Laurens County, South Carolina (SC)

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• • 45,71066.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 15,02721.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,8755.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,8075.5%Two or more races
  • 3670.5%Asian alone
  • 1460.2%Some other race alone
  • 620.09%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 170.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 5
• Rapes: 14
• Robberies: 15
• Assaults: 209
• Burglaries: 225
• Thefts: 640
• Auto thefts: 151

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 24
• Robberies: 12
• Assaults: 201
• Burglaries: 275
• Thefts: 724
• Auto thefts: 122

Health of residents in Laurens County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

Health of residents in Laurens County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $816 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $507 (0.4%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Laurens County is $461 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $511 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $646 a month.

Cities in this county include: Laurens, Clinton, Joanna, Watts Mills, Gray Court, Cross Hill, Waterloo, Mountville, Princeton.

Neighboring counties: Bernalillo County, New Mexico , Kershaw County , Monroe County, Mississippi , Pike County, Arkansas , Meigs County, Tennessee .

Current college students: 2,822
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,955 (31.9% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 6872010 or later
• 5742000 to 2009
• 4731990 to 1999
• 1811980 to 1989
• 621970 to 1979
• 118Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 56.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 19,934
• One, attached: 342
• Two: 360
• 3 or 4: 679
• 5 to 9: 611
• 10 to 19: 150
• 20 to 49: 190
• 50 or more: 141
• Mobile homes: 9,357
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 98

Housing units in Laurens County with a mortgage: 10,472 (360 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 332 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 680

Religion statistics for Laurens County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Laurens County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• South Carolina Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4492, Natural disaster type: Other
• South Carolina Hurricane Irma, Incident Period: September 6, 2017 - September 13, 2017, FEMA Id: 4346, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Hurricane Matthew, Incident Period: October 04, 2016 to October 30, 2016, Emergency Declared EM-3378: October 06, 2016, FEMA Id: 3378, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: October 01, 2015 to October 23, 2015, Emergency Declared EM-3373: October 03, 2015, FEMA Id: 3373, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• South Carolina Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: October 01, 2015 to October 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4241: October 05, 2015, FEMA Id: 4241, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• South Carolina Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: February 10, 2014 to February 19, 2014, Emergency Declared EM-3369: February 12, 2014, FEMA Id: 3369, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• South Carolina Severe Ice Storm, Incident Period: December 15, 2005 to December 16, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1625: January 20, 2006, FEMA Id: 1625, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm
• South Carolina Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3233: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3233, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Severe Ice Storm, Incident Period: December 04, 2002 to December 06, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1451: January 08, 2003, FEMA Id: 1451, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm
• South Carolina Winter Storms, Incident Period: January 22, 2000 to February 01, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1313: January 31, 2000, FEMA Id: 1313, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 2 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.51% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($47,282 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.63% relocated from other counties in South Carolina ($34,078 average AGI)
1.87% relocated from other states ($13,204 average AGI)

Laurens County:	1.87%
South Carolina average:	4.96%

from Greenville County, SC	2.75% ($50,456 average AGI)
from Spartanburg County, SC	0.81% ($36,905)
from Greenwood County, SC	0.56% ($37,878)
from Anderson County, SC	0.32% ($42,320)
from Newberry County, SC	0.20% ($47,333)
from Pickens County, SC	0.12% ($32,793)
from Richland County, SC	0.09% ($42,095)

6.60% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($41,297 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.21% relocated to other counties in South Carolina ($32,449 average AGI)
1.39% relocated to other states ($8,847 average AGI)

Laurens County:	1.39%
South Carolina average:	3.47%

to Greenville County, SC	2.23% ($42,522 average AGI)
to Spartanburg County, SC	0.79% ($39,749)
to Greenwood County, SC	0.55% ($48,461)
to Anderson County, SC	0.29% ($47,134)
to Newberry County, SC	0.20% ($39,696)
to Pickens County, SC	0.14% ($25,848)
to Richland County, SC	0.14% ($31,485)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 12.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Laurens County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 13,023 (2,490 living alone), Female householders: 13,557 (4,063 living alone)

• 12,910 spouses (12,830 opposite-sex spouses), 1,168 unmarried partners, (1,168 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 18,451 children (16,353 natural, 596 adopted, 1,502 stepchildren), 3,942 grandchildren, 388 brothers or sisters, 671 parents, 132 foster children, 703 other relatives, 928 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,930

Size of family households: 8,677 2-persons, 3,944 3-persons, 3,581 4-persons, 1,721 5-persons, 674 6-persons, 325 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,553 1-person, 908 2-persons, 197 3-persons.

6,926 married couples with children.
4,515 single-parent households (1,997 men, 2,518 women).

94.6% of residents of Laurens speak English at home.
4.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $327,582,000 ($4,665 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $14,204,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $159,468,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $63,076,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,494,000
Federal grants: $87,992,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,547,000 ($14,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $13,007,000 ($6,796,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $186,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $21,315,000
Federal Government insurance: $7,803,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-2 per 1000 residents
State:	+27 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 5.18 millions of gallons per day (2% from ground, 98% from surface)

• Year house built in Laurens County, South Carolina
• 02020 or later
• 4,2022010 to 2019
• 3,4062000 to 2009
• 5,1631990 to 1999
• 5,5431980 to 1989
• 5,3711970 to 1979
• 2,6891960 to 1969
• 2,1521950 to 1959
• 1,0471940 to 1949
• 2,0391939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Laurens County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Laurens County, South Carolina
• 01 room
• 2252 rooms
• 4613 rooms
• 1,4934 rooms
• 5,7215 rooms
• 4,9156 rooms
• 3,3527 rooms
• 2,0238 rooms
• 2,2319+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Laurens County, South Carolina
• 351 room
• 1982 rooms
• 1,0943 rooms
• 2,2234 rooms
• 1,1705 rooms
• 8106 rooms
• 3017 rooms
• 1968 rooms
• 1329+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Laurens County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Laurens County, South Carolina
• 38no bedroom
• 3661 bedroom
• 3,0832 bedrooms
• 11,6873 bedrooms
• 4,7634 bedrooms
• 4845+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Laurens County, South Carolina
• 35no bedroom
• 5241 bedroom
• 3,1572 bedrooms
• 1,9723 bedrooms
• 4714 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Laurens County, South Carolina in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Laurens County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 618no vehicle
• 4,4441 vehicle
• 6,8952 vehicles
• 4,8833 vehicles
• 2,3504 vehicles
• 1,2315+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Laurens County in renter-occupied apartments
• 620no vehicle
• 2,1121 vehicle
• 2,6122 vehicles
• 7923 vehicles
• 234 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

86.0% of Laurens County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in South Carolina.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 48,456
• Other state: 15,930
• Northeast: 4,545
• Midwest: 2,234
• South: 8,482
• West: 669

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,039
• Number of aged recipients: 156
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,883
• Number of recipients under 18: 395
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,313
• Number of recipients older than 64: 331
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 777
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 879

Laurens County on our top lists:

• #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the worst general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #11 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #21 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest average weight of females"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #34 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #36 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #42 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"