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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Charleston County
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
79,178
71,359
86,997
Nursery school, preschool
4,778
2,605
6,951
Kindergarten
2,908
1,375
4,441
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
33,296
29,791
36,801
High school grade (grades 9-12)
14,517
12,088
16,946
College or graduate school
23,679
17,897
29,461
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
191,386
189,269
193,503
Less than 9th grade
11,435
8,061
14,809
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
26,972
20,146
33,798
High school graduate (including equivalency)
44,869
38,635
51,103
Some college, no degree
37,888
30,744
45,033
Associate degree
10,718
7,867
13,569
Bachelor's degree
37,031
31,733
42,329
Graduate or professional degree
22,473
17,680
27,266
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
79.9
76.1
83.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
31.1
28.0
34.2
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
113,628
110,389
116,867
Never married
41,912
36,616
47,209
Now married, except separated
59,841
54,754
64,928
Separated
2,872
1,057
4,687
Widowed
2,168
1,155
3,181
Divorced
6,835
4,413
9,257
 
Females 15 years and over
123,672
121,380
125,964
Never married
39,278
34,338
44,218
Now married, except separated
57,108
51,099
63,117
Separated
5,480
2,630
8,330
Widowed
10,549
7,589
13,509
Divorced
11,257
8,152
14,362
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
2,428
1,049
3,807
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
400
0
1,090
Per 1,000 unmarried women
9
0
26
As a percent of all women with a birth
16.5
0.0
42.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
30
14
47
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
0
0
2
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
71
28
114
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
4
0
11
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
5,528
3,109
7,947
Responsible for grandchildren
3,659
1,697
5,621
less than 1 year
518
0
1,341
1 or 2 years
609
0
1,368
3 or 4 years
1,328
0
2,976
5 or more years
1,204
136
2,272
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
58.7
46.5
70.9
Percent who are married
68.7
44.8
92.6
Percent who are in labor force
42.4
10.4
74.4
Percent who are in poverty
9.2
0.0
25.9
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
223,443
221,098
225,788
Civilian veterans
40,341
34,790
45,892
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
66,534
61,698
71,370
With a disability
6,993
2,871
11,115
 
Population 21 to 64 years
175,457
170,179
180,735
With a disability
26,156
19,658
32,654
Percent employed
51.9
37.7
66.1
No disability
149,301
141,228
157,374
Percent employed
78.2
74.9
81.5
 
Population 65 years and over
34,494
34,237
34,751
With a disability
17,633
15,472
19,795
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
295,490
293,718
297,262
Same house
244,586
231,820
257,352
Different house in the U.S.
48,727
36,154
61,300
Same county
24,602
16,512
32,692
Different county
24,125
14,365
33,885
Same state
12,943
4,863
21,023
Different state
11,182
6,550
15,814
Abroad
2,177
380
3,974
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
298,571
*****
*****
Native
287,796
284,857
290,735
Born in United States
281,907
277,775
286,039
State of residence
156,790
145,943
167,637
Different state
125,117
114,230
136,004
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
5,889
3,043
8,735
Foreign born
10,775
7,836
13,714
Naturalized citizen
2,850
1,604
4,096
Not a citizen
7,925
5,214
10,636
Entered 1990 or later
7,142
4,509
9,775
Entered before 1990
3,633
2,057
5,209
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
N
N
N
Europe
N
N
N
Asia
N
N
N
Africa
N
N
N
Oceania
N
N
N
Latin America
N
N
N
Northern America
N
N
N
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
278,633
277,613
279,653
English only
263,544
259,808
267,280
Language other than English
15,089
11,304
18,874
Speak English less than "very well"
6,777
4,322
9,232
Spanish
7,852
6,189
9,515
Speak English less than "very well"
5,595
3,278
7,912
Other Indo-European languages
4,078
1,469
6,687
Speak English less than "very well"
537
0
1,088
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
1,646
715
2,577
Speak English less than "very well"
645
0
1,356
Other languages
1,513
0
3,165
Speak English less than "very well"
0
0
563
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
298,571
*****
*****
Arab
554
0
1,435
Czech
567
0
1,229
Danish
826
133
1,519
Dutch
3,032
1,347
4,717
English
35,442
28,911
41,973
French (except Basque)
7,398
4,355
10,441
French Canadian
1,318
184
2,452
German
40,540
33,148
47,932
Greek
941
129
1,753
Hungarian
358
0
775
Irish
30,103
24,213
35,994
Italian
6,199
2,955
9,443
Lithuanian
560
0
1,227
Norwegian
2,664
1,108
4,220
Polish
3,358
1,573
5,143
Portuguese
525
0
1,428
Russian
474
0
1,273
Scotch-Irish
6,174
3,793
8,555
Scottish
5,745
3,105
8,385
Slovak
124
0
343
Subsaharan African
3,422
533
6,311
Swedish
2,395
1,004
3,786
Swiss
612
43
1,181
Ukrainian
209
0
551
United States or American
43,398
33,105
53,691
Welsh
2,564
937
4,191
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
191
0
602
 

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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