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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $338 (0.5%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Barnwell County is $419 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $481 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $579 a month.
Cities in this county include: Barnwell
, Williston
, Blackville
, Hilda
, Snelling
, Kline
, Elko
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2005 air pollution in Barnwell County:
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.003 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.081 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.074 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
Annual: 19 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m3):
32 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.002 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.006 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Aiken County
, Allendale County
, Bamberg County
, Burke County, Georgia
, Orangeburg County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Barnwell County: Substation
Number 3
(A),
Meyers Mill Siding
(B),
Robbins Station
(C),
Edisto Experimental Station
(D),
Dunbarton Fire Tower
(E),
Pump House Number 6
(F),
Pump House Number 5
(G)
Churches in Barnwell County include: Boiling
Springs Presbyterian Church
(A),
Pine Hill Church
(B),
Pilgrim Rest Church
(C),
Browns Church
(D),
Calvary Church
(E),
New Jerusalem Church
(F),
New Home Church
(G),
Jordan Church
(H),
Long Branch Baptist Church
(I)
Cemeteries: County
Memory Gardens
(1),
Bates Cemetery
(2),
Hair Cemetery
(3),
Holmes Cemetery
(4),
Hope Memorial Park
(5),
Woods Cemetery
(6),
Williams Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Craigs
Pond
(A),
Sister Lake
(B),
Pond Four
(C),
Pond Two
(D),
Guess Pond
(E),
Peters Pond
(F),
Kennedys Pond
(G),
Bolen Pond
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Rosemary
Creek
(A),
Long Branch
(B),
Pen Branch
(C),
Spur Branch
(D),
Steel Creek
(E),
Meyers Branch
(F),
Patterson Branch
(G),
Parker Branch
(H),
Jordan Branch
(I)
Park in Barnwell County: Barnwell
State Park
(1).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
9.2% | | South
Carolina: |
5.8% |
Current college students: 669
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 67.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 130 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Barnwell
County: |
0.6% | | Whole
state: | 2.9% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 27
- 1990
to 1994: 47
- 1985
to 1989: 8
- 1980
to 1984: 0
- 1975
to 1979: 15
- 1970
to 1974: 10
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1965
to 1969: 23
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Mean travel time to work: 27.9 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 65.1%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 5,717
- One,
attached: 157
- Two:
193
- 3
or 4: 203
- 5
to 9: 107
- 10
to 19: 36
- 20
or more: 85
- Mobile
homes: 3,683
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Housing units in Barnwell County with a mortgage: 2,086 (183 second mortgage, 272 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,732 Agriculture
in Barnwell County
Average size of farms: 230 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $19102
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $247.12
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 12.43%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 33.59%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $31230
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 22.32%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 6.46%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $63207
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 92.97%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 4.92
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.10%
Corn for grain: 4312 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 1144 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 4467 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 2697 harvested acres
Vegetables: 874 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 314 acresBarnwell
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above South Carolina state average. It is 2.5 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 23 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/1/1989, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 12 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(12%)
- Utilities
(11%)
- Machinery
(7%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (6%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Chemicals
(4%)
- Educational
services (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Educational
services (13%)
- Health
care (11%)
- Machinery
(7%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Utilities
(5%)
- Apparel
(4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Textile,
apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers
(5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Vietnam
(28%)
- Pakistan
(16%)
- Mexico
(12%)
- Nigeria
(8%)
- United
Kingdom (7%)
- China,
excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Canada
(5%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Barnwell County:
|
- United
States or American (27%)
- English
(6%)
- German
(6%)
- Irish
(4%)
- African
(2%)
- Scottish
(2%)
- Scotch-Irish
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 7,213 (78%)
- Carpooled:
1,544 (17%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 51 (1%)
- Motorcycle:
10 (0%)
- Bicycle:
28 (0%)
- Walked:
167 (2%)
- Other
means: 93 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 166 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Barnwell County, South Carolina
- 171
people in nursing homes
- 61
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 21
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 16
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8
people in other group homes
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $37,715.
4.73% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,896 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
4.73% | | South
Carolina average: | 8.00% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.17% relocated from other counties in South Carolina ($22,124 average AGI)
1.55% relocated from other states ($9,772 average AGI)
| Barnwell
County: |
1.55% | | South
Carolina average: | 4.33% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Aiken County, SC
|
0.92% ($28,536 average AGI) |
| from
Bamberg County, SC
|
0.54% ($30,073) |
| from
Allendale County, SC
|
0.48% ($24,889) |
| from
Orangeburg County, SC
|
0.24% ($29,444) |
| from
Charleston County, SC
|
0.17% ($64,769) |
5.54% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,190 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.54% | | South
Carolina average: | 6.88% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.50% relocated to other counties in South Carolina ($16,694 average AGI)
2.04% relocated to other states ($12,499 average AGI)
| Barnwell
County: |
2.04% | | South
Carolina average: | 3.21% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Aiken County, SC
|
0.88% ($29,672 average AGI) |
| to
Bamberg County, SC
|
0.41% ($17,194) |
| to
Allendale County, SC
|
0.33% ($23,080) |
| to
Orangeburg County, SC
|
0.32% ($24,625) |
| to
Richland County, SC
|
0.28% ($20,286) |
| to
Lexington County, SC
|
0.24% ($30,889) |
| to
Richmond County, GA
|
0.21% ($26,938) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.4
Births
per 1000 population in Barnwell County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.4
Deaths
per 1000 population in Barnwell County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 14.9
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Barnwell County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,588 (2,763 aged, 825 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 23,199
- In
family households: 20,361 (4,193 male householders, 2,342 female householders)
4,417
spouses, 7,706 children (7,135 natural, 167 adopted, 404 stepchildren), 604 grandchildren, 218 brothers or sisters, 159 parents, 338 other relatives, 384 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,838 (1,110 male householders (991 living alone)), 1,429 female householders (1,324 living alone)), 299 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 279 (247 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,682 2-persons, 1,607 3-persons, 1,305 4-persons, 602 5-persons, 259 6-persons, 80 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,315 1-person, 197 2-persons, 27 3-persons.
