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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $341 (0.5%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Colleton County is $389 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $481 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $680 a month.
Cities in this county include: Walterboro
, Cottageville
, Edisto Beach
, Smoaks
, Williams
, Lodge
, Green Pond
, Hendersonville
, Long Creek
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2005 air pollution in Colleton County:
Ozone (1-hour): 0.084 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.072 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Allendale County
, Bamberg County
, Beaufort County
, Charleston County
, Dorchester County
, Hampton County
, Orangeburg County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Colleton County: Sullivans
Ferry
(A),
Longbrow Plantation
(B),
Fishburne Plantation
(C),
Smokes Corners
(D),
Coe Plantation
(E),
Combahee Plantation
(F),
Poco Sabo Plantation
(G),
Blake Siding
(H),
Myrtle Grove Plantation
(I),
Bluefield Hunting Club
(J),
Hope Plantation
(K),
Rose Hill Plantation
(L),
Pendergrass Cross Roads
(M),
H and B Junction
(N),
Airy Hall
(O),
Airy Hall Plantation
(P),
Lavington Plantation
(Q),
Laurel Springs Plantation
(R),
Camp Buddy
(S),
Cherokee Plantation
(T)
Shopping Center: Ivanhoe
Shopping Center
(1).
Churches in Colleton County include: Hendersonville
Baptist Church
(A),
Heyward Church
(B),
Black Creek Church
(C),
Hickory Hill Church
(D),
Pleasant Grove Church
(E),
Piney Grove Church
(F),
Bosom Bottom Church
(G),
Holiness Tabernacle Church
(H),
Pine Grove Number 1 Baptist Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Buzzard
Roost Cemetery
(1),
Carter Ford Cemetery
(2),
Green Pond Cemetery
(3),
Ashton Cemetery
(4),
Connor Cemetery
(5),
Hiott Cemetery
(6),
Community Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Bryans
Lake
(A),
Parker Hole
(B),
Hickory Hill Lake
(C),
Green Pond
(D),
Jones Lake
(E),
Bennetts Pond
(F),
Reservoir Pond
(G),
Big Survey Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Mosquito
Creek
(A),
Musselboro Creek
(B),
Perry Creek
(C),
Hope Creek
(D),
Wolf Creek
(E),
Rum Gully
(F),
Long Branch
(G),
Fish Creek
(H),
Steedley Branch
(I)
Parks in Colleton County include: Colleton
State Park
(1),
Edisto Beach State Park
(2),
Bear Island Game Management Area
(3)
Beach: Edingsville
Beach
(A).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
6.6% | | South
Carolina: |
5.8% |
Current college students: 1,129
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 69.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 453 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Colleton
County: |
1.2% | | Whole
state: | 2.9% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 148
- 1990
to 1994: 27
- 1985
to 1989: 14
- 1980
to 1984: 40
- 1975
to 1979: 36
- 1970
to 1974: 33
- 1970
to 1974: 64
- 1965
to 1969: 91
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Mean travel time to work: 32.7 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 65.0%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 10,203
- One,
attached: 211
- Two:
254
- 3
or 4: 165
- 5
to 9: 432
- 10
to 19: 81
- 20
or more: 160
- Mobile
homes: 6,549
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 74
Housing units in Colleton County with a mortgage: 3,049 (250 second mortgage, 310 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,487 Agriculture
in Colleton County
Average size of farms: 278 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $26661
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $660.28
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 12.58%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 21.78%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $25155
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 11.37%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 7.32%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $43754
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.54%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 4.10
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.78%
Corn for grain: 4952 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 473 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 2561 harvested acres
Vegetables: 1535 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 106 acresColleton
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below South Carolina state average. It is 1.7 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 6 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 9/3/1998, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 4 people and caused $360,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(21%)
- Public
administration (7%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (4%)
- Textile
mills and textile products (4%)
- Accommodation
and food services (4%)
- Truck
transportation (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Educational
services (14%)
- Accommodation
and food services (13%)
- Health
care (12%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Social
assistance (4%)
- Textile
mills and textile products (4%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Construction
trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction
laborers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cashiers
(6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (4%)
- Textile,
apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(42%)
- Other
Caribbean (8%)
- Philippines
(6%)
- United
Kingdom (5%)
- Germany
(4%)
- Guatemala
(4%)
- Guyana
(4%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Colleton County:
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- United
States or American (21%)
- German
(7%)
- English
(6%)
- Irish
(5%)
- Italian
(1%)
- Scotch-Irish
(1%)
- African
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 10,527 (72%)
- Carpooled:
3,165 (22%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 123 (1%)
- Subway
or elevated: 26 (0%)
- Taxi:
41 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
15 (0%)
- Bicycle:
24 (0%)
- Walked:
204 (1%)
- Other
means: 203 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 299 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Colleton County, South Carolina
- 127
people in nursing homes
- 71
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 50
people in other group homes
- 49
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 26
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $35,111.
