Clarendon County, South Carolina


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Clarendon County is a located in the  of. In 2000, its population was 32,502; in 2005, the estimated that the population had reached 33,363. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,802 (696 ). 1,573 km² (607 sq mi) of it is land and 229 km² (88 sq mi) of it (12.72%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 32,502 people, 11,812 households, and 8,599 families residing in the county. The was 21/km² (54/sq mi). There were 15,303 housing units at an average density of 10/km² (25/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 44.93%, 53.14% or , 0.24% , 0.26% , 0.03% , 0.88% from , and 0.52% from two or more races. 1.72% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 11,812 households out of which 31.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.50% were living together, 19.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.20% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.70% under the age of 18, 10.50% from 18 to 24, 25.10% from 25 to 44, 24.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,131, and the median income for a family was $33,951. Males had a median income of $28,459 versus $20,011 for females. The for the county was $13,998. About 18.70% of families and 23.10% of the population were below the, including 28.10% of those under age 18 and 24.60% of those age 65 or over.

History
In Clarendon County is the source of the landmark desegregation case  (Court citation:347 US 483). Briggs was the first filed of the four cases combined into, the famous case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1954, officially overturned racial segregation in U.S. public schools. The trial of was conducted here in. He was the youngest victim of in the.