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14-17. Percent Distribution of SC Population by Race and Hispanic Origin by County: 1990

                                 	 PERCENT OF POPULATION
                                            American
                                             Indian  Asian &
                   Total                     Eskimo, Pacific        Hispanic
  County         Population  White   Black    Aleut  Islander Other Origin 1/

Abbeville           23,862    68.1    31.6     0.1     0.2     0.1     0.4
Aiken              120,940    75.0    24.2     0.2     0.5     0.2     0.7
Allendale           11,722    31.1    68.0     0.1     0.1     0.8     1.4
Anderson           145,196    82.9    16.6     0.1     0.2     0.1     0.4
Bamberg             16,902    38.3    61.4     0.1     0.1     0.1     0.4

Barnwell            20,293    56.7    42.8     0.2     0.1     0.2     0.7
Beaufort            86,425    69.2    28.4     0.3     0.9     1.1     2.5
Berkeley           128,776    72.9    24.2     0.3     2.0     0.6     2.0
Calhoun             12,753    48.2    51.6     0.1     0.1     0.0     0.3
Charleston         295,039    63.6    34.9     0.2     0.9     0.4     1.3

Cherokee            44,506    78.6    20.6     0.1     0.4     0.2     0.6
Chester             32,170    59.6    40.0     0.2     0.1     0.1     0.2
Chesterfield        38,577    66.2    33.4     0.2     0.1     0.1     0.4
Clarendon           28,450    43.1    56.5     0.1     0.1     0.2     0.5
Colleton            34,377    54.3    45.0     0.5     0.1     0.1     0.5

Darlington          61,851    59.6    40.1     0.1     0.1     0.1     0.3
Dillon              29,114    54.5    43.7     1.5     0.2     0.0     0.3
Dorchester          83,060    75.0    23.0     0.7     0.9     0.3     1.3
Edgefield           18,375    53.3    46.3     0.1     0.2     0.1     0.4
Fairfield           22,295    41.5    58.3     0.1     0.1     0.0     0.5

Florence           114,344    60.8    38.7     0.1     0.3     0.1     0.4
Georgetown          46,302    56.5    43.2     0.1     0.1     0.1     0.4
Greenville         320,167    80.9    18.0     0.1     0.7     0.2     0.9
Greenwood           59,567    69.2    30.2     0.1     0.4     0.1     0.4
Hampton             18,191    45.5    54.3     0.0     0.1     0.0     0.4

Horry              144,053    81.3    17.5     0.2     0.8     0.2     0.9
Jasper              15,487    42.2    57.4     0.1     0.2     0.1     0.4
Kershaw             43,599    71.2    28.3     0.2     0.2     0.1     0.6
Lancaster           54,516    74.4    25.4     0.1     0.1     0.1     0.4
Laurens             58,092    71.4    28.2     0.1     0.2     0.1     0.4

Lee                 18,437    37.2    62.5     0.1     0.2     0.1     0.4
Lexington          167,611    87.9    11.0     0.2     0.6     0.2     0.8
McCormick            8,868    41.1    58.5     0.1     0.1     0.2     0.3
Marion              33,899    44.7    54.6     0.3     0.4     0.1     0.3
Marlboro            29,361    48.7    48.5     2.5     0.1     0.2     0.3

Newberry            33,172    64.8    34.7     0.1     0.3     0.1     0.4
Oconee              57,494    90.5     8.8     0.1     0.3     0.3     0.9
Orangeburg          84,803    41.2    58.1     0.3     0.4     0.1     0.4
Pickens             93,894    91.6     7.3     0.2     0.8     0.1     0.6
Richland           285,720    56.0    41.8     0.2     1.3     0.6     1.6

Saluda              16,357    66.5    33.1     0.1     0.1     0.3     0.5
Spartanburg        226,800    78.2    20.7     0.1     0.8     0.2     0.7
Sumter             102,637    55.3    43.2     0.2     0.9     0.4     1.2
Union               30,337    69.8    29.9     0.1     0.1     0.0     0.2
Williamsburg        36,815    35.6    64.2     0.0     0.1     0.1     0.4
York               131,497    78.7    20.0     0.6     0.5     0.1     0.6

SOUTH CAROLINA   3,486,703    69.0    29.8     0.2     0.6     0.3     0.9

UNITED STATES  248,709,873    80.3    12.1     0.8     2.9     3.9     9.0

Note: 1990 Population is based on S.C. Resident Total of 3,486,703.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of the Population, Census Tape PL 94-171, April 1, 1990.

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