Population in Households in South Carolina
- In South Carolina in 2000, 82.9 percent of the population lived in family households, 13.7 percent lived in nonfamily households, and
3.4 percent lived in group quarters.
- In the United States in 2000, 82.6 percent of the population lived in family households, 14.6 percent lived in nonfamily households, and 2.8 percent lived in group quarters.
Population in Households by Household Type and Relationship: 2000
| South Carolina | United States | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | |
| Total Population: | 4,012,012 | 100.0 | 281,421,906 | 100.0 |
| Population in Households: | 3,876,875 | 96.6 | 273,637,396 | 97.2 |
| In Family Households: | 3,327,600 | 82.9 | 232,472,248 | 82.6 |
| Householder: | 1,078,736 | 26.9 | 72,261,780 | 25.7 |
| Male Householder | 770,733 | 71.4 | 54,016,730 | 74.8 |
| Female Householder | 308,003 | 28.6 | 18,245,050 | 25.2 |
| Spouse | 799,805 | 19.9 | 55,731,406 | 19.8 |
| Child: | 1,158,863 | 28.9 | 83,714,107 | 29.7 |
| Natural-Born | 1,061,251 | 91.6 | 77,270,611 | 92.3 |
| Adopted | 29,511 | 2.5 | 2,058,915 | 2.5 |
| Step | 68,101 | 5.9 | 4,384,581 | 5.2 |
| Grandchild | 106,374 | 2.7 | 5,265,582 | 1.9 |
| Brother or Sister | 36,128 | 0.9 | 2,787,394 | 1.0 |
| Parent | 26,357 | 0.7 | 2,154,713 | 0.8 |
| Other Relatives | 55,626 | 1.4 | 4,826,626 | 1.7 |
| Nonrelatives | 65,711 | 1.6 | 5,730,640 | 2.0 |
| In Nonfamily Households: | 549,275 | 13.7 | 41,165,148 | 14.6 |
| Male Householder: | 205,860 | 5.1 | 15,139,328 | 5.4 |
| Living Alone | 162,767 | 79.1 | 11,569,038 | 76.4 |
| Not Living Alone | 43,093 | 20.9 | 3,570,290 | 23.6 |
| Female Householder: | 249,738 | 6.2 | 18,138,014 | 6.4 |
| Living Alone | 220,215 | 88.2 | 15,634,686 | 86.2 |
| Not Living Alone | 29,523 | 11.8 | 2,503,328 | 13.8 |
| Nonrelatives | 93,677 | 2.3 | 7,887,806 | 2.8 |
| In Group Quarters: | 135,137 | 3.4 | 7,784,510 | 2.8 |
| Institutionalized Population | 59,905 | 44.3 | 4,061,719 | 52.2 |
| Noninstitutionalized Population | 75,232 | 55.7 | 3,722,791 | 47.8 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. SF3, Table P9.