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South Carolina
Detail from USA Census 2000

 


Estimate


Lower Bound


Upper Bound

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY

      

Total population

3,876,974

*****

*****

Native

 3,750,218 3,723,871 3,776,565

Born in United States

 3,707,150 3,675,376 3,738,924

State of residence

 2,293,326 2,179,151 2,407,501

Different state

 1,413,824 1,326,529 1,501,119

Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to
American parent(s)

 43,068 33,478 52,658

Foreign born

 126,756 100,409 153,103

Naturalized citizen

 36,443 28,058 44,828

Not a citizen

 90,313 61,704 118,922

Entered 1990 to 2000

 74,578 51,952 97,204

Entered before 1990

 52,178 43,883 60,473
       

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

      

Foreign-born population with region of birth reported

126,756

100,409

153,103

Europe

 30,311 23,559 37,063

Asia

 32,589 23,610 41,568

Africa

 5,521 3,119 7,923

Oceania

 270 0 851

Latin America

 51,176 33,884 68,468

Northern America

 6,889 4,457 9,321
       

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

      

Population 5 years and over

3,626,168

3,608,020

3,644,316

English only

 3,446,237 3,408,193 3,484,281

Language other than English

 179,931 149,891 209,971

Speak English less than "very well"

 77,481 58,244 96,718

Spanish

 88,402 72,173 104,631

Speak English less than "very well"

 46,388 32,107 60,669

Other Indo-European languages

 56,123 44,149 68,097

Speak English less than "very well"

 15,830 10,205 21,455

Asian and Pacific Islander languages

 27,751 16,224 39,278

Speak English less than "very well"

 14,568 5,368 23,768

Other languages

 7,655 2,769 12,541

Speak English less than "very well"

 695 23 1,367
       

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)

      

Total Population

3,876,974

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*****

Arab

 10,723 5,146 16,300

Czech

 6,679 3,838 9,520

Danish

 6,264 4,109 8,419

Dutch

 44,286 36,302 52,270

English

 376,291 349,424 403,158

French (except Basque)

 83,440 64,114 102,766

French Canadian

 11,428 3,148 19,708

German

 391,653 357,350 425,957

Greek

 8,355 5,387 11,323

Hungarian

 10,091 2,237 17,945

Irish

 360,951 338,790 383,112

Italian

 100,670 90,160 111,181

Lithuanian

 3,232 401 6,063

Norwegian

 15,645 12,124 19,166

Polish

 42,748 33,907 51,589

Portuguese

 1,316 0 2,633

Russian

 12,424 8,245 16,603

Scotch-Irish

 144,909 120,991 168,827

Scottish

 83,227 74,332 92,122

Slovak

 6,516 3,602 9,430

Subsaharan African

 29,010 10,235 47,785

Swedish

 26,746 22,910 30,582

Swiss

 6,401 2,944 9,858

Ukrainian

 3,936 1,511 6,362

United States or American

 545,010 507,045 582,975

Welsh

 21,507 16,923 26,091

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

 7,620 2,724 12,516
       

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 the 2000 Census and 2000 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.

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.