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1. Laurens County Legal Resources
2. Laurens County Statistics
3. Laurens County Property/Housing/Real Estate Information
4. Laurens County Employment Information
5. Laurens County Family Information
6. Laurens County Education Information
7. Laurens County Business Information
8. Laurens County Public Benefits Information
9. Laurens County Criminal Information
10. Laurens County Immigration & Civil Rights Information
11. Laurens County Cities
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• Population (2000): 69,567
• Births / Deaths / Infant Deaths (2004): 771 / 749 / 9
• Land Area (2000): 1,852.124 square kilometers
• Water Area (2000): 22.977 square kilometers
• Farm Area (2002): 143,000.000 acres (578.578 square kilometers)
• Farms (2002): 931
• Farms under 50 acres (2002): 38.80%
• Farms over 500 acres (2002): 6.60%
• Farm earnings (2005): $13,023,000
• Gallons of water used per day (total / irrigation / public use) (2000): 8,000,000 / 2,000,000 / 5,000,000
• Ground water as percent of water use (2000): 12.10%
• Physicians (2004): 62
• Community Hospitals (Beds) (2004): 1 (90)
• Medicare Recipients (2005): 10,727
• Federal Spending (2004): $393,841

Laurens County Population - Urban/Rural

Urban/Rural	Population	Percent
Urban	47,790	34.03%
Rural, Farm	3,945	2.81%
Rural, Non-farm	88,714	63.16%

Laurens County Labor Force By Month

Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
1990	28,991	27,432	1,560	5.38%	54
1991	29,272	27,582	1,689	5.77%	58
1992	29,973	28,181	1,792	5.98%	60
1993	30,794	28,892	1,902	6.18%	62
1994	30,533	29,028	1,504	4.93%	49
1995	31,065	29,862	1,202	3.87%	39
1996	31,592	29,727	1,865	5.90%	59
1997	29,791	28,655	1,136	3.81%	38
1998	28,613	27,754	859	3.00%	30
1999	27,681	26,701	980	3.54%	35
2000	33,921	32,824	1,096	3.23%	32
2001	34,044	31,842	2,202	6.47%	65
2002	33,391	30,844	2,547	7.63%	76
2003	33,116	30,647	2,469	7.45%	75
2004	33,164	30,814	2,350	7.09%	71
2005	33,315	31,085	2,230	6.69%	67
2006	33,590	31,294	2,296	6.84%	68
2007	34,521	32,000	2,521	7.30%	73
2008	34,781	32,375	2,405	6.92%	69

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1990	29,086	27,542	1,544	5.31%	53
Feb 1990	28,677	27,015	1,662	5.80%	58
Mar 1990	28,952	27,512	1,440	4.97%	50
Apr 1990	28,808	27,198	1,610	5.59%	56
May 1990	29,005	27,532	1,473	5.08%	51
Jun 1990	29,465	27,817	1,648	5.59%	56
Jul 1990	29,939	28,284	1,655	5.53%	55
Aug 1990	29,612	27,994	1,618	5.46%	55
Sep 1990	28,707	27,105	1,602	5.58%	56
Oct 1990	28,825	27,319	1,506	5.22%	52
Nov 1990	28,539	27,071	1,468	5.14%	51
Dec 1990	28,282	26,790	1,492	5.28%	53

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1991	29,063	27,378	1,685	5.80%	58
Feb 1991	29,284	27,164	2,120	7.24%	72
Mar 1991	29,238	27,491	1,747	5.98%	60
Apr 1991	29,109	27,563	1,546	5.31%	53
May 1991	28,946	27,330	1,616	5.58%	56
Jun 1991	29,608	27,714	1,894	6.40%	64
Jul 1991	29,810	28,124	1,686	5.66%	57
Aug 1991	29,542	27,873	1,669	5.65%	56
Sep 1991	28,963	27,353	1,610	5.56%	56
Oct 1991	29,322	27,750	1,572	5.36%	54
Nov 1991	29,158	27,648	1,510	5.18%	52
Dec 1991	29,216	27,601	1,615	5.53%	55

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1992	29,737	27,828	1,909	6.42%	64
Feb 1992	29,362	27,592	1,770	6.03%	60
Mar 1992	29,398	27,527	1,871	6.36%	64
Apr 1992	29,680	27,968	1,712	5.77%	58
May 1992	29,804	28,056	1,748	5.86%	59
Jun 1992	30,282	28,236	2,046	6.76%	68
Jul 1992	30,868	28,961	1,907	6.18%	62
Aug 1992	30,711	28,811	1,900	6.19%	62
Sep 1992	29,871	28,194	1,677	5.61%	56
Oct 1992	30,091	28,391	1,700	5.65%	56
Nov 1992	29,967	28,365	1,602	5.35%	53
Dec 1992	29,900	28,241	1,659	5.55%	55

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1993	30,379	28,527	1,852	6.10%	61
Feb 1993	30,456	28,434	2,022	6.64%	66
Mar 1993	30,516	28,760	1,756	5.75%	58
Apr 1993	30,620	28,777	1,843	6.02%	60
May 1993	30,849	28,986	1,863	6.04%	60
Jun 1993	31,194	28,991	2,203	7.06%	71
Jul 1993	31,168	29,191	1,977	6.34%	63
Aug 1993	31,044	29,217	1,827	5.89%	59
Sep 1993	31,066	28,663	2,403	7.74%	77
Oct 1993	30,996	29,172	1,824	5.88%	59
Nov 1993	30,855	29,214	1,641	5.32%	53
Dec 1993	30,389	28,771	1,618	5.32%	53

