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Language Spoken At Home in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 286,239 | 100% |
English only | 280,561 | 98.0% |
Language other than English | 5,678 | 2.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,436 | 0.5% |
Spanish | 1,785 | 0.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 448 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European languages | 1,766 | 0.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 234 | 0.1% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 1,545 | 0.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 654 | 0.2% |
Other languages | 582 | 0.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 100 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 303,995 | 100% |
American | 40,404 | 13.3% |
Arab | 1,563 | 0.5% |
Czech | 325 | 0.1% |
Danish | 240 | 0.1% |
Dutch | 6,325 | 2.1% |
English | 39,016 | 12.8% |
French (except Basque) | 5,002 | 1.6% |
French Canadian | 603 | 0.2% |
German | 42,785 | 14.1% |
Greek | 962 | 0.3% |
Hungarian | 1,023 | 0.3% |
Irish | 41,806 | 13.8% |
Italian | 8,925 | 2.9% |
Lithuanian | 163 | 0.1% |
Norwegian | 551 | 0.2% |
Polish | 3,044 | 1.0% |
Portuguese | 118 | 0.0% |
Russian | 863 | 0.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 7,764 | 2.6% |
Scottish | 6,958 | 2.3% |
Slovak | 435 | 0.1% |
Subsaharan African | 534 | 0.2% |
Swedish | 1,724 | 0.6% |
Swiss | 414 | 0.1% |
Ukrainian | 121 | 0.0% |
Welsh | 2,082 | 0.7% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 231 | 0.1% |
Households By Type in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 125,787 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 82,232 | 65.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 31,983 | 25.4% |
Married-couple family | 62,313 | 49.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 21,830 | 17.4% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 5,109 | 4.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,324 | 1.8% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 14,810 | 11.8% |
With own children under 18 years | 7,829 | 6.2% |
Nonfamily households | 43,555 | 34.6% |
Householder living alone | 37,662 | 29.9% |
65 years and over | 14,742 | 11.7% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 36,516 | 29.0% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 35,586 | 28.3% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 300,634 | 100% |
Householder | 125,787 | 41.8% |
Spouse | 62,452 | 20.8% |
Child | 82,604 | 27.5% |
Other relatives | 16,582 | 5.5% |
Nonrelatives | 13,209 | 4.4% |
Unmarried partner | 6,513 | 2.2% |
Marital Status in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 119,736 | 100% |
Never married | 32,676 | 27.3% |
Now married, except separated | 65,518 | 54.7% |
Separated | 1,823 | 1.5% |
Widowed | 4,061 | 3.4% |
Divorced | 15,658 | 13.1% |
Females 15 years and over | 129,825 | 100% |
Never married | 27,401 | 21.1% |
Now married, except separated | 64,512 | 49.7% |
Separated | 2,614 | 2.0% |
Widowed | 16,834 | 13.0% |
Divorced | 18,464 | 14.2% |
Fertility in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 3,101 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 1,133 | 36.5% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 33 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 45 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 25 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 91 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 13 | 0% |
Grandparents in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 6,656 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 3,721 | 55.9% |
Less than 1 year | 564 | 8.5% |
1 or 2 years | 526 | 7.9% |
3 or 4 years | 676 | 10.2% |
5 or more years | 1,955 | 29.4% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 3,721 | 100% |
Who are female | 2,243 | 60.3% |
Who are married | 2,668 | 71.7% |
School Enrollment in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 64,169 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 3,553 | 5.5% |
Kindergarten | 3,752 | 5.8% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 29,152 | 45.4% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 14,514 | 22.6% |
College or graduate school | 13,198 | 20.6% |
Educational Attainment in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 215,637 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 12,277 | 5.7% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 19,999 | 9.3% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 83,569 | 38.8% |
Some college, no degree | 40,094 | 18.6% |
Associate's degree | 13,215 | 6.1% |
Bachelor's degree | 27,441 | 12.7% |
Graduate or professional degree | 19,042 | 8.8% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 85.0% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 21.6% |
Veteran Status in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 238,114 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 26,267 | 11.0% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 301,790 | 100% |
With a disability | 57,359 | 19.0% |
Under 18 years | 65,556 | 100% |
With a disability | 3,609 | 5.5% |
18 to 64 years | 188,326 | 100% |
With a disability | 33,218 | 17.6% |
65 years and over | 47,908 | 100% |
With a disability | 20,532 | 42.9% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 300,739 | 100% |
Same house | 266,938 | 88.8% |
Different house in the U.S. | 33,269 | 11.1% |
Same county | 21,129 | 7.0% |
Different county | 12,140 | 4.0% |
Same state | 7,271 | 2.4% |
Different state | 4,869 | 1.6% |
Abroad | 532 | 0.2% |
Place Of Birth in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 303,995 | 100% |
Native | 300,030 | 98.7% |
Born in United States | 299,081 | 98.4% |
State of residence | 246,520 | 81.1% |
Different state | 52,561 | 17.3% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 949 | 0.3% |
Foreign born | 3,965 | 1.3% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 3,965 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 2,103 | 53.0% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 1,862 | 47.0% |
Year of Entry in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 4,914 | 100% |
Native | 949 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 24 | 2.5% |
Entered before 2010 | 925 | 97.5% |
Foreign born | 3,965 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 158 | 4.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 3,807 | 96.0% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Charleston
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 3,965 | 100% |
Europe | 676 | 17.0% |
Asia | 2,510 | 63.3% |
Africa | 83 | 2.1% |
Oceania | 16 | 0.4% |
Latin America | 481 | 12.1% |
Northern America | 199 | 5.0% |