Jasper County, SC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jasper county south carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,407	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	400	7.4
Kindergarten	290	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,707	50.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,432	26.5
College or graduate school	578	10.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,112	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,624	12.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,945	22.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,713	35.9
Some college, no degree	2,195	16.7
Associate degree	490	3.7
Bachelor's degree	808	6.2
Graduate or professional degree	337	2.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	65.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	15,974	100.0
Never married	4,031	25.2
Now married, except separated	8,638	54.1
Separated	743	4.7
Widowed	1,386	8.7
Female	947	5.9
Divorced	1,176	7.4
Female	616	3.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	680	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	335	49.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,109	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,833	12.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,872	100.0
With a disability	437	9.0

Population 21 to 64 years	10,822	100.0
With a disability	3,480	32.2
Percent employed	62.6	(X)
No disability	7,342	67.8
Percent employed	75.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,168	100.0
With a disability	1,156	53.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	19,167	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,587	60.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,940	36.2
Same county	2,451	12.8
Different county	4,489	23.4
Same state	2,555	13.3
Different state	1,934	10.1
Elsewhere in 1995	640	3.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	20,678	100.0
Native	19,554	94.6
Born in United States	19,430	94.0
State of residence	11,820	57.2
Different state	7,610	36.8
Born outside United States	124	0.6
Foreign born	1,124	5.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	824	4.0
Naturalized citizen	173	0.8
Not a citizen	951	4.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,124	100.0
Europe	29	2.6
Asia	86	7.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	2	0.2
Latin America	978	87.0
Northern America	29	2.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	19,167	100.0
English only	17,693	92.3
Language other than English	1,474	7.7
Speak English less than 'very well	792	4.1
Spanish	1,200	6.3
Speak English less than "very well"	730	3.8
Other Indo-European languages	201	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	39	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	26	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	23	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	20,678	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,002	77.4
Arab	12	0.1
Czech¹	23	0.1
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	125	0.6
English	818	4.0
French (except Basque)¹	264	1.3
French Canadian¹	32	0.2
German	931	4.5
Greek	12	0.1
Hungarian	22	0.1
Irish¹	863	4.2
Italian	183	0.9
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	49	0.2
Polish	91	0.4
Portuguese	38	0.2
Russian	2	0.0
Scotch-Irish	190	0.9
Scottish	168	0.8
Slovak	19	0.1
Subsaharan African	82	0.4
Swedish	34	0.2
Swiss	35	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,965	9.5
Welsh	13	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	64	0.3
Other ancestries	9,965	48.2

(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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