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1994	30,690	28,792	1,898	6.18%	62
Feb 1994	30,735	28,658	2,077	6.76%	68
Mar 1994	30,412	28,697	1,715	5.64%	56
Apr 1994	30,573	28,949	1,624	5.31%	53
May 1994	30,574	29,140	1,434	4.69%	47
Jun 1994	30,809	29,185	1,624	5.27%	53
Jul 1994	30,980	29,575	1,405	4.54%	45
Aug 1994	31,032	29,543	1,489	4.80%	48
Sep 1994	30,273	28,931	1,342	4.43%	44
Oct 1994	30,434	29,168	1,266	4.16%	42
Nov 1994	30,122	28,973	1,149	3.81%	38
Dec 1994	29,756	28,727	1,029	3.46%	35

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1995	30,515	29,099	1,416	4.64%	46
Feb 1995	30,580	29,185	1,395	4.56%	46
Mar 1995	30,446	29,309	1,137	3.73%	37
Apr 1995	30,940	29,711	1,229	3.97%	40
May 1995	30,934	29,787	1,147	3.71%	37
Jun 1995	31,489	30,285	1,204	3.82%	38
Jul 1995	32,092	30,928	1,164	3.63%	36
Aug 1995	31,839	30,755	1,084	3.40%	34
Sep 1995	31,061	29,858	1,203	3.87%	39
Oct 1995	31,093	30,029	1,064	3.42%	34
Nov 1995	31,042	29,801	1,241	4.00%	40
Dec 1995	30,746	29,602	1,144	3.72%	37

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1996	31,460	30,127	1,333	4.24%	42
Feb 1996	31,389	30,015	1,374	4.38%	44
Mar 1996	31,437	30,121	1,316	4.19%	42
Apr 1996	31,876	30,311	1,565	4.91%	49
May 1996	32,182	30,397	1,785	5.55%	55
Jun 1996	32,135	30,181	1,954	6.08%	61
Jul 1996	32,554	30,067	2,487	7.64%	76
Aug 1996	32,128	29,726	2,402	7.48%	75
Sep 1996	31,328	29,162	2,166	6.91%	69
Oct 1996	31,591	29,420	2,171	6.87%	69
Nov 1996	30,776	28,739	2,037	6.62%	66
Dec 1996	30,251	28,459	1,792	5.92%	59

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1997	30,318	28,501	1,817	5.99%	60
Feb 1997	30,087	28,383	1,704	5.66%	57
Mar 1997	30,204	28,858	1,346	4.46%	45
Apr 1997	30,054	28,927	1,127	3.75%	37
May 1997	30,093	29,002	1,091	3.63%	36
Jun 1997	30,240	29,004	1,236	4.09%	41
Jul 1997	30,159	29,111	1,048	3.47%	35
Aug 1997	29,763	28,672	1,091	3.67%	37
Sep 1997	29,045	28,038	1,007	3.47%	35
Oct 1997	29,375	28,578	797	2.71%	27
Nov 1997	29,149	28,447	702	2.41%	24
Dec 1997	29,002	28,338	664	2.29%	23

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1998	29,093	28,265	828	2.85%	28
Feb 1998	28,999	28,110	889	3.07%	31
Mar 1998	28,956	28,275	681	2.35%	24
Apr 1998	28,913	28,299	614	2.12%	21
May 1998	28,858	28,209	649	2.25%	22
Jun 1998	28,794	27,926	868	3.01%	30
Jul 1998	29,052	27,801	1,251	4.31%	43
Aug 1998	28,546	27,627	919	3.22%	32
Sep 1998	27,968	27,129	839	3.00%	30
Oct 1998	28,203	27,264	939	3.33%	33
Nov 1998	28,046	27,065	981	3.50%	35
Dec 1998	27,933	27,083	850	3.04%	30

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1999	27,888	27,018	870	3.12%	31
Feb 1999	27,479	26,490	989	3.60%	36
Mar 1999	27,413	26,576	837	3.05%	31
Apr 1999	27,746	26,614	1,132	4.08%	41
May 1999	27,616	26,638	978	3.54%	35
Jun 1999	27,636	26,606	1,030	3.73%	37
Jul 1999	28,202	27,122	1,080	3.83%	38
Aug 1999	27,966	26,941	1,025	3.67%	37
Sep 1999	27,486	26,517	969	3.53%	35
Oct 1999	27,664	26,612	1,052	3.80%	38
Nov 1999	27,659	26,730	929	3.36%	34
Dec 1999	27,417	26,551	866	3.16%	32

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2000	33,218	32,035	1,183	3.56%	36
Feb 2000	33,193	32,029	1,164	3.51%	35
Mar 2000	33,151	32,236	915	2.76%	28
Apr 2000	33,473	32,678	795	2.38%	24
May 2000	33,735	32,700	1,035	3.07%	31
Jun 2000	34,213	32,980	1,233	3.60%	36
Jul 2000	34,775	33,527	1,248	3.59%	36
Aug 2000	34,487	33,219	1,268	3.68%	37
Sep 2000	34,180	32,931	1,249	3.65%	37
Oct 2000	34,237	33,131	1,106	3.23%	32
Nov 2000	34,103	33,166	937	2.75%	27
Dec 2000	34,282	33,258	1,024	2.99%	30

