Clarendon County, South Carolina

Clarendon County, South Carolina
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Location in the state of South Carolina
South Carolina's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded	1855
Seat	Manning
Area - Total - Land - Water	1,802 km² (696 mi²) 1,573 km² (607 mi²) 229 km² (88 mi²), 12.72%
Population - (2000) - Density	32,502 21/km²
Website: www.clarendoncounty.sc.gov

There is also Clarendon County, New South Wales

Clarendon County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. In 2000, its population was 32,502; in 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the population had reached 33,363.^[1] Its county seat is Manning⁶.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,802 km² (696 mi²). 1,573 km² (607 mi²) of it is land and 229 km² (88 mi²) of it (12.72%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

Sumter County, South Carolina - north
Florence County, South Carolina - northeast
Williamsburg County, South Carolina - east
Berkeley County, South Carolina - southeast
Orangeburg County, South Carolina - southwest
Calhoun County, South Carolina - west

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 32,502 people, 11,812 households, and 8,599 families residing in the county. The population density was 21/km² (54/mi²). There were 15,303 housing units at an average density of 10/km² (25/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 44.93% White, 53.14% Black or African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.88% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. 1.72% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 11,812 households out of which 31.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.50% were married couples living together, 19.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.20% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.70% under the age of 18, 10.50% from 18 to 24, 25.10% from 25 to 44, 24.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,131, and the median income for a family was $33,951. Males had a median income of $28,459 versus $20,011 for females. The per capita income for the county was $13,998. About 18.70% of families and 23.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.10% of those under age 18 and 24.60% of those age 65 or over.

History

In Clarendon County Summerton, South Carolina is the source of the landmark desegregation case Briggs v. Elliott (Court citation:347 US 483). Briggs was the first filed of the four cases combined into Brown v. Board of Education, the famous case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1954, officially overturned racial segregation in U.S. public schools. The trial of George J. Stinney Jr. was conducted here in 1944. He was the youngest victim of electric chair in the United States.

Cities and towns

Notes

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	State of South Carolina Columbia (capital)
Regions	Atlantic Coastal Plain \| Blue Ridge Mountains \| Grand Strand \| Lake Murray Country \| The Lowcountry \| Metrolina \| The Midlands \| Olde English District \| Old 96 District \| Pee Dee \| Piedmont \| Sandhills \| Sea Islands \| The Upstate
Larger Cities	Charleston \| Columbia \| Florence \| Greenville \| Myrtle Beach \| Mount Pleasant \| North Charleston \| Rock Hill \| Spartanburg \| Sumter \|
Smaller Cities	Camden \| Cayce \| Easley \| Hilton Head Island \| Isle of Palms \| Forest Acres \| Gaffney \| Lexington \| Mauldin \| North Augusta \| North Myrtle Beach \| Orangeburg \| Simpsonville \| Summerville \| West Columbia \| York
Towns	Batesburg-Leesville \| Fort Mill \| Fountain Inn \| Greer \| Irmo \| Moncks Corner \| Mount Pleasant \| Newberry \|
CDPs	Berea \| Carolina Forest \| Dentsville \| Gantt \| Ladson \| Parker \| Red Hill \| Saint Andrews \| Seven Oaks \| Socastee \| Taylors \| Wade Hampton
Counties	Abbeville \| Aiken \| Allendale \| Anderson \| Bamberg \| Barnwell \| Beaufort \| Berkeley \| Calhoun \| Charleston \| Cherokee \| Chester \| Chesterfield \| Clarendon \| Colleton \| Darlington \| Dillon \| Dorchester \| Edgefield \| Fairfield \| Florence \| Georgetown \| Greenville \| Greenwood \| Hampton \| Horry \| Jasper \| Kershaw \| Lancaster \| Laurens \| Lee \| Lexington \| Marion \| Marlboro \| McCormick \| Newberry \| Oconee \| Orangeburg \| Pickens \| Richland \| Saluda \| Spartanburg \| Sumter \| Union \| Williamsburg \| York
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Coordinates: 33°′N 80°′W / 33.66, -80.22bpy:ক্লারেনডন কাউন্টি, সাউথ ক্যারোলাইনা

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