Jasper County (South Carolina)
Jasper County is a county located in the state of South Carolina in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Ridgeland.
Geography
The County is located in the extreme south of South Carolina, bounded on the southwest by Georgia, with its southernmost tip of the Atlantic Ocean and has an area of 1812 square kilometers, of which 113 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Hampton County, Beaufort County, Chatham County ( Georgia) and Effingham County ( Georgia).
History
Jasper County was formed in 1912. It was named for William Jasper, a Seargeant of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment in the American Revolutionary War.
Demographic data
2000
According to the census in 2000 lived in Jasper County 20,678 people in 7,042 households and 5,091 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 42.39 percent White, 52.69 percent Black or African American, 0.37 percent Native American, 0.44 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 3.39 percent from other races groups; 0.67 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.75 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 7,042 households, 34.5 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 48.1 percent were married couples living together, 18.2 percent were single mothers, 27.7 percent were non-families, 23.2 percent of all households and 8.8 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.22 persons.
26.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old. 10.3 percent between 18 and 24, 30.7 percent between 25 and 44, 21.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 111 males and 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.3 males.
The median income for a household was $ 30,727, and the median income for a family was $ 36,793. Males have a median income of $ 29,407, women $ 21,055. The per capita income was $ 14,161. 15.4 percent of families and 20.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.