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2001	34,576	33,225	1,351	3.91%	39
Feb 2001	35,022	33,229	1,793	5.12%	51
Mar 2001	35,045	33,481	1,564	4.46%	45
Apr 2001	33,334	31,659	1,675	5.02%	50
May 2001	33,458	31,708	1,750	5.23%	52
Jun 2001	34,192	31,872	2,320	6.79%	68
Jul 2001	34,161	31,659	2,502	7.32%	73
Aug 2001	33,938	31,197	2,741	8.08%	81
Sep 2001	33,872	30,947	2,925	8.64%	86
Oct 2001	33,749	31,052	2,697	7.99%	80
Nov 2001	33,609	31,079	2,530	7.53%	75
Dec 2001	33,569	30,997	2,572	7.66%	77

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2002	32,948	30,251	2,697	8.19%	82
Feb 2002	33,164	30,399	2,765	8.34%	83
Mar 2002	33,257	30,566	2,691	8.09%	81
Apr 2002	32,947	30,506	2,441	7.41%	74
May 2002	33,122	30,761	2,361	7.13%	71
Jun 2002	33,703	30,901	2,802	8.31%	83
Jul 2002	33,775	31,216	2,559	7.58%	76
Aug 2002	33,851	31,168	2,683	7.93%	79
Sep 2002	33,699	31,126	2,573	7.64%	76
Oct 2002	33,522	31,173	2,349	7.01%	70
Nov 2002	33,347	31,000	2,347	7.04%	70
Dec 2002	33,360	31,065	2,295	6.88%	69

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2003	32,801	30,265	2,536	7.73%	77
Feb 2003	32,833	30,362	2,471	7.53%	75
Mar 2003	32,792	30,591	2,201	6.71%	67
Apr 2003	33,075	30,807	2,268	6.86%	69
May 2003	33,016	30,739	2,277	6.90%	69
Jun 2003	33,734	30,947	2,787	8.26%	83
Jul 2003	33,903	30,913	2,990	8.82%	88
Aug 2003	33,050	30,396	2,654	8.03%	80
Sep 2003	33,013	30,438	2,575	7.80%	78
Oct 2003	33,132	30,681	2,451	7.40%	74
Nov 2003	33,057	30,814	2,243	6.79%	68
Dec 2003	32,985	30,815	2,170	6.58%	66

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2004	32,897	30,446	2,451	7.45%	75
Feb 2004	32,937	30,362	2,575	7.82%	78
Mar 2004	32,825	30,520	2,305	7.02%	70
Apr 2004	32,929	30,761	2,168	6.58%	66
May 2004	33,021	30,822	2,199	6.66%	67
Jun 2004	33,449	31,040	2,409	7.20%	72
Jul 2004	34,121	31,307	2,814	8.25%	82
Aug 2004	33,201	30,768	2,433	7.33%	73
Sep 2004	33,048	30,734	2,314	7.00%	70
Oct 2004	33,215	30,939	2,276	6.85%	69
Nov 2004	33,262	31,104	2,158	6.49%	65
Dec 2004	33,062	30,966	2,096	6.34%	63

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2005	32,454	30,445	2,009	6.19%	62
Feb 2005	32,676	30,479	2,197	6.72%	67
Mar 2005	32,653	30,649	2,004	6.14%	61
Apr 2005	32,837	30,999	1,838	5.60%	56
May 2005	33,155	31,238	1,917	5.78%	58
Jun 2005	33,453	31,199	2,254	6.74%	67
Jul 2005	34,267	31,421	2,846	8.31%	83
Aug 2005	33,436	31,056	2,380	7.12%	71
Sep 2005	33,615	31,147	2,468	7.34%	73
Oct 2005	33,911	31,505	2,406	7.10%	71
Nov 2005	33,763	31,533	2,230	6.60%	66
Dec 2005	33,563	31,351	2,212	6.59%	66

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2006	32,938	30,698	2,240	6.80%	68
Feb 2006	33,147	30,823	2,324	7.01%	70
Mar 2006	33,182	31,097	2,085	6.28%	63
Apr 2006	33,248	31,242	2,006	6.03%	60
May 2006	33,369	31,351	2,018	6.05%	60
Jun 2006	33,805	31,479	2,326	6.88%	69
Jul 2006	33,929	31,416	2,513	7.41%	74
Aug 2006	33,473	31,014	2,459	7.35%	73
Sep 2006	33,599	31,133	2,466	7.34%	73
Oct 2006	34,181	31,781	2,400	7.02%	70
Nov 2006	34,081	31,731	2,350	6.90%	69
Dec 2006	34,132	31,767	2,365	6.93%	69

