Bamberg County, SC Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Bamberg county south carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,940	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	320	6.5
Kindergarten	325	6.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,960	39.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,200	24.3
College or graduate school	1,135	23.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,213	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,344	13.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,264	22.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,892	28.3
Some college, no degree	1,457	14.3
Associate degree	685	6.7
Bachelor's degree	1,010	9.9
Graduate or professional degree	561	5.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	64.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,203	100.0
Never married	4,307	32.6
Now married, except separated	5,939	45.0
Separated	571	4.3
Widowed	1,408	10.7
Female	1,186	9.0
Divorced	978	7.4
Female	531	4.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	580	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	331	57.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,375	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,492	12.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,315	100.0
With a disability	797	18.5

Population 21 to 64 years	8,829	100.0
With a disability	2,978	33.7
Percent employed	41.5	(X)
No disability	5,851	66.3
Percent employed	68.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,290	100.0
With a disability	1,237	54.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	15,607	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,235	65.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,188	33.2
Same county	2,855	18.3
Different county	2,333	14.9
Same state	1,527	9.8
Different state	806	5.2
Elsewhere in 1995	184	1.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	16,658	100.0
Native	16,505	99.1
Born in United States	16,400	98.5
State of residence	14,026	84.2
Different state	2,374	14.3
Born outside United States	105	0.6
Foreign born	153	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	85	0.5
Naturalized citizen	87	0.5
Not a citizen	66	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	153	100.0
Europe	77	50.3
Asia	13	8.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	63	41.2
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	15,607	100.0
English only	15,288	98.0
Language other than English	319	2.0
Speak English less than 'very well	84	0.5
Spanish	172	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	61	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	110	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	23	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	37	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	16,658	100.0
Total ancestries reported	12,908	77.5
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	2	0.0
Dutch	14	0.1
English	641	3.8
French (except Basque)¹	96	0.6
French Canadian¹	2	0.0
German	591	3.5
Greek	1	0.0
Hungarian	7	0.0
Irish¹	396	2.4
Italian	71	0.4
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	2	0.0
Polish	13	0.1
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	6	0.0
Scotch-Irish	154	0.9
Scottish	95	0.6
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	51	0.3
Swedish	20	0.1
Swiss	13	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,474	8.8
Welsh	25	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	64	0.4
Other ancestries	9,168	55.0

(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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