ACS: 2000 C2SS Tabular Profile for Charleston--North Charleston, SC MSA -- Table 2

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile Charleston--North Charleston, SC MSA

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	144,634	134,257	155,011
Nursery school, preschool	7,575	5,039	10,111
Kindergarten	6,573	4,540	8,606
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	64,569	59,277	69,861
High school grade (grades 9-12)	28,111	24,448	31,774
College or graduate school	37,806	30,378	45,234

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	334,196	330,698	337,694
Less than 9th grade	19,822	16,151	23,493
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	47,673	39,080	56,266
High school graduate (including equivalency)	87,082	78,151	96,013
Some college, no degree	70,840	60,759	80,922
Associate degree	22,224	18,149	26,300
Bachelor's degree	56,412	50,188	62,636
Graduate or professional degree	30,143	24,691	35,595

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.8	77.0	82.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	25.9	23.8	28.0

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	197,552	194,079	201,025
Never married	65,326	58,211	72,441
Now married, except separated	109,426	102,255	116,597
Separated	6,250	3,247	9,253
Widowed	4,713	3,141	6,285
Divorced	11,837	8,334	15,340

Females 15 years and over	214,611	211,963	217,259
Never married	60,264	54,766	65,762
Now married, except separated	102,419	94,501	110,337
Separated	9,090	5,620	12,560
Widowed	21,752	17,851	25,653
Divorced	21,086	16,199	25,973

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	6,914	4,819	9,010
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	2,815	1,137	4,493
Per 1,000 unmarried women	40	17	63
As a percent of all women with a birth	40.7	21.7	59.7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	48	33	63
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	102	13	191
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	86	53	119
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	5	0	12

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	11,945	7,708	16,182
Responsible for grandchildren	7,531	4,140	10,922
less than 1 year	2,986	97	5,875
1 or 2 years	1,200	162	2,238
3 or 4 years	1,328	0	2,976
5 or more years	2,017	649	3,385

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	66.4	49.6	83.2
Percent who are married	44.3	22.0	66.6
Percent who are in labor force	61.7	42.2	81.2
Percent who are in poverty	12.0	0.5	23.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	383,588	380,859	386,317
Civilian veterans	71,270	64,084	78,456

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	127,104	121,319	132,889
With a disability	12,536	7,994	17,078

Population 21 to 64 years	304,847	298,541	311,153
With a disability	50,681	42,535	58,827
Percent employed	46.4	37.5	55.3
No disability	254,166	244,609	263,723
Percent employed	78.8	76.5	81.1

Population 65 years and over	55,980	53,980	57,980
With a disability	29,725	26,496	32,954

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	520,671	518,274	523,068
Same house	432,908	419,086	446,730
Different house in the U.S.	85,586	71,812	99,360
Same county	42,551	31,494	53,608
Different county	43,035	32,127	53,943
Same state	18,352	9,988	26,716
Different state	24,683	17,817	31,549
Abroad	2,177	380	3,974

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	530,104	*****	*****
Native	513,798	510,287	517,309
Born in United States	501,528	496,248	506,808
State of residence	282,824	268,152	297,496
Different state	218,704	204,615	232,793
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	12,270	8,355	16,185
Foreign born	16,306	12,795	19,817
Naturalized citizen	6,598	4,793	8,403
Not a citizen	9,708	6,530	12,886
Entered 1990 or later	8,079	5,225	10,934
Entered before 1990	8,227	5,843	10,611

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	16,306	12,795	19,817
Europe	3,119	1,157	5,081
Asia	5,576	3,731	7,421
Africa	1,110	0	2,310
Oceania	0	0	464
Latin America	5,916	3,662	8,170
Northern America	585	11	1,159

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	493,355	491,966	494,744
English only	467,860	462,859	472,861
Language other than English	25,495	20,230	30,760
Speak English less than "very well"	9,324	6,704	11,944
Spanish	10,024	7,879	12,169
Speak English less than "very well"	5,696	3,416	7,976
Other Indo-European languages	9,054	5,210	12,899
Speak English less than "very well"	1,150	338	1,962
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	4,728	3,276	6,180
Speak English less than "very well"	2,302	1,164	3,441
Other languages	1,689	80	3,298
Speak English less than "very well"	176	0	473

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	530,104	*****	*****
Arab	554	0	1,435
Czech	756	5	1,507
Danish	1,405	486	2,324
Dutch	4,783	2,788	6,778
English	60,430	50,789	70,071
French (except Basque)	14,867	10,465	19,269
French Canadian	1,696	300	3,092
German	65,507	56,706	74,308
Greek	941	129	1,753
Hungarian	1,210	194	2,226
Irish	54,204	44,568	63,840
Italian	16,702	11,118	22,286
Lithuanian	560	0	1,227
Norwegian	4,254	2,396	6,112
Polish	10,994	6,610	15,378
Portuguese	815	0	1,833
Russian	687	0	1,568
Scotch-Irish	12,147	8,745	15,549
Scottish	11,125	7,309	14,941
Slovak	124	0	343
Subsaharan African	6,530	2,319	10,741
Swedish	4,898	2,707	7,089
Swiss	901	163	1,639
Ukrainian	446	0	987
United States or American	81,152	67,579	94,725
Welsh	4,082	1,348	6,816
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	2,093	0	4,990

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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