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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: Columbia city, South Carolina |
| NOTE: Corrected counts are available for one or more geographies displayed in this table. |
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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 |
39,063 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
1,911 |
4.9 |
Kindergarten |
1,346 |
3.4 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
10,446 |
26.7 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
5,735 |
14.7 |
College or graduate school |
19,625 |
50.2 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
65,798 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
3,495 |
5.3 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
8,121 |
12.3 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
13,349 |
20.3 |
Some college, no degree |
13,421 |
20.4 |
Associate degree |
3,939 |
6.0 |
Bachelor's degree |
14,037 |
21.3 |
Graduate or professional degree |
9,436 |
14.3 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
82.3 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
35.7 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
96,862 |
100.0 |
Never married |
40,258 |
41.6 |
Now married, except separated |
39,189 |
40.5 |
Separated |
3,192 |
3.3 |
Widowed |
6,249 |
6.5 |
Female |
5,155 |
5.3 |
Divorced |
7,974 |
8.2 |
Female |
4,896 |
5.1 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
1,874 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
931 |
49.7 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
84,732 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
10,512 |
12.4 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
25,719 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
2,115 |
8.2 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
58,881 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
11,871 |
20.2 |
Percent employed |
54.3 |
(X) |
No disability |
47,010 |
79.8 |
Percent employed |
75.2 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
11,321 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
5,666 |
50.0 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
109,721 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
44,824 |
40.9 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
61,222 |
55.8 |
Same county |
24,652 |
22.5 |
Different county |
36,570 |
33.3 |
Same state |
15,881 |
14.5 |
Different state |
20,689 |
18.9 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
3,675 |
3.3 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
115,994 |
100.0 |
Native |
111,211 |
95.9 |
Born in United States |
109,458 |
94.4 |
State of residence |
68,675 |
59.2 |
Different state |
40,783 |
35.2 |
Born outside United States |
1,753 |
1.5 |
Foreign born |
4,783 |
4.1 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
2,768 |
2.4 |
Naturalized citizen |
1,439 |
1.2 |
Not a citizen |
3,344 |
2.9 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
4,783 |
100.0 |
Europe |
1,056 |
22.1 |
Asia |
1,728 |
36.1 |
Africa |
225 |
4.7 |
Oceania |
37 |
0.8 |
Latin America |
1,470 |
30.7 |
Northern America |
267 |
5.6 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
109,721 |
100.0 |
English only |
100,754 |
91.8 |
Language other than English |
8,967 |
8.2 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
3,306 |
3.0 |
Spanish |
4,505 |
4.1 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
1,848 |
1.7 |
Other Indo-European languages |
2,745 |
2.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
654 |
0.6 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
1,423 |
1.3 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
753 |
0.7 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
115,994 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
104,055 |
89.7 |
Arab |
449 |
0.4 |
Czech1 |
206 |
0.2 |
Danish |
79 |
0.1 |
Dutch |
694 |
0.6 |
English |
8,937 |
7.7 |
French (except Basque)1 |
2,227 |
1.9 |
French Canadian1 |
315 |
0.3 |
German |
9,616 |
8.3 |
Greek |
421 |
0.4 |
Hungarian |
98 |
0.1 |
Irish1 |
7,165 |
6.2 |
Italian |
2,467 |
2.1 |
Lithuanian |
176 |
0.2 |
Norwegian |
596 |
0.5 |
Polish |
1,059 |
0.9 |
Portuguese |
98 |
0.1 |
Russian |
362 |
0.3 |
Scotch-Irish |
3,824 |
3.3 |
Scottish |
2,564 |
2.2 |
Slovak |
100 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
1,564 |
1.3 |
Swedish |
409 |
0.4 |
Swiss |
206 |
0.2 |
Ukrainian |
78 |
0.1 |
United States or American |
6,060 |
5.2 |
Welsh |
431 |
0.4 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
512 |
0.4 |
Other ancestries |
53,342 |
46.0 |
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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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