Clarendon County, South Carolina
Clarendon County is a county located in the state of South Carolina in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Manning.
Geography
The County is located east of the geographic center of South Carolina and has an area of 1802 square kilometers, of which 229 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Sumter County, Florence County, Williamsburg County, Berkeley County, Orangeburg County and Calhoun County.
History
Clarendon County was formed in 1855. It was named after Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, an English statesman, historian and co-owner of the province of Carolina.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000
According to the census in 2000 lived in Clarendon County 32 502 people in 11,812 households and 8,599 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 44.93 percent White, 53.14 percent Black or African American, 0.24 percent Native American, 0.26 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.88 percent from other races groups; 0.52 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.72 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 11,812 households, 31.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 48.5 percent were married couples living together, 19.8 percent were single mothers, 27.2 percent were non-families, 24.6 percent of all households and 10.3 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.12 persons.
25.7 percent of the population was under 18 years old. 10.5 percent between 18 to 24, 25.1 percent between 25 and 44, 24.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.4 males to every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males.
The median income for a household was $ 27,131, and the median income for a family was $ 33,951. Males had a median income of $ 28,459, women $ 20,011. The per capita income was $ 13,998. 18.7 percent of families and 23.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.