5.71% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,985 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.71% | | South
Carolina average: | 8.00% |
0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($292 average AGI)
| Colleton
County: |
0.14% | | South
Carolina average: | 0.15% |
3.39% relocated from other counties in South Carolina ($24,169 average AGI)
2.18% relocated from other states ($14,525 average AGI)
| Colleton
County: |
2.18% | | South
Carolina average: | 4.33% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Charleston County, SC
|
0.84% ($35,216 average AGI) |
| from
Dorchester County, SC
|
0.73% ($37,198) |
| from
Berkeley County, SC
|
0.37% ($28,938) |
| from
Beaufort County, SC
|
0.27% ($20,857) |
| from
Richland County, SC
|
0.21% ($35,185) |
| from
Orangeburg County, SC
|
0.13% ($110,941) |
| from
Lexington County, SC
|
0.10% ($25,154) |
5.99% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,839 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.99% | | South
Carolina average: | 6.88% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.97% relocated to other counties in South Carolina ($19,941 average AGI)
2.02% relocated to other states ($7,897 average AGI)
| Colleton
County: |
2.02% | | South
Carolina average: | 3.21% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Charleston County, SC
|
0.93% ($30,358 average AGI) |
| to
Dorchester County, SC
|
0.75% ($26,626) |
| to
Berkeley County, SC
|
0.39% ($26,451) |
| to
Beaufort County, SC
|
0.37% ($22,551) |
| to
Richland County, SC
|
0.25% ($29,091) |
| to
Hampton County, SC
|
0.22% ($33,379) |
| to
Orangeburg County, SC
|
0.16% ($22,571) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.2
Births
per 1000 population in Colleton County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.2
Deaths
per 1000 population in Colleton County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.7
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Colleton County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 6,169 (4,609 aged, 1,560 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 37,931
- In
family households: 33,531 (6,888 male householders, 3,710 female householders)
7,462
spouses, 11,923 children (11,098 natural, 232 adopted, 593 stepchildren), 1,443 grandchildren, 394 brothers or sisters, 302 parents, 642 other relatives, 767 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 4,400 (1,988 male householders (1,682 living alone)), 1,928 female householders (1,789 living alone)), 484 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 333 (203 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,247 2-persons, 2,684 3-persons, 2,112 4-persons, 937 5-persons, 365 6-persons, 253 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,471 1-person, 397 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 24 4-persons.
5,759 married couples with children.
2,923 single-parent households (511 men, 2,412 women).
