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2001 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
143,111
136,874
149,348
Nursery school, preschool
9,690
6,656
12,724
Kindergarten
8,777
5,766
11,788
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
60,574
56,598
64,551
High school grade (grades 9-12)
29,877
26,815
32,939
College or graduate school
34,193
29,030
39,356
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
335,170
330,382
339,958
Less than 9th grade
11,348
7,302
15,394
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
32,832
26,913
38,751
High school graduate (including equivalency)
87,482
79,645
95,320
Some college, no degree
68,346
60,170
76,522
Associate degree
32,740
27,772
37,708
Bachelor's degree
67,135
59,933
74,337
Graduate or professional degree
35,287
29,859
40,716
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
86.8
84.7
88.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
30.6
28.0
33.2
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
187,736
184,459
191,013
Never married
56,226
49,755
62,697
Now married, except separated
103,626
96,879
110,373
Separated
6,787
3,855
9,719
Widowed
3,867
2,554
5,180
Divorced
17,230
13,720
20,740
 
Females 15 years and over
215,041
211,480
218,602
Never married
54,815
49,453
60,178
Now married, except separated
103,566
96,943
110,189
Separated
10,470
7,356
13,584
Widowed
20,913
17,686
24,140
Divorced
25,277
21,008
29,546
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
6,301
3,907
8,695
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
2,484
888
4,080
Per 1,000 unmarried women
35
14
56
As a percent of all women with a birth
39.4
21.1
57.7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
43
27
60
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
47
0
108
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
86
50
122
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
8
1
15
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
11,423
7,476
15,370
Responsible for grandchildren
7,259
3,825
10,693
less than 1 year
508
125
891
1 or 2 years
2,417
599
4,235
3 or 4 years
1,426
0
3,144
5 or more years
2,908
687
5,129
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
66.6
53.6
79.6
Percent who are married
77.7
57.4
98.0
Percent who are in labor force
74.8
59.0
90.6
Percent who are in poverty
14.1
0.2
28.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
379,391
373,416
385,366
Civilian veterans
57,199
52,774
61,624
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
118,589
113,670
123,508
With a disability
6,523
4,221
8,825
 
Population 21 to 64 years
306,856
300,207
313,506
With a disability
35,453
29,746
41,160
Percent employed
46.7
38.8
54.6
No disability
271,403
262,219
280,587
Percent employed
83.1
80.5
85.7
 
Population 65 years and over
52,545
50,738
54,352
With a disability
22,465
19,135
25,795
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
508,853
500,738
516,968
Same house
417,130
402,212
432,048
Different house in the U.S.
90,080
75,806
104,354
Same county
45,727
35,571
55,883
Different county
44,353
32,960
55,746
Same state
22,655
14,847
30,463
Different state
21,698
14,139
29,257
Abroad
1,643
0
3,691
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
514,194
506,338
522,050
Native
499,380
490,465
508,295
Born in United States
493,421
484,526
502,316
State of residence
333,706
321,456
345,956
Different state
159,715
146,817
172,613
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
5,959
3,765
8,154
Foreign born
14,814
10,613
19,015
Naturalized citizen
5,384
3,383
7,385
Not a citizen
9,430
5,455
13,405
Entered 1990 or later
7,657
3,925
11,389
Entered before 1990
7,157
4,303
10,012
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
14,814
10,613
19,015
Europe
7,392
3,777
11,007
Asia
2,402
1,056
3,748
Africa
502
0
1,010
Oceania
404
0
1,120
Latin America
2,918
463
5,373
Northern America
1,196
0
2,503
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
480,314
473,074
487,554
English only
462,094
453,532
470,656
Language other than English
18,220
13,491
22,949
Speak English less than "very well"
5,311
1,636
8,986
Spanish
6,139
3,595
8,683
Speak English less than "very well"
1,961
483
3,439
Other Indo-European languages
8,902
4,996
12,808
Speak English less than "very well"
2,954
0
6,421
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
2,463
729
4,197
Speak English less than "very well"
396
0
894
Other languages
716
0
1,437
Speak English less than "very well"
0
0
465
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
514,194
506,338
522,050
Arab
337
0
895
Czech
4,381
2,023
6,739
Danish
480
0
972
Dutch
7,441
4,149
10,733
English
59,616
51,097
68,135
French (except Basque)
9,698
5,637
13,759
French Canadian
2,473
767
4,179
German
64,187
54,224
74,150
Greek
982
129
1,835
Hungarian
375
0
839
Irish
51,009
43,003
59,015
Italian
9,816
6,473
13,159
Lithuanian
1,531
0
3,646
Norwegian
1,588
0
3,218
Polish
6,893
3,621
10,165
Portuguese
499
0
1,266
Russian
3,881
442
7,320
Scotch-Irish
21,689
17,076
26,302
Scottish
14,889
11,277
18,501
Slovak
334
0
875
Subsaharan African
3,963
1,698
6,228
Swedish
2,618
155
5,081
Swiss
369
0
829
Ukrainian
0
0
465
United States or American
78,063
66,452
89,674
Welsh
2,027
839
3,215
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
1,472
0
3,452
 

The 2001 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 2001 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 2001 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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