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Spartanburg South Carolina Social and demographic information
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Spartanburg South Carolina Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Spartanburg city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
39,407 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
10,913 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
38,106 |
96.7 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
636 |
5.8 |
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Born in
United States |
37,976 |
96.4 |
| Kindergarten |
554 |
5.1 |
|
State
of residence |
28,336 |
71.9 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
4,790 |
43.9 |
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Different state |
9,640 |
24.5 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
2,179 |
20.0 |
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Born
outside United States |
130 |
0.3 |
| College or
graduate school |
2,754 |
25.2 |
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Foreign born |
1,301 |
3.3 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
547 |
1.4 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
662 |
1.7 |
| Population
25 years and over |
25,012 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
639 |
1.6 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
2,413 |
9.6 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
4,489 |
17.9 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
5,963 |
23.8 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
1,301 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
4,369 |
17.5 |
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Europe |
281 |
21.6 |
| Associate
degree |
1,278 |
5.1 |
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Asia |
427 |
32.8 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
3,870 |
15.5 |
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Africa |
71 |
5.5 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
2,630 |
10.5 |
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Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
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Latin America |
440 |
33.8 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
72.4 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
82 |
6.3 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
26.0 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
36,839 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
31,245 |
100.0 |
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English only |
34,776 |
94.4 |
| Never married |
10,817 |
34.6 |
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Language other
than English |
2,063 |
5.6 |
| Now married,
except separated |
12,563 |
40.2 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
882 |
2.4 |
| Separated |
1,387 |
4.4 |
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Spanish |
1,028 |
2.8 |
| Widowed |
3,293 |
10.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
463 |
1.3 |
| Female |
2,764 |
8.8 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
624 |
1.7 |
| Divorced |
3,185 |
10.2 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
199 |
0.5 |
| Female |
2,049 |
6.6 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
327 |
0.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
179 |
0.5 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
39,407 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
999 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
34,008 |
86.3 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
524 |
52.5 |
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Arab |
73 |
0.2 |
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Czech¹ |
67 |
0.2 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
63 |
0.2 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
29,758 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
179 |
0.5 |
| Civilian
veterans |
3,472 |
11.7 |
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English |
2,916 |
7.4 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
387 |
1.0 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
158 |
0.4 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
1,892 |
4.8 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
9,521 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
58 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
1,036 |
10.9 |
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Hungarian |
71 |
0.2 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
20,987 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
2,008 |
5.1 |
| With a
disability |
5,583 |
26.6 |
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Italian |
616 |
1.6 |
| Percent
employed |
55.0 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
19 |
0.0 |
| No disability |
15,404 |
73.4 |
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Norwegian |
111 |
0.3 |
| Percent
employed |
72.0 |
(X) |
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Polish |
230 |
0.6 |
| Population
65 years and over |
5,903 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
41 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
2,677 |
45.3 |
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Russian |
106 |
0.3 |
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Scotch-Irish |
1,418 |
3.6 |
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Scottish |
717 |
1.8 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
18 |
0.0 |
| Population
5 years and over |
36,839 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
350 |
0.9 |
| Same house in
1995 |
18,970 |
51.5 |
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Swedish |
86 |
0.2 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
17,298 |
47.0 |
|
Swiss |
67 |
0.2 |
| Same county |
11,832 |
32.1 |
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Ukrainian |
27 |
0.1 |
| Different
county |
5,466 |
14.8 |
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United States
or American |
3,393 |
8.6 |
| Same state |
2,284 |
6.2 |
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Welsh |
214 |
0.5 |
| Different
state |
3,182 |
8.6 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
50 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
571 |
1.5 |
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Other
ancestries |
18,673 |
47.4 |
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| Date: January
1, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (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.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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