5 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
96,086 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
90,911 |
94.6 |
Arab |
364 |
0.4 |
Czech1 |
267 |
0.3 |
Danish |
162 |
0.2 |
Dutch |
887 |
0.9 |
English |
10,481 |
10.9 |
French (except Basque)1 |
2,672 |
2.8 |
French Canadian1 |
395 |
0.4 |
German |
10,279 |
10.7 |
Greek |
722 |
0.8 |
Hungarian |
412 |
0.4 |
Irish1 |
8,807 |
9.2 |
Italian |
3,083 |
3.2 |
Lithuanian |
241 |
0.3 |
Norwegian |
494 |
0.5 |
Polish |
1,542 |
1.6 |
Portuguese |
45 |
0.0 |
Russian |
805 |
0.8 |
Scotch-Irish |
3,048 |
3.2 |
Scottish |
3,168 |
3.3 |
Slovak |
62 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
1,243 |
1.3 |
Swedish |
605 |
0.6 |
Swiss |
133 |
0.1 |
Ukrainian |
149 |
0.2 |
United States or American |
5,979 |
6.2 |
Welsh |
616 |
0.6 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
206 |
0.2 |
Other ancestries |
34,044 |
35.4 |
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Percent |
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(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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) 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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