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2007	34,245	31,611	2,634	7.69%	77
Feb 2007	34,264	31,624	2,640	7.70%	77
Mar 2007	34,023	31,874	2,149	6.32%	63
Apr 2007	34,049	31,931	2,118	6.22%	62
May 2007	34,140	32,059	2,081	6.10%	61
Jun 2007	34,766	32,277	2,489	7.16%	72
Jul 2007	35,167	32,505	2,662	7.57%	76
Aug 2007	34,402	31,669	2,733	7.94%	79
Sep 2007	34,796	32,110	2,686	7.72%	77
Oct 2007	34,722	32,116	2,606	7.51%	75
Nov 2007	34,770	32,172	2,598	7.47%	75
Dec 2007	34,910	32,054	2,856	8.18%	82

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2008	34,780	31,998	2,782	8.00%	80
Feb 2008	34,388	31,997	2,391	6.95%	70
Mar 2008	34,503	32,356	2,147	6.22%	62
Apr 2008	34,596	32,597	1,999	5.78%	58
May 2008	34,736	32,571	2,165	6.23%	62
Jun 2008	34,911	32,662	2,249	6.44%	64
Jul 2008	35,353	32,790	2,563	7.25%	72
Aug 2008	34,929	32,181	2,748	7.87%	79
Sep 2008	34,829	32,227	2,602	7.47%	75
Oct, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Nov, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Dec, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--

Laurens County Employment By Industry

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Construction	3,538	10.78%
2.	Textile and Textile Mills Manufacturing	3,400	10.36%
3.	Metal Manufactuing	2,576	7.85%
4.	Educational Services	1,214	3.70%
5.	Public Administration	1,208	3.68%
6.	Machinery Manufacturing	1,178	3.59%
7.	Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing	1,074	3.27%
8.	Food and Beverage Stores	998	3.04%
9.	Accommodation and Food Services	908	2.77%
10.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	906	2.76%
11.	Health Care	872	2.66%
12.	Repair and Maintenance	866	2.64%
13.	Department and Other General Stores	852	2.60%
14.	Truck Transportation	716	2.18%
15.	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	692	2.11%
16.	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	688	2.10%
17.	Chemical Manufacturing	642	1.96%
18.	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	608	1.85%
19.	Computer and Electronic Manufacturing	564	1.72%
20.	Agriculture / Forestry / Fishing / Hunting	526	1.60%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Health Care	4,490	15.10%
2.	Educational Services	2,902	9.76%
3.	Textile and Textile Mills Manufacturing	2,114	7.11%
4.	Accommodation and Food Services	1,728	5.81%
5.	Metal Manufactuing	1,338	4.50%
6.	Public Administration	1,330	4.47%
7.	Finance and Insurance	1,222	4.11%
8.	Department and Other General Stores	1,156	3.89%
9.	Social Assistance	1,066	3.58%
10.	Computer and Electronic Manufacturing	1,030	3.46%
11.	Food and Beverage Stores	982	3.30%
12.	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	710	2.39%
13.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	654	2.20%
14.	Personal and Laundry Services	614	2.06%
15.	Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing	592	1.99%
16.	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	568	1.91%
17.	Religious / Grantmaking / Civic / Similar Organizations	398	1.34%
18.	Construction	362	1.22%
19.	Chemical Manufacturing	340	1.14%
20.	Apparel Manufacturing	322	1.08%

Laurens County Employment By Job

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Other Installation / Maintenance	3,330	10.15%
2.	Other Production Occupations	3,038	9.26%
3.	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers	2,514	7.66%
4.	Driver / Sales Workers and Truckers	1,678	5.11%
5.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	1,270	3.87%
6.	Vehicle Mechanics	1,208	3.68%
7.	Textile / Apparel / Furnishings	1,198	3.65%
8.	Laborers and Material Movers / Handlers	1,168	3.56%
9.	Other Management Occupations	1,098	3.35%
10.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	1,042	3.18%
11.	Other Material Moving Workers	1,038	3.16%
12.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	904	2.75%
13.	Other Construction Trades	810	2.47%
14.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	578	1.76%
15.	Law Enforcement Workers	568	1.73%
16.	Business Operations Specialists	512	1.56%
17.	Carpenters	512	1.56%
18.	Assemblers and Fabricators	502	1.53%
19.	Electricians	482	1.47%
20.	Engineers	464	1.41%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Other Production Occupations	2,476	8.33%
2.	Textile / Apparel / Furnishings	1,648	5.54%
3.	Secretaries and Admins	1,392	4.68%
4.	Teachers, Pre/Primary School	1,362	4.58%
5.	Other Office and Admin Support	1,348	4.53%
6.	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers	1,338	4.50%
7.	Cashiers	1,258	4.23%
8.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	1,194	4.02%
9.	Nursing / Psychiatric / Home Health	1,120	3.77%
10.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	1,020	3.43%
11.	Informaion and Record Clerks, Not Customer Service	786	2.64%
12.	Assemblers and Fabricators	758	2.55%
13.	Counselors / Social Workers / Etc.	756	2.54%
14.	Health Technologists and Technicians	684	2.30%
15.	Other Management Occupations	670	2.25%
16.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	668	2.25%
17.	Registered Nurses	666	2.24%
18.	Laborers and Material Movers / Handlers	640	2.15%
19.	Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	604	2.03%
20.	Customer Service Representatives	584	1.96%

Laurens County Hours Worked Per Week In 1999

Hours Per Week	Population	Percent
35 or more hours	60,564	55.58%
15-35 hours	9,517	8.73%
1-14 hours	2,369	2.17%
No regular hours	36,525	33.52%

