Orangeburg County, SC Census Data

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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Orangeburg County, South Carolina

People QuickFactsOrangeburg CountySouth Carolina
Population, 2005 estimate 92,1674,255,083
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 0.7%6.1%
Population, 2000 91,5824,012,012
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 6.9%6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 24.2%24.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 13.6%12.6%
Female persons, percent, 2005 53.7%51.3%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)35.5%68.4%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)62.9%29.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.4%0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.5%1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.6%0.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)1.2%3.3%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 34.7%65.5%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 65.0%55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 1.0%2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 3.0%5.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 71.5%76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 16.3%20.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 21,379810,857
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 26.524.3
Housing units, 2005 40,8401,927,864
Homeownership rate, 2000 75.6%72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 7.6%15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $72,600$94,900
Households, 2000 34,1181,533,854
Persons per household, 2000 2.582.53
Median household income, 2003 $29,386$38,003
Per capita money income, 1999 $15,057$18,795
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 19.8%13.8%
Business QuickFactsOrangeburg CountySouth Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 1,886101,1651
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 27,0951,560,5731
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 -5.3%-2.6%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 4,271246,641
Total number of firms, 2002 5,457292,984
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 25.1%9.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 21.3%26.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 1,935,85981,132,781
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 324,81632,988,974
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 773,15840,629,089
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $8,468$9,895
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 92,7526,104,316
Building permits, 2005 28154,157
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 606,87230,051,1711
Geography QuickFactsOrangeburg CountySouth Carolina
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,10630,109
Persons per square mile, 2000 82.8133.2
FIPS Code 07545
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Orangeburg, SC Micro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:06:10 EST
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