3,482 married couples with children.
2,265 single-parent households (347 men, 1,918 women).
97.9% of residents of Barnwell County speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 21% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $149,443,000 ($6385 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $11,173,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $54,653,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $32,872,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,745,000
Federal grants: $46,086,000
Federal procurement contracts: $9,416,000 ($8,737,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,672,000 ($6,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,491,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,382,000
Federal Government insurance: $2,685,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,789
| Here: |
77 per 1000 residents | | State: |
69 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,299
| Here: |
56 per 1000 residents | | State: |
46 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +19
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +9
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -615
| Here: |
-26 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+27 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Barnwell County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.73 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
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- 1999
to March 2000: 350
- 1995
to 1998: 989
- 1990
to 1994: 1,083
- 1980
to 1989: 1,791
- 1970
to 1979: 2,108
- 1960
to 1969: 1,376
- 1950
to 1959: 1,288
- 1940
to 1949: 510
- 1939
or earlier: 696
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Barnwell County, South Carolina: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 61
- 3
rooms: 319
- 4
rooms: 818
- 5
rooms: 1,773
- 6
rooms: 1,674
- 7
rooms: 1,192
- 8
rooms: 523
- 9
or more rooms: 451
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Barnwell County, South Carolina: |
- 1
room: 37
- 2
rooms: 128
- 3
rooms: 359
- 4
rooms: 628
- 5
rooms: 459
- 6
rooms: 276
- 7
rooms: 200
- 8
rooms: 59
- 9
or more rooms: 64
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Barnwell County: |
- no
bedroom: 55
- 1
bedroom: 197
- 2
bedrooms: 1,439
- 3
bedrooms: 4,173
- 4
bedrooms: 836
- 5
or more bedrooms: 111
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Barnwell County: |
- no
bedroom: 105
- 1
bedroom: 393
- 2
bedrooms: 777
- 3
bedrooms: 827
- 4
bedrooms: 101
- 5
or more bedrooms: 7
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Barnwell County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 521
- 1
vehicle: 2,068
- 2
vehicles: 2,535
- 3
vehicles: 1,175
- 4
vehicles: 387
- 5
or more vehicles: 125
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Barnwell County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 736
- 1
vehicle: 881
- 2
vehicles: 438
- 3
vehicles: 102
- 4
vehicles: 20
- 5
or more vehicles: 33
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68% of Barnwell County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in South Carolina.
| Barnwell
County: |
68.0% | | State
average: |
56.8% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 17719
- Northeast:
1180
- Midwest:
477
- South:
3707
- West:
195
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $28,700 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Electricity
(60%)
- Utility
gas (19%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood
(2%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(53%)
- Utility
gas (25%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (18%)
- No
fuel used (2%)
- Wood
(1%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 142
| Here: |
4.5% | | South
Carolina: | 9.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 63
| Here: |
3.7% | | South
Carolina: | 8.1% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 46
| Here: |
8.5% | | South
Carolina: | 20.3% |
Barnwell
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- All Other: $521,000
Solid Waste Management: $336,000
- Construction
- General: $2,171,000
- Current
Operations - General - Other: $2,109,000
Police Protection: $1,232,000
Corrections - Other: $1,075,000
Solid Waste Management: $899,000
Financial Administration: $846,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $781,000
Central Staff Services: $712,000
General Public Buildings: $398,000
Air Transportation: $180,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $40,000
Health Services - Other: $4,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,100,000
Housing & Community Development: $431,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $108,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Health: $856,000
Regular Highways: $819,000
Fire Protection: $194,000
Libraries: $166,000
Judicial and Legal: $103,000
Welfare: $45,000
Parks & Recreation: $34,000
Central Staff Services: $19,000
General: $16,000
Natural Resources: $7,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Welfare: $51,000
Higher Education: $8,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $729,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,680,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $3,800,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $2,800,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $3,680,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $406,000
Rents: $96,000
Interest Earnings: $19,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $101,000
General - Other: $68,000
Police Protection: $51,000
Solid Waste Management: $33,000
Corrections - Other: $5,000
Judicial: $4,000
Financial Administration: $4,000
Central Staff: $1,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,404,000
- State
Intergovernmental - All Other: $3,841,000
General Support: $1,130,000
Highways: $572,000
Health & Hospitals: $47,000
Public Welfare: $28,000
- Tax
- Property: $4,258,000
Total General Sales: $903,000
NEC: $468,000
Public Utilities: $163,000
Other Selective Sales: $49,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $5,268,000
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