Spartanburg County

administration

US state :	South carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Spartanburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 366 N. Church Street Spartanburg, SC 29303-3637
Foundation :	1785
Area code :	001 864
Demographics
Residents :	266,809 (2005)
Population density :	127 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2122 km²
Water surface :	21 km²
map

Website : www.spartanburgcounty.org

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

geography

The county is located in northwestern South Carolina, borders North Carolina to the north and has an area of 2,122 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Polk County, North Carolina, Rutherford County, North Carolina, Cherokee County , Union County , Laurens County, and Greenville County .

Like all of northern South Carolina, the county is included in the Piedmont region.

Important cities

Spartanburg , seat of the county
Greer , partly in Greenville County

history

Spartanburg County was formed on March 12, 1785, and became a judicial district on January 1, 1800. On April 16, 1868, it became a county again. It was named after the Spartan Regiment South Carolina during the American War of Independence .

The Spartanburg Historic District is one of 69 entries for the county in the NRHP.

69 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 29, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	8800	-
1800	12,122	37.8%
1810	14,259	17.6%
1820	16,980	19.1%
1830	21,150	24.6%
1840	23,669	11.9%
1850	26,400	11.5%
1860	26,919	2%
1870	25,784	-4.2%
1880	40,409	56.7%
1890	55,385	37.1%
1900	65,560	18.4%
1910	83,465	27.3%
1920	94,265	12.9%
1930	116,323	23.4%
1940	127,733	9.8%
1950	150.349	17.7%
1960	156.830	4.3%
1970	173.724	10.8%
1980	201.861	16.2%
1990	226,800	12.4%
2000	253.791	11.9%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

As of the 2000 census , Spartanburg County had 253,791 people in 97,735 households and 69,294 families. The population density was 121 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 75.09 percent white, 20.79 percent African American, 0.22 percent Native American, 1.47 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.35 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.04 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.79 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 97,735 households, 32.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.8 percent were married couples living together, 13.8 percent were single mothers, 29.1 percent were non-families, 24.8 percent were single households, and 9.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.01.

24.8 percent of the population was under 18 years old. 9.2 percent between 18 and 24, 29.9 percent between 25 and 44, 23.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.5 males and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 37,579 , and the median income for a family is $ 45,349. Males had a median income of $ 33,002 versus $ 23,911 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,738. 9.2 percent of families and 12.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line.