14-18. Percent Change in South Carolina Population by Sex and by Race
and Hispanic Origin by County: 1980 to 1990
PERCENT CHANGE FROM 1980 TO 1990
SEX RACE
County Total Males Females White Black Other 1/
Abbeville 5.5 4.1 6.7 7.6 1.0 30.9
Aiken 14.5 13.9 15.0 14.8 11.8 99.8
Allendale 9.6 16.9 2.9 -7.8 19.1 89.8
Anderson 9.0 8.6 9.3 9.6 5.5 27.9
Bamberg -6.7 -7.3 -6.2 -15.9 0.0 15.7
Barnwell 2.1 2.4 1.9 -0.5 5.5 32.4
Beaufort 32.2 25.7 39.7 41.0 14.3 42.2
Berkeley 35.9 36.1 35.8 36.6 33.2 43.5
Calhoun 4.5 3.6 5.3 12.2 -1.9 30.0
Charleston 6.5 4.3 8.8 5.3 8.1 25.3
Cherokee 8.6 8.7 8.5 6.6 14.8 81.5
Chester 6.7 6.7 6.7 3.9 10.5 122.2
Chesterfield 1.1 0.0 2.1 -0.4 3.6 96.9
Clarendon 3.6 3.3 3.8 5.3 1.9 191.7
Colleton 8.2 7.6 8.8 8.9 7.2 19.1
Darlington -1.4 -2.8 -0.1 -1.5 -1.5 62.4
Dillon -6.3 -7.9 -5.0 -9.6 -2.2 1.4
Dorchester 41.4 43.6 39.2 44.9 28.7 81.6
Edgefield 4.8 4.2 5.5 11.9 -2.4 26.0
Fairfield 7.7 7.0 8.4 7.7 7.5 54.1
Florence 3.8 3.2 4.3 1.4 7.2 62.5
Georgetown 9.0 7.2 10.8 12.1 5.0 72.7
Greenville 11.2 11.2 11.2 10.2 13.4 80.6
Greenwood 3.0 2.3 3.6 0.8 7.5 56.3
Hampton 0.2 -1.3 1.5 -3.5 3.6 -24.3
Horry 42.0 42.8 41.3 49.8 12.1 126.9
Jasper 6.8 6.6 7.0 5.7 7.2 76.9
Kershaw 11.7 11.1 12.3 16.1 1.4 89.0
Lancaster 2.2 1.1 3.1 0.5 6.9 32.2
Laurens 11.3 11.0 11.5 12.3 8.1 129.0
Lee -2.6 -4.6 -0.8 -6.4 -0.6 208.7
Lexington 19.4 18.5 20.3 17.5 33.6 65.2
McCormick 13.7 27.7 0.8 19.8 9.7 29.2
Marion -0.8 -2.7 0.8 -6.9 4.1 89.1
Marlboro -7.2 -7.6 -6.8 -13.1 -2.7 53.7
Newberry 6.2 4.8 7.4 1.0 16.4 105.8
Oconee 18.3 18.6 18.0 19.2 4.6 235.6
Orangeburg 3.1 2.6 3.5 -2.3 6.9 42.5
Pickens 18.4 17.4 19.4 17.9 16.5 120.0
Richland 5.9 4.7 7.1 -0.7 14.7 37.5
Saluda 1.3 1.1 1.4 4.3 -5.0 187.5
Spartanburg 12.4 12.9 11.9 11.0 14.7 123.6
Sumter 16.3 19.2 13.6 17.6 13.8 51.8
Union -1.3 -3.2 0.3 -2.1 0.3 17.9
Williamsburg -3.7 -5.0 -2.5 -8.9 -0.7 73.9
York 23.2 23.6 22.8 27.1 10.9 5.6
SOUTH CAROLINA 11.7 11.2 12.1 12.1 9.6 53.4
UNITED STATES 9.8 10.2 9.4 5.6 13.2 72.6
1/: Other race is a sum of American Indian, Eskimo or Aleut; Asian and Pacific
Islanders; and other races.
Note: Census counts based on South Carolina total population of 3,121,820
in 1980 and 3,486,703 in 1990.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1980 and 1990 Census of Population, 1980
General Population Characteristics (PC-1-B42, Table 45) and 1990 PL94-171
Census Tape, and percent calculations by the Office of Research and Statis-
tical Services.
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