Bamberg County

administration
US state :	South carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Bamberg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 149 Bamberg, SC 29003-0149
Foundation :	1897
Area code :	001 803
Demographics
Residents :	15,880 (2005)
Population density :	15.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1024 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

Website : www.bambergsc.com

Bamberg County is a county in the state of South Carolina in the United States . The administrative seat ( county seat ) is Bamberg .

geography

The county is located south of the geographic center of South Carolina, is about 25 miles from Georgia in the southwest , and has an area of 1024 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Orangeburg County , Dorchester County , Colleton County , Hampton County , Allendale County, and Barnwell Counties .

history

Bamberg County was formed on February 25, 1897. The name goes back to the Bamberg family, who operated a stagecoach station in the county, from which the city of the same name emerged.

Cemetery for the Confederate Fallen in Rivers Bridge State Park . This park is one of twelve entries for the county in the NRHP.

One place in the county has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Woodlands Plantation . Twelve structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 26, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	17,296	-
1910	18,544	7.2%
1920	20,962	13%
1930	19,410	-7.4%
1940	18,643	-4%
1950	17,533	-6%
1960	16,274	-7.2%
1970	15,950	-2%
1980	18,118	13.6%
1990	16,902	-6.7%
2000	16,658	-1.4%
1900-1990 2000

According to the 2000 census , Bamberg County had 16,658 people in 6,123 households and 4,255 families. The population density was 16 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 36.47 percent white, 62.50 percent African American, 0.16 percent Native American, 0.19 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.14 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.53 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.71 percent of the population.

Of the 6,123 households, 31.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 43.6 percent were married couples living together, 21.3 percent were single mothers, 30.5 percent were non-families, 27.8 percent were single households and 11.6 percent were living with people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.10 people.

25.4 percent of the population was under 18 years old. 12.9 percent between 18 and 24, 24.6 percent between 25 and 44, 23.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 88.7 males and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 84 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 24,007 , and the median income for a family is $ 29,360. Males had a median income of $ 25,524 versus $ 19,191 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,584. 23.9 percent of families and 27.8 percent of the population are below the poverty line.