Pickens County, South Carolina (SC)

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• • 111,17984.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6,7255.1%Two or more races
  • 5,7374.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 5,3054.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,5571.9%Asian alone
  • 3690.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 2750.2%Some other race alone
  • 820.06%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $276,278

Here:	$276,278
State:	$305,381

Townhouses or other attached units: $307,326

Here:	$307,326
State:	$247,985

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $225,337

Here:	$225,337
State:	$198,724

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $223,919

Here:	$223,919
State:	$242,911

Mobile homes: $80,665

Here:	$80,665
State:	$88,052

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $53,392

Here:	$53,392
State:	$92,844

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 20
• Robberies: 13
• Assaults: 153
• Burglaries: 273
• Thefts: 656
• Auto thefts: 166

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 18
• Robberies: 11
• Assaults: 217
• Burglaries: 337
• Thefts: 817
• Auto thefts: 192

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

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: $888 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $549 (0.4%)

Area name: Greenville, SC HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Pickens County is $539 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $599 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $791 a month.

Cities in this county include: Easley, Clemson, Central, Pickens, Liberty, Forest, Arial, Norris, Six Mile.

2019 air pollution in Pickens County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.035 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Abbeville County , Curry County, New Mexico , Chesterfield County , Marion County , Winston County, Alabama , Floyd County, Texas .

Current college students: 15,364
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 30.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 5,276 (28.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,0112010 or later
• 1,2432000 to 2009
• 5891990 to 1999
• 5141980 to 1989
• 3571970 to 1979
• 350Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 55.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 35,164
• One, attached: 965
• Two: 1,538
• 3 or 4: 1,139
• 5 to 9: 1,903
• 10 to 19: 1,643
• 20 to 49: 1,373
• 50 or more: 1,110
• Mobile homes: 12,520
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 48

Housing units in Pickens County with a mortgage: 17,330 (1,440 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 1,192 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 879

Religion statistics for Pickens County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Pickens County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• South Carolina Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: April 12, 2020 - April 13, 2020, FEMA Id: 4542, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Wind
• South Carolina Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: February 6, 2020 - February 13, 2020, FEMA Id: 4479, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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 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 Tropical Storm Frances, Incident Period: September 06, 2004 to October 11, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1566: October 07, 2004, FEMA Id: 1566, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• 1 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

8.58% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($71,599 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.48% relocated from other counties in South Carolina ($34,391 average AGI)
3.10% relocated from other states ($37,208 average AGI)

Pickens County:	3.10%
South Carolina average:	4.96%

from Greenville County, SC	2.14% ($54,071 average AGI)
from Anderson County, SC	1.37% ($52,599)
from Oconee County, SC	0.78% ($61,257)
from Spartanburg County, SC	0.30% ($38,273)
from Charleston County, SC	0.12% ($61,491)
from Laurens County, SC	0.08% ($25,848)
from Richland County, SC	0.07% ($65,433)

8.34% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($58,252 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.65% relocated to other counties in South Carolina ($41,570 average AGI)
2.69% relocated to other states ($16,682 average AGI)

Pickens County:	2.69%
South Carolina average:	3.47%

to Greenville County, SC	2.07% ($46,021 average AGI)
to Anderson County, SC	1.75% ($55,561)
to Oconee County, SC	0.68% ($69,685)
to Spartanburg County, SC	0.30% ($36,326)
to Charleston County, SC	0.11% ($104,102)
to Richland County, SC	0.10% ($27,595)
to Buncombe County, NC	0.08% ($53,971)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.5
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 10.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 8.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 9.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Pickens County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 27,253 (7,520 living alone), Female householders: 24,743 (8,375 living alone)

• 25,821 spouses (25,468 opposite-sex spouses), 2,930 unmarried partners, (2,901 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 33,161 children (30,004 natural, 1,518 adopted, 1,639 stepchildren), 2,930 grandchildren, 571 brothers or sisters, 871 parents, 368 foster children, 986 other relatives, 5,831 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 6,764

Size of family households: 14,521 2-persons, 8,403 3-persons, 6,073 4-persons, 2,158 5-persons, 549 6-persons, 330 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 15,895 1-person, 2,232 2-persons, 1,533 3-persons, 302 4-persons.

14,613 married couples with children.
6,800 single-parent households (2,500 men, 4,300 women).

95.1% of residents of Pickens speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $514,486,000 ($4,574 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $51,486,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $267,252,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $95,753,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $239,000
Federal grants: $107,270,000
Federal procurement contracts: $24,801,000 ($20,726,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $19,170,000 ($5,357,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $466,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $26,425,000
Federal Government insurance: $15,325,000

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

Here:	-3 per 1000 residents
State:	+27 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 28.65 millions of gallons per day (0% from ground, 100% from surface)

• Year house built in Pickens County, South Carolina
• 7762020 or later
• 5,6052010 to 2019
• 9,9432000 to 2009
• 11,8611990 to 1999
• 9,3861980 to 1989
• 6,9111970 to 1979
• 6,0371960 to 1969
• 2,7571950 to 1959
• 1,5531940 to 1949
• 2,5741939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Pickens County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Pickens County, South Carolina
• 2701 room
• 532 rooms
• 6343 rooms
• 5,0234 rooms
• 8,1195 rooms
• 6,6526 rooms
• 5,5357 rooms
• 4,1538 rooms
• 6,0969+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pickens County, South Carolina
• 8361 room
• 3322 rooms
• 2,0473 rooms
• 3,9914 rooms
• 3,0375 rooms
• 3,2276 rooms
• 1,2227 rooms
• 5728 rooms
• 1979+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Pickens County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Pickens County, South Carolina
• 270no bedroom
• 4991 bedroom
• 7,1052 bedrooms
• 20,6743 bedrooms
• 6,0294 bedrooms
• 1,9585+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pickens County, South Carolina
• 836no bedroom
• 1,4691 bedroom
• 6,1222 bedrooms
• 5,8513 bedrooms
• 1,1834 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Pickens County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,037no vehicle
• 9,4951 vehicle
• 13,0932 vehicles
• 9,7183 vehicles
• 2,3004 vehicles
• 8925+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Pickens County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,026no vehicle
• 6,4831 vehicle
• 3,9812 vehicles
• 2,5453 vehicles
• 4264 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

82.4% of Pickens County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in South Carolina.

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

• This state: 81,122
• Other state: 45,310
• Northeast: 9,659
• Midwest: 6,516
• South: 24,905
• West: 4,230

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,746
• Number of aged recipients: 143
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,603
• Number of recipients under 18: 287
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,158
• Number of recipients older than 64: 301
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 704
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 739

Pickens County on our top lists:

• #11 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #46 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+)"
• #54 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #67 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #67 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"