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{{Short description|County in South Carolina, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox U.S. county | county = Greenwood County | state = South Carolina | ex image = Greenwood County Courthouse, Greenwood, South Carolina.jpg | ex image cap = Greenwood County Courthouse | seal = Greenwood County Seal.png | founded = 1897 | named for = Greenwood Plantation<ref name="Named for">{{cite web|url= https://www.studysc.org/counties/greenwood-county|title= Spartanburg|date= June 2, 2021|location= Greenwood County|publisher= www.studysc.org|access-date= June 13, 2022}}</ref> | seat wl = Greenwood | largest city wl = Greenwood | city type = community | area_total_sq_mi = 463.81 | area_land_sq_mi = 455.60 | area_water_sq_mi = 8.21 | area percentage = 1.77 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_total = 69351 | pop_est_as_of = 2023 | population_est = 69460 {{gain}} | density_sq_mi = auto | coordinates = {{coord|34.16|-82.13|type:adm2nd_region:US-SC_source:USCensusBureau2020gazetteerfiles|display=inline,title}} | web = www.greenwoodcounty-sc.gov | time zone = Eastern | district = 3rd }} '''Greenwood County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[South Carolina]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 69,351.<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts"/> Its [[county seat]] is [[Greenwood, South Carolina|Greenwood]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> Among the 22 counties located in the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] of the state,<ref name="sce">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.scencyclopedia.org|title=Piedmont | encyclopedia=South Carolina Encyclopedia| access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref> Greenwood County is the largest county within the Greenwood, SC [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]].<ref name=OMB_23-01>{{cite web|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf|title=OMB Bulletin No. 23-01, Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of Delineations of These Areas|publisher=[[United States]] [[Office of Management and Budget]]|date=July 21, 2023|access-date=July 25, 2023}}</ref> ==History== In the colonial years, English and Scots traders from Charles Town (later known as [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]]) were the first Europeans to make regular forays into this back country, part of the traditional territory of the [[Cherokee]] Nation, which had numerous towns on the upper tributaries of the Savannah River, especially along the Keowee River. Their territory extended into modern western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee and northeastern Georgia. The traders called this route in South Carolina the "Cherokee Path."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Greenwood County |url=https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/greenwood-county/ |access-date=June 11, 2022 |website=South Carolina Encyclopedia |language=en-US}}</ref> The trade in deerskins was highly lucrative, and traders passed on information among them about landmarks and the distances to their customers in the Nation. They estimated mileage between streams based on their day's travel. They noted unusual aspects, such as the six creeks that ran unexpectedly south away from the [[Saluda River]] and, further west, nine creeks that ran south away from the [[Savannah River]], noting them on maps as "6" and "9". A town in this area and a district both became known as "Ninety-Six", which historian David P. George believes is related to traders' references to these two landmark groups of streams. Using historical accounts and [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] maps, he and other historians have traced the Cherokee Path across present-day Greenwood County, territory that at the time was part of other districts.<ref name="george">{{cite journal|title=Ninety Six Decoded: Origins of a Community's Name|last=George|first=David P. Jr|journal=The South Carolina Historical Magazine|volume=92|number=2|date=April 1991|pages=69β84|jstor=27568211}}</ref> After the Cherokee were removed from the area through treaty cessions and [[Indian Removal]], European Americans moved in, developing large cotton plantations that were dependent on the labor of [[Slavery in the United States|enslaved Africans]]. This upland region of the Piedmont supported widespread cultivation of short-staple cotton, a variety made profitable by the late 18th-century invention of the [[cotton gin]] for processing it. Cotton was the chief commodity of the South before the Civil War, and was important afterward as well. The construction of the [[Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad]] in 1852 in this area enabled planters to more easily get their products to market.<ref name=":0" /> The railway also stimulated the development of textile manufacturing in the Piedmont in the late nineteenth century. Previously most cotton had been shipped to the North (New York and New England) for processing and manufacture, or to England and Europe. The rise of textile manufacturing in the South altered the economy and society of the region. The first cotton mill in Greenwood opened in 1890 with 75 workers. (As labor was highly segregated, factory owners hired only white workers for decades.) When the mill nearly failed in 1908, [[James C. Self House|James C. Self]] became president of Greenwood Cotton Mill and built one of the largest privately held companies in the industry. Abney Mills, based in Greenwood, developed more production plants across the upstate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Founder {{!}} The Abney Foundation |url=http://www.abneyfoundation.org/founder.htm |access-date=June 11, 2022 |website=www.abneyfoundation.org}}</ref> Greenwood County was formed in 1897 from portions of [[Abbeville County, South Carolina|Abbeville]] and [[Edgefield County, South Carolina|Edgefield]] counties, which had originally been part of the old [[Ninety-Six District]]. It was named for its county seat, [[Greenwood, South Carolina|Greenwood]]. The town was named around 1824 after a cotton plantation owned by John McGehee, an early resident. The county and region has continued to be agricultural in the 21st century, although crops have changed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greenwood County, South Carolina |url=https://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/greenwood_county_sc.html |access-date=June 11, 2022 |website=www.carolana.com}}</ref> In the late nineteenth century, conservative white Democrats had continued efforts to suppress black voting, through fraud and violence. Beginning with Mississippi in 1890, state legislatures passed new constitutions and laws that essentially [[Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era|disenfranchised most blacks]]. They maintained this political exclusion for decades, weakening the Republican Party throughout the South, where it had chiefly attracted [[freedmen]] and their descendants.