South Carolina: State Summary
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
State Health Department
- South Carolina Department of Health & Env. Control: 2600 Bull Street, Columbia
Population:
- Total Population: 4,012,012
- Males: 1,947,380
- Females: 2,064,632
Top 4 Languages spoken at home: (> 5000)
- English only (3,552,245)
- Spanish (110,025)
- French (19,020)
- German (15,185)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Southern Baptist Convention (928,341)
- United Methodist Church, The (302,528)
- Catholic Church (136,719)
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (103,883)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (61,380)
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 1,482,093
- Sensory: 148,472
- Physical: 350,244
- Mental: 203,934
- Self-care: 116,154
- Go outside home: 298,346
- Employment: 364,284
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 51,755
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 1,533,854
- Utility gas: 402,555
- Bottled or LP gas: 131,334
- Electricity: 895,132
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 78,331
- Coal or Coke: 183
- Wood: 19,290
- Solar Energy: 447
- Other fuel: 2,105
- No fuel used: 4,477
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 2,634,819
- No vehicle: 194,784
- 1 or more vehicle: 2,440,035
Education Attainment:
- No School: 30,399
- No High School: 185,377
- Some High School: 398,503
- High School: 778,054
- Some College: 500,194
- Associate's Degree: 173,428
- College Degree: 351,526
- Master's Degree: 124,297
- Professional Degree: 35,585
- Doctoral Degree: 18,647
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 1,533,854
- Owners with phone: 1,081,657
- Owners without phone: 25,962
- Renters with phone: 388,422
- Renters without phone: 37,813
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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