Colleton County, South Carolina

Colleton County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Walterboro.

Geography

The County is located in the south of South Carolina, bordered with its south-western tip of the Atlantic Ocean and has an area of ​​2935 square kilometers, of which 199 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Orangeburg County, Dorchester County, Charleston County, Beaufort County, Hampton County, Allendale County and Bamberg County.

History

Colleton County was formed in 1798. It was named after John Colleton, one of the co-owners of the province of Carolina.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Colleton County 38 264 people in 14,470 households and 10,490 families. The population density was 14 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 55.52 percent White, 42.18 percent Black or African American, 0.63 percent Native American, 0.25 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.56 percent from other races groups; 0.82 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.44 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 14,470 households, 33.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 51.1 percent were married couples living together, 16.8 percent were single mothers, 27.5 percent were non-families, 24.0 percent of all households and 10.1 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.11 persons.

27.5 percent of the population was under 18 years old. 8.0 percent between 18 to 24, 26.9 percent between 25 and 44, 24.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.9 males to every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.9 males.

The median income for a household was $ 29,733, and the median income for a family was $ 34,169. Males have a median income of $ 28,518, women $ 19,228. The per capita income was $ 14,831. 17.3 percent of families and 21.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.