Editing Ware Shoals, South Carolina (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 2480
|1980= 2370
|1990= 2497
|2000= 2363
|2010= 2170
|2020= 1702
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 1698
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:45&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Ware Shoals racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4574680&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 10, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,143
|67.2%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|397
|23.34%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|4
|0.24%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|9
|0.53%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|101
|5.94%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|47
|2.76%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,701 people, 977 households, and 633 families residing in the town.

In 2023, all 1,701 residents of Ware Shoals lived in Greenwood County; zero lived in Abbeville County,<ref name=AbbevilleCoSCHighwayMap2023>{{cite web|url=https://info2.scdot.org/GISMapping/GISMapdl/Abbeville_County.pdf|title=General Highway System Abbeville County South Carolina|publisher=[[South Carolina Department of Transportation]]|access-date=2025-01-04}}</ref> and zero lived in Laurens County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://info2.scdot.org/GISMapping/GISMapdl/Greenwood_County.pdf|title=General Highway System Greenwood County South Carolina|publisher=[[South Carolina Department of Transportation]]|access-date=2025-01-04}}</ref>

===2010 census===
As of the 2010 [[census]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|language=en|access-date=January 10, 2020}}</ref> the town of Ware Shoals had a population of 2,170 with 880 households and 572 family households. The population density was {{convert|610.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,126 housing units at an average density of {{convert|290.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 76.7% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 20.9% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.8% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race made up 1.4% of the population.

Of Ware Shoals' 880 households, 26.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 39.2% were married couples living together, 20.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.96.

The median age of Ware Shoals' residents was 42.2 years old in 2010; 39.7 years for men and 44.6 for women. Ware Shoals, like much of the United States, has a constrictive [[population pyramid]], the result of declining birth rates and increasing life expectancy.
[[File:Ware_Shoals_Population_Pyramid_2010_Census.jpg|alt=|left|frameless|Ware Shoals Population Pyramid (2010 Census)]]
The median household income in Ware Shoals is $33,650 a year, approximately $25,000 less than the national median of $57,652.  32.1% of the population of Ware Shoals is estimated to live in poverty, far above the national average of 13.1%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/ware-shoals-sc |title=Ware Shoals, SC {{!}} Data USA |website=datausa.io|access-date=January 10, 2020}}</ref>  Due in part to the high rate of poverty in the community, both Ware Shoals Primary School and Ware Shoals Elementary Middle School are designated as [[Title I]] schools.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ed.sc.gov/policy/federal-education-programs/title-i/|title=Title I - South Carolina Department of Education - 1/10/20 1:37 PM|website=ed.sc.gov|access-date=January 10, 2020}}</ref>