Dillon County, South Carolina
Dillon County is a county located in the state of South Carolina in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Dillon.
Geography
The County is located in northeastern South Carolina, bordering North Carolina and has an area of 1053 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Robeson County and Columbus County, North Carolina, Horry County, Marion County, Florence County and Marlboro County.
History
Dillon County was formed in 1910. It was named after J. W. Dillon.
Demographic data
2000
According to the census in 2000 lived in Dillon County 30,722 people in 11,199 households and 8,063 families. The population density was 29 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 50.39 percent White, 45.35 percent Black or African American, 2.21 percent Native American, 0.34 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.99 percent from other races groups; 0.70 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.75 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 11,199 households, 34.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 44.8 percent were married couples living together, 22.3 percent were single mothers, 28.0 percent were non-families, 25.1 percent of all households and 9.9 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.24 persons.
29.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old. 9.5 percent between 18 to 24, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 87.4 males to every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.6 males.
The median income for a household was $ 26,630, and the median income for a family was $ 32,690. Males have a median income of $ 26,908, women $ 18,007. The per capita income was $ 13,272. 19.4 percent of families and 24.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.