Pickens County, South Carolina (SC)

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• • 108,79898.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8,5227.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,7644.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,6722.4%Asian alone
  • 1,9891.8%Two or more races
  • 3280.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1560.1%Some other race alone
  • 500.05%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $239,152

Here:	$239,152
State:	$266,394

Townhouses or other attached units: $216,503

Here:	$216,503
State:	$219,057

In 2-unit structures: $39,035

Here:	$39,035
State:	$275,825

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $149,804

Here:	$149,804
State:	$168,533

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $152,682

Here:	$152,682
State:	$250,122

Mobile homes: $55,996

Here:	$55,996
State:	$72,281

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 17
• Robberies: 8
• Assaults: 206
• Burglaries: 623
• Thefts: 1226
• Auto thefts: 159

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 29
• Robberies: 11
• Assaults: 179
• Burglaries: 456
• Thefts: 1001
• Auto thefts: 174

Health of residents in Pickens County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

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 2019: $774 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $658 (0.5%)

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.

2018 air pollution in Pickens County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.025 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: 87.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 26.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 5,541 (45.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,2862010 or later
• 1,3362000 to 2009
• 7021990 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: 35,032
• One, attached: 613
• Two: 2,372
• 3 or 4: 1,535
• 5 to 9: 1,870
• 10 to 19: 2,814
• 20 to 49: 315
• 50 or more: 926
• Mobile homes: 10,121

Housing units in Pickens County with a mortgage: 17,765 (139 second mortgage, 1,279 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15,517

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.

7.63% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($54,334 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.04% relocated from other counties in South Carolina ($31,995 average AGI)
2.59% relocated from other states ($22,339 average AGI)

Pickens County:	2.59%
South Carolina average:	4.20%

from Greenville County, SC	2.19% ($48,958 average AGI)
from Anderson County, SC	1.26% ($48,932)
from Oconee County, SC	0.63% ($57,460)
from Spartanburg County, SC	0.18% ($35,301)
from Richland County, SC	0.10% ($61,211)
from Charleston County, SC	0.08% ($35,677)
from Lexington County, SC	0.08% ($39,290)

7.36% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($43,652 average adjusted gross income)

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($134 average AGI)

Pickens County:	0.06%
South Carolina average:	0.07%

4.98% relocated to other counties in South Carolina ($29,767 average AGI)
2.33% relocated to other states ($13,751 average AGI)

Pickens County:	2.33%
South Carolina average:	3.18%

to Greenville County, SC	1.89% ($43,429 average AGI)
to Anderson County, SC	1.43% ($45,702)
to Oconee County, SC	0.65% ($49,603)
to Spartanburg County, SC	0.22% ($43,460)
to Charleston County, SC	0.12% ($33,837)
to Richland County, SC	0.10% ($27,421)
to Mecklenburg County, NC	0.07% ($41,556)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.6
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.0

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: 26,546 (6,366 living alone), Female householders: 21,657 (5,841 living alone)

• 24,728 spouses (24,572 opposite-sex spouses), 1,640 unmarried partners, (1,485 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 30,666 children (26,811 natural, 1,917 adopted, 1,938 stepchildren), 3,479 grandchildren, 893 brothers or sisters, 1,183 parents, 42 foster children, 2,069 other relatives, 7,588 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 6,393

Size of family households: 13,700 2-persons, 8,174 3-persons, 5,393 4-persons, 3,095 5-persons, 577 6-persons, 691 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 12,207 1-person, 2,621 2-persons, 565 3-persons, 1,180 4-persons.

15,581 married couples with children.
4,602 single-parent households (1,736 men, 2,866 women).

95.1% of residents of Pickens speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very 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
• 3,0852014 or later
• 1,9212010 to 2013
• 9,3992000 to 2009
• 10,4821990 to 1999
• 7,9341980 to 1989
• 7,5161970 to 1979
• 5,8201960 to 1969
• 4,3231950 to 1959
• 1,9831940 to 1949
• 3,1351939 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
• 1021 room
• 452 rooms
• 3473 rooms
• 3,4424 rooms
• 6,2585 rooms
• 7,7966 rooms
• 6,3517 rooms
• 3,6628 rooms
• 5,2799+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pickens County, South Carolina
• 6251 room
• 1,0082 rooms
• 1,3733 rooms
• 5,6034 rooms
• 2,5045 rooms
• 2,0786 rooms
• 1,0927 rooms
• 3378 rooms
• 3019+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Pickens County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Pickens County, South Carolina
• 147no bedroom
• 3531 bedroom
• 5,4692 bedrooms
• 19,8543 bedrooms
• 6,1144 bedrooms
• 1,3455+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pickens County, South Carolina
• 709no bedroom
• 2,2841 bedroom
• 6,3362 bedrooms
• 4,2513 bedrooms
• 1,3414 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
• 467no vehicle
• 8,3341 vehicle
• 13,5652 vehicles
• 7,3703 vehicles
• 1,9584 vehicles
• 1,5885+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Pickens County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,665no vehicle
• 5,8821 vehicle
• 4,8262 vehicles
• 1,7723 vehicles
• 7764 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

80.2% of Pickens County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in South Carolina.

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

• This state: 81,853
• Other state: 38,617
• Northeast: 8,646
• Midwest: 7,552
• South: 20,426
• West: 1,993

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"