Laurens County Time Left For Work

Time	Population	Percent
Midnight-4:59 AM	2,127	3.48%
5 AM-5:29 AM	1,541	2.52%
5:30 AM-5:59 AM	2,635	4.32%
6 AM-6:29 AM	5,420	8.88%
6:30 AM-6:59 AM	7,419	12.15%
7 AM-7:29 AM	9,331	15.29%
7:30 AM-7:59 AM	11,047	18.10%
8 AM-8:29 AM	4,203	6.89%
8:30 AM-8:59 AM	1,815	2.97%
9:00 AM-9:59 AM	2,079	3.41%
10:00 AM-10:59 AM	520	0.85%
11:00 AM-11:59 AM	514	0.84%
Noon-3:59 PM	6,071	9.95%
4 PM-11:59 PM	6,315	10.35%

Laurens County Length Of Commute In Minutes

Minutes	Population	Percent
Less than 5	2,085	3.42%
5-9	5,714	9.36%
10-14	9,328	15.28%
15-19	10,531	17.25%
20-24	9,241	15.14%
25-29	4,134	6.77%
30-34	9,724	15.93%
35-39	1,641	2.69%
40-44	1,850	3.03%
45-59	4,088	6.70%
60-89	1,643	2.69%
At least 90	1,058	1.73%

Laurens County Length Of Commute In Mintues - Public vs. Private Transportation

Minutes	Population (public)	Percent	Population (private)	Percent
Under 30	98	0.16%	40,935	67.07%
30-44	18	0.03%	13,197	21.62%
45-59	0	0.00%	4,088	6.70%
At least 60	36	0.06%	2,665	4.37%

Laurens County Type Of Commute

Type	Population	Percent
Bicycle	22	0.04%
Car / truck / van, carpool	9,602	15.49%
Car / truck / van, solo	49,578	79.99%
Motorcycle	64	0.10%
Other	464	0.75%
Public transportation	152	0.25%
Walked	1,155	1.86%
Worked at home	945	1.52%

Laurens County Household Income in 1999

Laurens County Household Type

Type	Population	Percent
Nonfamily, 1 person	6,464	24.59%
Family, 2 people	7,947	30.23%
Nonfamily, 2 people	779	2.96%
Family, 3 people	4,858	18.48%
Nonfamily, 3 people	91	0.35%
Family, 4 people	3,759	14.30%
Nonfamily, 4 people	58	0.22%
Family, 5 people	1,551	5.90%
Nonfamily, 5 people	19	0.07%
Family, 6 people	492	1.87%
Nonfamily, 6 people	7	0.03%
Family, 7 or more people	263	1.00%
Nonfamily, 7 or more people	2	0.01%

Laurens County Household Income Type

Type	Population	Percent
Earnings	41,843	31.14%
Interest / Dividend / Rent	10,611	7.90%
Public Assistance	1,735	1.29%
Retirement	10,023	7.46%
Self Employment	4,189	3.12%
Social Security	16,080	11.96%
Supplemental Security	2,712	2.02%
Wage / Salary	40,654	30.25%
Other	6,545	4.87%

Laurens County Family Type

Type	Population	Percent
No children under 18	15,997	58.10%
With children under 18	11,535	41.90%

Laurens County Marital Status - Male (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	4,748	9.02%
Married	31,804	60.43%
Never Married	14,154	26.89%
Widowed	1,923	3.65%

Laurens County Marital Status - Female (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	6,022	10.38%
Married	32,152	55.39%
Never Married	12,225	21.06%
Widowed	7,643	13.17%

Laurens County Highest Degree Earned (18 or older)

Degree	Population	Percent
Less than 9th grade	12,274	11.71%
9th-12th grade, no diploma	21,643	20.64%
High school diploma or equivalent	35,933	34.27%
Some college, no degree	18,131	17.29%
Associate degree	5,700	5.44%
Bachelors degree	7,759	7.40%
Graduate or professional degree	3,409	3.25%

Laurens County Population In School (3 or older)

School Level	In Public School	Percent	In Private School	Percent	Total	Percent
Nursery or preschool	1,475	2.12%	382	0.55%	1,857	2.67%
Kindergarten	2,232	3.21%	284	0.41%	2,516	3.62%
Grades 1-4	7,002	10.07%	815	1.17%	7,817	11.24%
Grades 5-8	8,356	12.01%	584	0.84%	8,940	12.85%
Grades 9-12	7,363	10.58%	694	1.00%	8,057	11.58%
Undergrad college	2,840	4.08%	2,369	3.41%	5,209	7.49%
Graduate or professional school	342	0.49%	150	0.22%	492	0.71%
Total	29,610	42.56%	5,278	7.59%	34,888	50.15%

