Chester County, SC Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Chester county south carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,226	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	504	6.1
Kindergarten	635	7.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,531	55.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,756	21.3
College or graduate school	800	9.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	22,043	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,426	11.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,817	21.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,962	36.1
Some college, no degree	3,533	16.0
Associate degree	1,198	5.4
Bachelor's degree	1,355	6.1
Graduate or professional degree	752	3.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	67.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	26,290	100.0
Never married	6,616	25.2
Now married, except separated	13,788	52.4
Separated	1,132	4.3
Widowed	2,279	8.7
Female	1,852	7.0
Divorced	2,475	9.4
Female	1,340	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,097	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	553	50.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	24,913	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,016	12.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,129	100.0
With a disability	843	10.4

Population 21 to 64 years	19,259	100.0
With a disability	5,617	29.2
Percent employed	56.2	(X)
No disability	13,642	70.8
Percent employed	75.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,123	100.0
With a disability	1,982	48.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	31,813	100.0
Same house in 1995	20,981	66.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,696	33.6
Same county	6,065	19.1
Different county	4,631	14.6
Same state	2,706	8.5
Different state	1,925	6.1
Elsewhere in 1995	136	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	34,068	100.0
Native	33,783	99.2
Born in United States	33,681	98.9
State of residence	27,103	79.6
Different state	6,578	19.3
Born outside United States	102	0.3
Foreign born	285	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	132	0.4
Naturalized citizen	144	0.4
Not a citizen	141	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	285	100.0
Europe	81	28.4
Asia	90	31.6
Africa	9	3.2
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	85	29.8
Northern America	20	7.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	31,813	100.0
English only	30,956	97.3
Language other than English	857	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	277	0.9
Spanish	577	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	165	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	201	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	75	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	67	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	37	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	34,068	100.0
Total ancestries reported	28,465	83.6
Arab	17	0.0
Czech¹	17	0.0
Danish	17	0.0
Dutch	252	0.7
English	1,589	4.7
French (except Basque)¹	190	0.6
French Canadian¹	40	0.1
German	1,445	4.2
Greek	11	0.0
Hungarian	31	0.1
Irish¹	2,011	5.9
Italian	361	1.1
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	32	0.1
Polish	150	0.4
Portuguese	21	0.1
Russian	31	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,287	3.8
Scottish	310	0.9
Slovak	11	0.0
Subsaharan African	223	0.7
Swedish	44	0.1
Swiss	12	0.0
Ukrainian	13	0.0
United States or American	6,205	18.2
Welsh	57	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	14,088	41.4

(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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