97.1% of residents of Colleton County speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $256,529,000 ($6479 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $10,321,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $110,599,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $57,573,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,578,000
Federal grants: $77,030,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,800,000 ($495,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $7,949,000 ($1,726,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $109,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,793,000
Federal Government insurance: $370,468,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,850
| Here: |
72 per 1000 residents | | State: |
69 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,106
| Here: |
53 per 1000 residents | | State: |
46 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +135
| Here: |
+3 per 1000 residents | | State: | +9
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +519
| Here: |
+13 per 1000 residents | | State: | +27
per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Colleton County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.35 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: 547
- 1995
to 1998: 2,223
- 1990
to 1994: 2,075
- 1980
to 1989: 3,630
- 1970
to 1979: 4,094
- 1960
to 1969: 1,921
- 1950
to 1959: 1,750
- 1940
to 1949: 854
- 1939
or earlier: 1,035
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Colleton County, South Carolina: |
- 1
room: 2
- 2
rooms: 79
- 3
rooms: 626
- 4
rooms: 1,390
- 5
rooms: 2,870
- 6
rooms: 3,060
- 7
rooms: 1,985
- 8
rooms: 1,041
- 9
or more rooms: 559
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Colleton County, South Carolina: |
- 1
room: 54
- 2
rooms: 111
- 3
rooms: 295
- 4
rooms: 830
- 5
rooms: 782
- 6
rooms: 469
- 7
rooms: 169
- 8
rooms: 84
- 9
or more rooms: 64
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Colleton County: |
- no
bedroom: 40
- 1
bedroom: 361
- 2
bedrooms: 2,571
- 3
bedrooms: 6,646
- 4
bedrooms: 1,699
- 5
or more bedrooms: 295
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Colleton County: |
- no
bedroom: 62
- 1
bedroom: 265
- 2
bedrooms: 1,195
- 3
bedrooms: 1,130
- 4
bedrooms: 167
- 5
or more bedrooms: 39
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Colleton County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 1,107
- 1
vehicle: 3,499
- 2
vehicles: 4,778
- 3
vehicles: 1,822
- 4
vehicles: 253
- 5
or more vehicles: 153
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Colleton County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 706
- 1
vehicle: 1,441
- 2
vehicles: 565
- 3
vehicles: 129
- 4
vehicles: 0
- 5
or more vehicles: 17
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65% of Colleton County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in South Carolina.
| Colleton
County: |
64.9% | | State
average: |
56.8% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 29637
- Northeast:
2484
- Midwest:
1364
- South:
3783
- West:
376
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $84,800 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Electricity
(60%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Utility
gas (14%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood
(3%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(57%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Utility
gas (17%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood
(2%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 526
| Here: |
10.7% | | South
Carolina: |
9.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 180
| Here: |
7.7% | | South
Carolina: | 8.1% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 124
| Here: |
12.8% | | South
Carolina: | 20.3% |
Colleton
County government finances in 2002:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,262,000
- Charges
- All Other: $1,610,000
Solid Waste Management: $270,000
- Construction
- Fire Protection: $649,000
- Current
Operations - Police Protection: $3,250,000
Health Services - Other: $1,910,000
Corrections - Other: $1,343,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,285,000
General - Other: $1,247,000
Financial Administration: $1,142,000
Regular Highways: $1,108,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,087,000
Fire Protection: $984,000
Central Staff Services: $691,000
Libraries: $449,000
General Public Buildings: $389,000
Parks & Recreation: $80,000
Welfare - Other: $18,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $941,000
Housing & Community Development: $12,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $391,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Welfare: $160,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - General Support: $103,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $6,515,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $1,900,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $7,895,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $520,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $213,000
Interest Earnings: $162,000
Property Sale Other: $18,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General - Other: $660,000
Regular Highways: $576,000
Fire Protection: $437,000
General Public Building: $269,000
Financial Administration: $122,000
Health - Other: $116,000
Police Protection: $77,000
Solid Waste Management: $68,000
Judicial: $35,000
Central Staff: $10,000
Corrections - Other: $3,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $5,410,000
- State
Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,715,000
All Other: $345,000
Public Welfare: $171,000
Health & Hospitals: $13,000
- Tax
- Property: $10,717,000
Total General Sales: $1,598,000
Other Selective Sales: $855,000
Motor Vehicle License: $538,000
NEC: $330,000
Public Utilities: $59,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $10,712,000
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