Laurens County Businesses Changes By Year

Year - Type	Business Births	Business Deaths	Business Expansions	Business Contractions	Stable Businesses
1999 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
1999 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	4	2	2	4	6
1999 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	1	2	3	7	2
1999 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	4	1	5	3	5
1999 - Construction	9	14	23	21	22
1999 - Educational Services	1	0	1	1	0
1999 - Finance & Insurance	8	6	15	14	26
1999 - Health Care & Social Assistance	8	4	18	27	16
1999 - Information	1	0	4	2	6
1999 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	0	0	1	0
1999 - Manufacturing	1	3	31	27	9
1999 - Mining	0	0	1	0	0
1999 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	9	10	36	33	49
1999 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	5	4	8	8	15
1999 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	1	4	5	4	15
1999 - Retail Trade	15	16	57	65	44
1999 - Transportation & Warehousing	3	1	6	3	3
1999 - Unclassified	3	2	0	1	0
1999 - Utilities	0	0	3	0	4
1999 - Wholesale Trade	4	7	8	7	17
1999 - Total	77	76	226	228	239
2000 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2000 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	8	3	4	3	6
2000 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	1	0	7	1	5
2000 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	0	5	6	2	3
2000 - Construction	6	10	23	18	22
2000 - Educational Services	0	0	2	1	1
2000 - Finance & Insurance	6	4	21	11	27
2000 - Health Care & Social Assistance	6	5	20	23	21
2000 - Information	0	0	9	0	4
2000 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	0	0	1	0
2000 - Manufacturing	2	4	32	22	9
2000 - Mining	0	0	1	0	0
2000 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	8	7	29	33	60
2000 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	4	6	13	9	8
2000 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	5	5	2	5	13
2000 - Retail Trade	16	14	53	48	66
2000 - Transportation & Warehousing	1	1	6	5	3
2000 - Unclassified	1	2	0	0	1
2000 - Utilities	0	0	3	1	3
2000 - Wholesale Trade	4	7	7	8	15
2000 - Total	68	73	238	191	267
2001 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2001 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	3	3	9	5	4
2001 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	1	2	2	7	3
2001 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	2	5	5	1	0
2001 - Construction	8	10	19	20	23
2001 - Educational Services	0	0	2	1	1
2001 - Finance & Insurance	5	6	17	17	25
2001 - Health Care & Social Assistance	7	2	28	20	20
2001 - Information	1	2	2	2	7
2001 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	0	0	0	2
2001 - Manufacturing	4	4	25	27	8
2001 - Mining	0	0	0	0	1
2001 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	5	9	29	34	58
2001 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	3	2	4	10	18
2001 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	4	2	4	5	14
2001 - Retail Trade	14	20	40	55	70
2001 - Transportation & Warehousing	3	2	0	7	5
2001 - Unclassified	1	0	0	0	2
2001 - Utilities	0	0	2	2	3
2001 - Wholesale Trade	2	1	4	12	16
2001 - Total	63	70	192	225	280
2002 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2002 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	7	1	5	9	6
2002 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	1	4	2	2	5
2002 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	1	1	4	2	1
2002 - Construction	7	12	21	21	16
2002 - Educational Services	1	1	0	1	2
2002 - Finance & Insurance	8	5	19	10	31
2002 - Health Care & Social Assistance	4	4	27	27	17
2002 - Information	1	0	5	2	5
2002 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	0	0	2	0
2002 - Manufacturing	4	4	15	37	10
2002 - Mining	0	0	0	1	0
2002 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	7	12	31	31	53
2002 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	6	5	6	12	12
2002 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	3	3	4	6	13
2002 - Retail Trade	13	24	43	53	58
2002 - Transportation & Warehousing	4	4	3	4	4
2002 - Unclassified	0	2	0	0	0
2002 - Utilities	0	0	3	0	5
2002 - Wholesale Trade	4	2	4	6	20
2002 - Total	71	84	192	226	258
2003 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2003 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	1	2	11	5	7
2003 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	1	1	2	2	4
2003 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	0	0	2	4	2
2003 - Construction	10	6	22	19	19
2003 - Educational Services	2	0	3	0	0
2003 - Finance & Insurance	9	4	16	20	29
2003 - Health Care & Social Assistance	7	6	26	17	24
2003 - Information	0	1	4	2	7
2003 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	1	0	1	0	4
2003 - Manufacturing	2	5	16	26	15
2003 - Mining	0	0	0	1	0
2003 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	7	4	35	30	61
2003 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	6	4	9	7	17
2003 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	2	3	7	4	12
2003 - Retail Trade	18	9	40	55	64
2003 - Transportation & Warehousing	2	2	7	3	4
2003 - Unclassified	3	0	0	0	0
2003 - Utilities	0	0	1	2	5
2003 - Wholesale Trade	2	6	4	5	18
2003 - Total	73	53	206	202	292
2004 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2004 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	4	2	10	6	7
2004 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	2	1	6	1	1
2004 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	1	1	1	2	4
2004 - Construction	6	9	24	17	19
2004 - Educational Services	0	0	2	2	2
2004 - Finance & Insurance	6	6	15	16	38
2004 - Health Care & Social Assistance	2	3	20	24	27
2004 - Information	1	1	4	6	1
2004 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	0	2	0	5
2004 - Manufacturing	3	8	21	19	14
2004 - Mining	0	0	0	1	0
2004 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	5	4	37	26	60
2004 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	2	1	10	6	17
2004 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	3	4	4	6	13
2004 - Retail Trade	12	18	52	43	67
2004 - Transportation & Warehousing	1	2	8	9	3
2004 - Unclassified	2	0	0	1	1
2004 - Utilities	0	2	3	0	2
2004 - Wholesale Trade	3	2	7	6	10
2004 - Total	53	64	226	191	291
2005 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2005 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	3	6	5	10	7
2005 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	2	2	2	4	2
2005 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	0	1	3	3	1
2005 - Construction	15	8	20	25	15
2005 - Educational Services	0	0	1	2	3
2005 - Finance & Insurance	8	6	14	20	35
2005 - Health Care & Social Assistance	11	7	20	31	15
2005 - Information	1	1	3	5	3
2005 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	0	2	1	4
2005 - Manufacturing	7	2	23	19	14
2005 - Mining	0	0	1	0	0
2005 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	6	7	21	40	59
2005 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	1	2	7	6	21
2005 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	1	1	1	4	20
2005 - Retail Trade	14	11	50	50	61
2005 - Transportation & Warehousing	2	1	7	4	8
2005 - Unclassified	0	2	1	0	0
2005 - Utilities	0	0	1	2	3
2005 - Wholesale Trade	2	4	5	9	6
2005 - Total	73	61	187	235	277

