Dillon County, SC Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Dillon county south carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,481	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	650	7.7
Kindergarten	594	7.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,281	50.5
High school (grades 9-12)	2,121	25.0
College or graduate school	835	9.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	18,867	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,954	15.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,464	23.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,345	33.6
Some college, no degree	2,496	13.2
Associate degree	881	4.7
Bachelor's degree	1,136	6.0
Graduate or professional degree	591	3.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	60.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	23,338	100.0
Never married	6,916	29.6
Now married, except separated	10,869	46.6
Separated	1,122	4.8
Widowed	2,246	9.6
Female	1,920	8.2
Divorced	2,185	9.4
Female	1,292	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,302	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	686	52.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	21,777	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,271	10.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,973	100.0
With a disability	776	9.7

Population 21 to 64 years	16,804	100.0
With a disability	5,369	32.0
Percent employed	53.6	(X)
No disability	11,435	68.0
Percent employed	72.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,361	100.0
With a disability	1,840	54.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	28,497	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,403	64.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,892	34.7
Same county	6,917	24.3
Different county	2,975	10.4
Same state	1,623	5.7
Different state	1,352	4.7
Elsewhere in 1995	202	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	30,722	100.0
Native	30,413	99.0
Born in United States	30,326	98.7
State of residence	25,511	83.0
Different state	4,815	15.7
Born outside United States	87	0.3
Foreign born	309	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	199	0.6
Naturalized citizen	67	0.2
Not a citizen	242	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	309	100.0
Europe	44	14.2
Asia	29	9.4
Africa	2	0.6
Oceania	2	0.6
Latin America	230	74.4
Northern America	2	0.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	28,497	100.0
English only	27,537	96.6
Language other than English	960	3.4
Speak English less than 'very well	476	1.7
Spanish	757	2.7
Speak English less than "very well"	407	1.4
Other Indo-European languages	174	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	46	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	29	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	23	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	30,722	100.0
Total ancestries reported	22,950	74.7
Arab	16	0.1
Czech¹	2	0.0
Danish	11	0.0
Dutch	50	0.2
English	1,936	6.3
French (except Basque)¹	270	0.9
French Canadian¹	10	0.0
German	632	2.1
Greek	11	0.0
Hungarian	25	0.1
Irish¹	1,015	3.3
Italian	137	0.4
Lithuanian	8	0.0
Norwegian	25	0.1
Polish	44	0.1
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	20	0.1
Scotch-Irish	532	1.7
Scottish	399	1.3
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	191	0.6
Swedish	27	0.1
Swiss	10	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	4,330	14.1
Welsh	76	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	11	0.0
Other ancestries	13,162	42.8

(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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