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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Columbia, SC MSA
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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
144,780
137,020
152,540
Nursery school, preschool
12,864
9,706
16,022
Kindergarten
4,564
2,439
6,689
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
61,779
56,481
67,077
High school grade (grades 9-12)
36,205
31,049
41,361
College or graduate school
29,368
24,251
34,485
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
328,551
323,337
333,765
Less than 9th grade
11,737
8,589
14,885
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
35,765
30,139
41,392
High school graduate (including equivalency)
87,444
79,440
95,448
Some college, no degree
72,838
65,603
80,073
Associate degree
22,024
17,770
26,278
Bachelor's degree
65,190
58,341
72,039
Graduate or professional degree
33,553
27,643
39,463
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
85.5
83.7
87.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
30.1
27.5
32.7
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
185,174
180,077
190,271
Never married
56,163
50,685
61,641
Now married, except separated
99,519
93,266
105,773
Separated
6,494
3,570
9,418
Widowed
5,362
3,283
7,441
Divorced
17,636
14,013
21,259
 
Females 15 years and over
212,759
208,436
217,082
Never married
54,413
49,011
59,815
Now married, except separated
98,946
92,247
105,645
Separated
12,512
8,763
16,261
Widowed
18,380
15,516
21,244
Divorced
28,508
24,083
32,933
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
9,149
6,136
12,162
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
3,605
2,084
5,126
Per 1,000 unmarried women
53
30
76
As a percent of all women with a birth
39.4
22.7
56.1
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
63
42
84
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
56
10
102
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
124
73
175
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
15
3
27
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
8,607
5,739
11,475
Responsible for grandchildren
3,816
1,871
5,761
less than 1 year
967
112
1,822
1 or 2 years
204
0
574
3 or 4 years
411
0
904
5 or more years
2,234
577
3,891
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
70.2
55.8
84.6
Percent who are married
65.1
42.0
88.2
Percent who are in labor force
47.7
23.6
71.8
Percent who are in poverty
25.4
0.0
52.3
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
372,638
366,611
378,665
Civilian veterans
56,802
50,560
63,044
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
123,319
117,854
128,784
With a disability
5,975
3,906
8,044
 
Population 21 to 64 years
300,052
292,944
307,160
With a disability
40,964
34,864
47,064
Percent employed
45.2
37.4
53.0
No disability
259,088
250,747
267,429
Percent employed
79.9
77.4
82.4
 
Population 65 years and over
49,400
47,105
51,695
With a disability
22,006
19,099
24,913
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
504,945
496,396
513,494
Same house
410,563
394,188
426,938
Different house in the U.S.
93,292
78,178
108,406
Same county
47,993
37,227
58,759
Different county
45,299
33,734
56,864
Same state
19,317
13,115
25,519
Different state
25,982
16,381
35,583
Abroad
1,090
8
2,172
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
510,691
502,535
518,847
Native
496,255
487,578
504,932
Born in United States
483,647
474,245
493,049
State of residence
297,555
282,080
313,030
Different state
186,092
174,177
198,007
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
12,608
8,249
16,967
Foreign born
14,436
10,276
18,596
Naturalized citizen
4,429
2,903
5,955
Not a citizen
10,007
6,035
13,979
Entered 1990 or later
6,025
3,436
8,614
Entered before 1990
8,411
5,575
11,247
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
14,436
10,276
18,596
Europe
3,078
1,390
4,766
Asia
6,800
3,264
10,336
Africa
660
0
1,589
Oceania
0
0
464
Latin America
2,805
1,279
4,331
Northern America
1,093
4
2,182
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
475,237
467,635
482,839
English only
447,246
436,671
457,821
Language other than English
27,991
20,748
35,235
Speak English less than "very well"
10,356
5,002
15,710
Spanish
13,077
8,978
17,176
Speak English less than "very well"
4,785
1,569
8,001
Other Indo-European languages
5,988
3,881
8,095
Speak English less than "very well"
1,490
566
2,414
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
8,154
2,244
14,064
Speak English less than "very well"
3,799
0
8,068
Other languages
772
0
1,754
Speak English less than "very well"
282
0
794
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
510,691
502,535
518,847
Arab
485
0
1,115
Czech
416
0
1,107
Danish
257
0
658
Dutch
7,572
4,594
10,550
English
52,683
43,740
61,626
French (except Basque)
10,633
6,696
14,570
French Canadian
1,851
0
3,777
German
68,456
58,142
78,770
Greek
3,052
732
5,372
Hungarian
707
0
1,644
Irish
56,529
47,403
65,655
Italian
14,380
10,126
18,634
Lithuanian
233
0
624
Norwegian
1,044
244
1,844
Polish
4,467
2,472
6,462
Portuguese
204
0
544
Russian
1,386
383
2,389
Scotch-Irish
21,797
15,968
27,626
Scottish
11,485
8,276
14,694
Slovak
823
0
2,072
Subsaharan African
2,178
373
3,983
Swedish
2,220
653
3,788
Swiss
1,944
636
3,252
Ukrainian
1,118
0
2,491
United States or American
69,476
57,647
81,305
Welsh
2,885
1,080
4,690
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
475
0
1,069
 

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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