Laurens County Above Or Below Poverty Level In 1999

Above/Below	Population	Percent
At Or Above Poverty Level	116,392	85.72%
Below Poverty Level	19,390	14.28%

Laurens County Government Finances By Year

Year	Property Taxes	Other Taxes	Intergov. Revenue	Utility Revenue	Employee Retirement Revenue	Other Revenue	Total Revenue	Salaries & Wages	Total Debt	Total Cash & Securities
1970	$467	$0	$577	$0	$0	$144	$1,188	$331	$904	$660
1971	$490	$0	$605	$0	$0	$152	$1,247	$347	$949	$693
1972	$858	$12	$830	$0	$0	$253	$1,941	$578	$1,943	$881
1973	$912	$19	$1,447	$0	$0	$311	$2,670	$607	$1,710	$1,284
1974	$896	$38	$1,800	$0	$0	$217	$2,913	$689	$1,636	$914
1975	$657	$35	$1,743	$0	$0	$380	$2,780	$807	$1,405	$962
1976	$674	$35	$2,225	$0	$0	$250	$3,149	$1,418	$1,169	$860
1977	$776	$40	$2,465	$0	$0	$274	$3,515	$1,496	$1,545	$1,142
1978	$710	$52	$2,989	$0	$0	$292	$3,991	$1,814	$1,316	$916
1979	$919	$53	$2,736	$0	$0	$389	$4,044	$1,879	$1,093	$1,203
1980	$925	$41	$2,220	$0	$0	$549	$3,694	$1,541	$1,240	$281
1981	$1,172	$75	$2,310	$0	$0	$510	$3,992	$1,563	$968	$234
1982	$1,461	$83	$2,042	$0	$0	$557	$4,060	$1,665	$735	$238
1983	$1,474	$92	$1,987	$0	$0	$596	$4,057	$1,380	$515	$696
1984	$1,589	$74	$2,167	$0	$0	$795	$4,551	$1,335	$800	$1,227
1985	$1,661	$85	$2,741	$0	$0	$966	$5,368	$1,532	$1,218	$1,861
1986	$2,017	$82	$3,071	$0	$0	$987	$6,075	$1,952	$858	$2,433
1987	$2,058	$102	$3,068	$0	$0	$1,180	$6,306	$2,135	$2,500	$4,047
1988	$2,087	$14	$3,279	$0	$0	$1,086	$6,452	$2,107	$14,719	$2,808
1989	$3,364	$114	$5,191	$0	$0	$1,285	$9,840	$2,391	$14,568	$8,899
1990	$4,129	$135	$4,255	$0	$0	$1,841	$10,225	$2,665	$15,012	$2,281
1991	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
1992	$5,145	$195	$5,427	$0	$0	$2,466	$13,038	$2,944	$13,865	$8,658
1993	$5,436	$308	$5,770	$0	$0	$2,780	$13,986	$3,512	$14,255	$7,177
1994	$5,417	$460	$5,877	$0	$0	$3,002	$14,296	$3,738	$14,875	$7,787
1995	$6,075	$480	$5,925	$0	$0	$3,954	$15,954	$4,287	$18,345	$13,410
1996	$6,786	$383	$6,005	$0	$0	$4,263	$17,054	$3,840	$17,400	$12,883
1997	$7,201	$449	$4,946	$0	$0	$4,423	$16,570	$5,661	$16,295	$13,337
1998	$10,036	$533	$5,462	$0	$0	$4,945	$20,443	$5,683	$15,153	$15,475
1999	$7,556	$1,756	$6,208	$0	$0	$5,461	$19,225	$6,317	$17,321	$16,417
2000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
2001	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
2002	$8,009	$2,211	$6,755	$0	$0	$7,908	$22,672	$10,860	$16,245	$22,995

