Dillon County

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Dillon County Courthouse
Dillon County Courthouse
administration
US state : South carolina
Administrative headquarters : Dillon
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 449
Dillon, SC 29536-0449
Foundation : 1910
Area code : 001 843
Demographics
Residents : 30,974  (2005)
Population density : 29.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1053 km²
Water surface : 4 km²
map
Map of Dillon County within South Carolina
Website : www.dilloncounty.org

Dillon County is a county in the state of South Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Dillon .

geography

The county is located in northeast South Carolina, borders North Carolina and has an area of ​​1,053 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Robeson Counties and Columbus Counties in North Carolina, Horry Counties , Marion Counties , Florence Counties , and Marlboro Counties .

history

The county was formed on February 15, 1910. The name goes back to the dealer JW Dillon , thanks to whose efforts a train station was built, around which the town of Dillon emerged.

18 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 27, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 22,615 -
1920 25,278 11.8%
1930 25,733 1.8%
1940 29,625 15.1%
1950 30,930 4.4%
1960 30,584 -1.1%
1970 28,838 -5.7%
1980 31,083 7.8%
1990 29,114 -6.3%
2000 30,722 5.5%
1900-1990

2000

As of the 2000 census , Dillon County had 30,722 people in 11,199 households and 8,063 families. The population density was 29 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 50.39 percent white, 45.35 percent African American, 2.21 percent Native American, 0.34 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.99 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.70 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.75 percent of the population.

Of the 11,199 households, 34.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 44.8 percent were married couples living together, 22.3 percent were single mothers, 28.0 percent were non-families, 25.1 percent were single households, and 9.9 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.24 people.

29.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old. 9.5 percent between 18 and 24, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 87.4 males and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 81.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 26,630 , and the median income for a family is $ 32,690. Males had a median income of $ 26,908 versus $ 18,007 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,272. 19.4 percent of families and 24.2 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in Dillon County

There are three parishes in Dillon County, one city and two towns .

City

Towns

Unincorporated Communities

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dillon County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 86 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 27, 2018.
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  6. ^ Dillon County, South Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Dillon County, South Carolina  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 34 ° 23 ′  N , 79 ° 23 ′  W