14-8. SC Population by Race and Hispanic Origin by County: 1997

                                                               AM. INDIAN    ASIAN &
                                                                ESKIMO &    PACIFIC       HISPANIC
 COUNTY                 TOTAL        WHITE        BLACK           ALEUT     ISLANDER     ORIGIN  1/

 Abbeville              24,284       16,399        7,799            20          66           125
 Aiken                 132,556       98,540       32,989           242         785         1,424
 Allendale              11,403        3,550        7,837             9           7           167
 Anderson              157,339      129,719       26,945           179         496           912
 Bamberg                16,522        6,253       10,223            20          26            92

 Barnwell               21,639       12,118        9,466            33          22           191
 Beaufort              103,019       71,345       30,154           284       1,236         3,563
 Berkeley              130,425       93,690       32,976           384       3,375         3,886
 Calhoun                13,698        6,541        7,135            15           7            71
 Charleston            280,032      173,760      102,417           559       3,296         4,783

 Cherokee               47,969       37,533       10,093            73         270           388
 Chester                33,601       19,881       13,603            73          44           112
 Chesterfield           39,838       26,216       13,521            60          41           201
 Clarendon              30,472       12,879       17,499            49          45           211
 Colleton               36,761       19,742       16,789           182          48           258

 Darlington             65,500       38,743       26,601            74          82           284
 Dillon                 29,590       16,050       13,036           420          84           103
 Dorchester             89,062       65,961       21,397           592       1,112         1,668
 Edgefield              19,635       10,206        9,363            22          44           115
 Fairfield              22,241        9,181       13,019            11          30           130

 Florence              123,650       74,129       48,962           155         404           729
 Georgetown             52,039       29,109       22,782            61          87           297
 Greenville            343,580      275,869       64,233           461       3,017         4,943
 Greenwood              62,952       43,181       19,392            48         331           372
 Hampton                18,966        8,550       13,090             6          20            79

 Horry                 167,062      134,945       29,994           389       1,734         2,116
 Jasper                 16,828        6,894        9,838            46          50           125
 Kershaw                47,334       33,286       13,824            75         149           412
 Lancaster              57,571       42,545       14,881            62          83           318
 Laurens                61,569       43,410       17,981            47         131           339

 Lee                    20,101        6,968       13,076            25          32            85
 Lexington             197,978      173,504       22,462           409       1,603         2,393
 McCormick               9,486        3,838        5,627             8          13            39
 Marion                 34,743       15,326       19,171            85         161           149
 Marlboro               29,459       14,062       14,664           704          29            91

 Newberry               34,043       21,853       12,051            40          99           200
 Oconee                 62,579       56,434        5,807            78         260           882
 Orangeburg             87,064       35,198       51,228           203         435           413
 Pickens               103,648       94,231        8,113           169       1,135           970
 Richland              296,648      162,812      127,898           691       5,247         6,929

 Saluda                 16,679       10,946        5,709            14          10           116
 Spartanburg           242,629      187,595       52,340           322       2,372         2,351
 Sumter                104,855       56,559       46,911           219       1,166         1,734
 Union                  30,471       21,003        9,399            27          42            87
 Williamsburg           37,181       13,009       24,129            16          27           125
 York                  149,207      116,067       31,144           919       1,077         1,295

 SOUTH CAROLINA      3,713,908    2,549,630    1,124,868         8,580      30,830        46,273

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Population Division, Population Estimates Program.

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