Year	Education	Financial Control	Public Buildings	Public Health	Transportation	Parks & Recreation	Total Expenses
	Protective Services	Welfare	Interest On General Debt	Utilities	Employee Retirement	Other
1970	$12	$190	$14	$44	$245	$0	$965
	$146	$138	$32	$0	$0	$144
1971	$12	$199	$15	$46	$257	$0	$1,014
	$154	$144	$34	$0	$0	$153
1972	$56	$333	$86	$1,017	$275	$0	$2,687
	$245	$243	$86	$0	$0	$346
1973	$15	$363	$240	$558	$296	$0	$2,241
	$199	$58	$97	$0	$0	$415
1974	$36	$343	$382	$248	$510	$0	$2,888
	$208	$38	$100	$230	$0	$793
1975	$42	$366	$57	$156	$546	$2	$2,487
	$314	$131	$75	$57	$0	$741
1976	$53	$412	$64	$235	$652	$4	$3,124
	$349	$61	$67	$0	$0	$1,227
1977	$64	$410	$60	$223	$693	$15	$3,583
	$325	$115	$55	$0	$0	$1,623
1978	$62	$542	$51	$294	$457	$64	$4,410
	$509	$140	$82	$0	$0	$2,209
1979	$63	$606	$106	$320	$385	$79	$3,938
	$451	$86	$70	$0	$0	$1,772
1980	$62	$605	$71	$387	$603	$6	$3,877
	$616	$113	$76	$0	$0	$1,338
1981	$66	$686	$55	$298	$505	$34	$3,806
	$585	$157	$67	$0	$0	$1,353
1982	$50	$702	$119	$449	$424	$19	$3,746
	$589	$111	$49	$0	$0	$1,234
1983	$45	$738	$64	$386	$451	$35	$3,822
	$654	$35	$40	$0	$0	$1,374
1984	$0	$788	$142	$364	$486	$37	$4,444
	$592	$35	$40	$0	$0	$1,960
1985	$0	$828	$120	$536	$661	$61	$5,299
	$669	$35	$92	$0	$0	$2,297
1986	$0	$936	$170	$360	$668	$21	$5,078
	$864	$34	$79	$0	$0	$1,946
1987	$0	$1,027	$173	$511	$763	$39	$6,281
	$941	$56	$94	$0	$0	$2,677
1988	$61	$1,036	$101	$13,151	$573	$57	$20,544
	$828	$1,411	$171	$0	$0	$3,155
1989	$62	$1,190	$134	$787	$1,130	$36	$11,033
	$966	$941	$1,352	$931	$0	$3,504
1990	$76	$1,998	$159	$725	$1,103	$67	$9,748
	$1,015	$648	$1,100	$0	$0	$2,857
1991	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
1992	$86	$1,531	$236	$1,088	$1,218	$57	$13,363
	$1,432	$530	$1,097	$0	$0	$6,088
1993	$85	$1,319	$228	$1,081	$1,734	$75	$12,636
	$1,276	$422	$949	$0	$0	$5,467
1994	$85	$1,643	$215	$1,193	$2,585	$139	$15,257
	$1,385	$230	$1,033	$0	$0	$6,749
1995	$84	$1,387	$249	$1,161	$2,371	$81	$15,542
	$1,354	$481	$1,007	$0	$0	$7,367
1996	$50	$1,866	$290	$1,400	$2,408	$114	$19,266
	$1,434	$765	$1,064	$0	$0	$9,875
1997	$50	$2,136	$400	$1,589	$1,218	$157	$15,415
	$1,518	$188	$991	$0	$0	$7,168
1998	$62	$2,190	$340	$1,696	$1,392	$117	$17,221
	$1,587	$190	$952	$0	$0	$8,695
1999	$119	$2,440	$1,030	$2,279	$2,079	$107	$21,085
	$1,920	$125	$948	$0	$0	$10,038
2000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
2001	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
2002	$1,563	$3,090	$606	$2,044	$2,416	$167	$24,442
	$2,573	$179	$951	$0	$0	$10,853

Laurens County Population By Age

Laurens County Population - Male/Female

Male/Female	Population	Percent
Male	33,641	48.36%
Female	35,926	51.64%

Laurens County Population By Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Population	Percent
Caucasian	49,358	70.95%
African-American	18,172	26.12%
Hispanic/Latino	1,352	1.94%
Multiracial	411	0.59%
Amerindian	132	0.19%
Asian	97	0.14%
Other Race	26	0.04%
Pacific Islander	19	0.03%

Laurens County Top Specified Ancestries

Rank	Ancestry	Population	Percent Of Specified Ancestries
1.	United States Or American	26,169	37.84%
2.	Irish	10,261	14.84%
3.	English	8,623	12.47%
4.	German	7,560	10.93%
5.	Scotch Irish	4,485	6.49%
6.	Scottish	2,007	2.90%
7.	French Non-Basque	1,834	2.65%
8.	Italian	1,401	2.03%
9.	Dutch	1,092	1.58%
10.	European	882	1.28%

Laurens County Top Languages Spoken At Home

Rank	Language	Population	Percent Of Reported Languages
1.	Only English	126,542	96.40%
2.	Spanish Or Spanish Creole	3,281	2.50%
3.	French	509	0.39%
4.	German	384	0.29%
5.	Gujarathi	94	0.07%
6.	Arabic	72	0.05%
7.	Japanese	52	0.04%
8.	Other Indo European	50	0.04%
9.	Scandinavian	40	0.03%
10.	Italian	38	0.03%

Laurens County Citizen Type

Type	Population	Percent
Citizen by birth	138,233	98.42%
Naturalized immigrant	654	0.47%
Not a citizen	1,562	1.11%