Fairfield County, South Carolina (SC)

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• • 11,68955.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8,23338.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7203.4%Two or more races
  • 5942.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 260.1%Asian alone
  • 30.01%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

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

• Murders: 6
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 7
• Assaults: 91
• Burglaries: 58
• Thefts: 197
• Auto thefts: 59

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

• Murders: 6
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 7
• Assaults: 119
• Burglaries: 114
• Thefts: 268
• Auto thefts: 50

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

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,041 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $548 (0.4%)

Area name: Columbia, SC HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Fairfield County is $567 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $632 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $781 a month.

Cities in this county include: Winnsboro, Winnsboro Mills, Monticello-Salem, Ridgeway, Jenkinsville.

Neighboring counties: Atoka County, Oklahoma , Bolivar County, Mississippi , Grant County, Arkansas , Lancaster County , Lauderdale County, Alabama , Fulton County, Georgia , Scott County, Arkansas .

Current college students: 646
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 84.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 209 (91.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 372010 or later
• 1182000 to 2009
• 01990 to 1999
• 371980 to 1989
• 101970 to 1979
• 24Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 97.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 7,803
• One, attached: 62
• Two: 242
• 3 or 4: 197
• 5 to 9: 97
• 10 to 19: 25
• 50 or more: 213
• Mobile homes: 2,577

Housing units in Fairfield County with a mortgage: 2,936 (231 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 198 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 120

Religion statistics for Fairfield County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Fairfield 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 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
• South Carolina Severe Ice Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2004 to January 30, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1509: February 13, 2004, FEMA Id: 1509, 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.

7.07% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($66,381 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.29% relocated from other counties in South Carolina ($45,583 average AGI)
1.78% relocated from other states ($20,798 average AGI)

Fairfield County:	1.78%
South Carolina average:	4.96%

from Richland County, SC	2.23% ($60,607 average AGI)
from Lexington County, SC	0.51% ($42,619)
from Kershaw County, SC	0.50% ($46,585)
from York County, SC	0.50% ($74,439)
from Chester County, SC	0.39% ($48,344)
from Mecklenburg County, NC	0.24% ($76,100)

5.92% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($44,702 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.04% relocated to other counties in South Carolina ($37,267 average AGI)
0.88% relocated to other states ($7,435 average AGI)

Fairfield County:	0.88%
South Carolina average:	3.47%

to Richland County, SC	2.36% ($46,298 average AGI)
to Lexington County, SC	0.63% ($38,255)
to Kershaw County, SC	0.48% ($43,692)
to Chester County, SC	0.30% ($37,000)
to York County, SC	0.27% ($40,955)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Fairfield County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 4,381 (1,787 living alone), Female householders: 4,904 (1,191 living alone)

• 3,675 spouses (3,600 opposite-sex spouses), 204 unmarried partners, (204 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,439 children (4,925 natural, 252 adopted, 267 stepchildren), 1,396 grandchildren, 257 brothers or sisters, 89 parents, 22 foster children, 504 other relatives, 272 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 387

Size of family households: 3,379 2-persons, 1,242 3-persons, 1,111 4-persons, 224 5-persons, 89 6-persons, 119 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,972 1-person, 159 2-persons, 3 3-persons.

1,400 married couples with children.
1,331 single-parent households (115 men, 1,216 women).

97.2% of residents of Fairfield speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $139,774,000 ($5,790 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $8,434,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $58,532,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $29,973,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $258,000
Federal grants: $42,171,000
Federal procurement contracts: $5,736,000 ($3,277,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,104,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $102,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,812,000
Federal Government insurance: $23,021,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.29 millions of gallons per day (9% from ground, 91% from surface)

• Year house built in Fairfield County, South Carolina
• 82020 or later
• 6822010 to 2019
• 1,3812000 to 2009
• 1,7671990 to 1999
• 1,8101980 to 1989
• 1,7781970 to 1979
• 1,4581960 to 1969
• 6531950 to 1959
• 4791940 to 1949
• 7651939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Fairfield County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Fairfield County, South Carolina
• 481 room
• 02 rooms
• 953 rooms
• 4514 rooms
• 1,4005 rooms
• 1,4476 rooms
• 1,3827 rooms
• 1,0558 rooms
• 1,2039+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fairfield County, South Carolina
• 1781 room
• 132 rooms
• 263 rooms
• 5054 rooms
• 8235 rooms
• 2436 rooms
• 977 rooms
• 868 rooms
• 2269+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Fairfield County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Fairfield County, South Carolina
• 47no bedroom
• 321 bedroom
• 1,1892 bedrooms
• 3,8963 bedrooms
• 1,6824 bedrooms
• 2295+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fairfield County, South Carolina
• 181no bedroom
• 1381 bedroom
• 9252 bedrooms
• 6763 bedrooms
• 2834 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Fairfield County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 258no vehicle
• 1,8451 vehicle
• 2,3782 vehicles
• 1,3603 vehicles
• 8024 vehicles
• 4205+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Fairfield County in renter-occupied apartments
• 321no vehicle
• 1,1571 vehicle
• 5962 vehicles
• 983 vehicles
• 334 vehicles
• 185+ vehicles

91.7% of Fairfield 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, 73% lived in South Carolina.

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

• This state: 16,500
• Other state: 4,377
• Northeast: 1,136
• Midwest: 402
• South: 2,440
• West: 381

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 850
• Number of aged recipients: 119
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 731
• Number of recipients under 18: 144
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 462
• Number of recipients older than 64: 244
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 338
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 345