Cherokee County, SC Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cherokee county south carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,165	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	690	5.7
Kindergarten	808	6.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,238	51.3
High school (grades 9-12)	2,765	22.7
College or graduate school	1,664	13.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	34,283	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,666	13.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,734	19.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,570	36.7
Some college, no degree	4,751	13.9
Associate degree	1,518	4.4
Bachelor's degree	2,588	7.5
Graduate or professional degree	1,456	4.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	66.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	41,117	100.0
Never married	9,289	22.6
Now married, except separated	22,568	54.9
Separated	1,558	3.8
Widowed	3,331	8.1
Female	2,766	6.7
Divorced	4,371	10.6
Female	2,201	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,650	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	831	50.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	38,948	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,970	12.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,794	100.0
With a disability	1,175	10.0

Population 21 to 64 years	30,293	100.0
With a disability	8,528	28.2
Percent employed	54.2	(X)
No disability	21,765	71.8
Percent employed	76.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,254	100.0
With a disability	3,399	54.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	48,722	100.0
Same house in 1995	29,839	61.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	18,537	38.0
Same county	11,812	24.2
Different county	6,725	13.8
Same state	3,190	6.5
Different state	3,535	7.3
Elsewhere in 1995	346	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	52,537	100.0
Native	51,830	98.7
Born in United States	51,635	98.3
State of residence	38,846	73.9
Different state	12,789	24.3
Born outside United States	195	0.4
Foreign born	707	1.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	335	0.6
Naturalized citizen	268	0.5
Not a citizen	439	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	707	100.0
Europe	176	24.9
Asia	143	20.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	6	0.8
Latin America	331	46.8
Northern America	51	7.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	48,722	100.0
English only	47,239	97.0
Language other than English	1,483	3.0
Speak English less than 'very well	607	1.2
Spanish	964	2.0
Speak English less than "very well"	403	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	379	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	142	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	102	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	56	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	52,537	100.0
Total ancestries reported	41,271	78.6
Arab	22	0.0
Czech¹	1	0.0
Danish	26	0.0
Dutch	673	1.3
English	2,602	5.0
French (except Basque)¹	308	0.6
French Canadian¹	92	0.2
German	2,872	5.5
Greek	43	0.1
Hungarian	23	0.0
Irish¹	3,675	7.0
Italian	439	0.8
Lithuanian	6	0.0
Norwegian	62	0.1
Polish	202	0.4
Portuguese	25	0.0
Russian	59	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,337	2.5
Scottish	488	0.9
Slovak	38	0.1
Subsaharan African	192	0.4
Swedish	86	0.2
Swiss	7	0.0
Ukrainian	29	0.1
United States or American	14,388	27.4
Welsh	88	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	13,488	25.7

(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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