Georgetown County, SC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Georgetown county south carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	13,450	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,038	7.7
Kindergarten	690	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,958	51.7
High school (grades 9-12)	3,264	24.3
College or graduate school	1,500	11.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	37,340	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,407	9.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,837	15.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,293	30.2
Some college, no degree	7,169	19.2
Associate degree	2,155	5.8
Bachelor's degree	4,967	13.3
Graduate or professional degree	2,512	6.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	44,188	100.0
Never married	10,626	24.0
Now married, except separated	24,963	56.5
Separated	1,362	3.1
Widowed	3,679	8.3
Female	2,991	6.8
Divorced	3,558	8.1
Female	2,073	4.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,647	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	868	52.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	41,700	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,052	14.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	12,372	100.0
With a disability	895	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	31,231	100.0
With a disability	7,034	22.5
Percent employed	50.7	(X)
No disability	24,197	77.5
Percent employed	73.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,282	100.0
With a disability	3,399	41.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	52,353	100.0
Same house in 1995	32,459	62.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,499	37.2
Same county	9,102	17.4
Different county	10,397	19.9
Same state	4,032	7.7
Different state	6,365	12.2
Elsewhere in 1995	395	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	55,797	100.0
Native	54,586	97.8
Born in United States	54,292	97.3
State of residence	38,210	68.5
Different state	16,082	28.8
Born outside United States	294	0.5
Foreign born	1,211	2.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	569	1.0
Naturalized citizen	543	1.0
Not a citizen	668	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,211	100.0
Europe	358	29.6
Asia	122	10.1
Africa	66	5.5
Oceania	7	0.6
Latin America	575	47.5
Northern America	83	6.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	52,353	100.0
English only	50,507	96.5
Language other than English	1,846	3.5
Speak English less than 'very well	825	1.6
Spanish	1,169	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	621	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	615	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	190	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	30	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	14	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	55,797	100.0
Total ancestries reported	49,808	89.3
Arab	175	0.3
Czech¹	75	0.1
Danish	113	0.2
Dutch	397	0.7
English	5,229	9.4
French (except Basque)¹	962	1.7
French Canadian¹	153	0.3
German	4,191	7.5
Greek	111	0.2
Hungarian	136	0.2
Irish¹	3,661	6.6
Italian	1,115	2.0
Lithuanian	4	0.0
Norwegian	184	0.3
Polish	497	0.9
Portuguese	51	0.1
Russian	108	0.2
Scotch-Irish	1,507	2.7
Scottish	1,228	2.2
Slovak	100	0.2
Subsaharan African	501	0.9
Swedish	262	0.5
Swiss	87	0.2
Ukrainian	55	0.1
United States or American	7,900	14.2
Welsh	230	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	51	0.1
Other ancestries	20,725	37.1

(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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