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 23, 2020 |title=The Rise of Voter Suppression in South Carolina, 1865β1896 |url=https://www.ccpl.org/charleston-time-machine/rise-voter-suppression-south-carolina-1865-1896 |access-date=June 11, 2022 |website=Charleston County Public Library |language=en}}</ref> South Carolina passed such a constitution in 1895 but violence continued around elections as African Americans tried to vote for Republican candidates. White Democrats were determined to regain power after a fusionist ticket had been elected at the state level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sept. 10, 1895: South Carolina Constitutional Convention Convened |url=https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sc-constitutional-convention/ |access-date=June 11, 2022 |website=Zinn Education Project |language=en-US}}</ref> In November 1898 the [[Phoenix Election riot]] broke out, after an armed altercation at the polling place. The Republican Congressional candidate was [[Rhett R. Tolbert]]. He came from a major planter family in the area. His brother Thomas P. Jr, was collecting affidavits in Phoenix from African Americans who wanted to vote for Tolbert but had been prevented from doing so. Democrat Giels O. Ethridge, came from a polling place two miles away and confronted him. Ethridge was fatally shot; blacks were accused of killing him. White Democrats attacked Republican Thomas Tolbert and African Americans with him, wounding them seriously. (Tolbert later said that Ethridge was shot by his own people.) John R. Tolbert, their father, was also wounded, and he and another son Joseph fled to Charleston, where the senior Tolbert was US customs officer of the port. Violence took place throughout the Phoenix area for four days, with armed groups of whites coming from around the county to hunt down black suspects. A mob of 600β1000 armed white men had gathered in Phoenix before events ended. Several African-American men were killed; at least six were lynched near Rehoboth Church. An inquest concluded their deaths were from "persons unknown."<ref name="watch">{{cite news|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Race_Riot_in_Greenwood%2C_1898.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Race_Riot_in_Greenwood%2C_1898.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live |title=The Race Riot in Greenwood|work=The Watchman and Southron (Sumter, SC)|date=November 18, 1898|access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref> This region continued to depend on agriculture, which was struggling. Cotton crops throughout the South were damaged by the [[boll weevil]]. Many African Americans left this and other rural counties in the early 20th century in the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]] from 1910 to 1940, to escape [[Jim Crow]] suppression and violence, and gain jobs in industrial cities of the North and Midwest.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wilk |first=Daniel Levinson |date=2002 |title=The Phoenix Riot and the Memories of Greenwood County |journal=Southern Cultures |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=29β55 |jstor=44376509 |issn=1068-8218}}</ref> The [[Great Depression]] of the 1930s altered the economy and landscape of Greenwood County. Farmers were impoverished, and land values declined. As local textile mills struggled to survive, they resisted union efforts to organize the workers. After 1933, [[New Deal]] programs of the [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] administration offered limited work relief for the unemployed, as the federal government invested in numerous local infrastructure programs to provide jobs and build for the future. The largest New Deal project in the area was construction of Buzzard's Roost Dam on the [[Saluda River]] to impound [[Lake Greenwood (South Carolina)|Lake Greenwood]] and generate electricity at a county-owned power plant. Since then, the county sold the hydroelectric plant to [[Duke Energy|Duke Power Company]], which dominates the regional market. The lake offers residents and visitors an array of recreational facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lake Greenwood History And Interpretation {{!}} South Carolina Parks Official Site |url=https://southcarolinaparks.com/lake-greenwood/history-and-interpretation |access-date=June 11, 2022 |website=southcarolinaparks.com |language=en}}</ref> Since 1950, Greenwood County has developed a diversified industrial base. New factories have been constructed by such major corporations as [[Capsugel]] (Lonza), [[Fujifilm]], [[Monsanto]] (Ascend), and [[VELUX]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/greenwood_county_sc.html|title=Greenwood County, South Carolina|website=www.carolana.com|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> ==Geography== {{maplink|frame=yes|zoom=8|id=Q502278|type=shape-inverse|text=Interactive map of Greenwood County}} According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|463.81|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|455.60|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|8.21|sqmi}} (1.77%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files β South Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_45.txt |access-date=September 10, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> Greenwood County is in the basins of the [[Savannah River|Savannah]] and the [[Saluda River|Saluda]] rivers. ===National protected areas/sites=== * [[Cedar Springs Historic District]] * [[Ninety Six National Historic Site]] * [[Sumter National Forest]] (part) ===State and local protected areas=== * [[Lake Greenwood State Park]] * [[Long Cane Scenic Area]] ===Major water bodies=== * [[Halfway Swamp Creek (South Carolina)|Halfway Swamp Creek]] * [[Lake Greenwood (South Carolina)|Lake Greenwood]] * [[Saluda River]] ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Laurens County, South Carolina|Laurens County]] β north * [[Newberry County, South Carolina|Newberry County]] β northeast * [[Edgefield County, South Carolina|Edgefield County]] - southeast * [[Saluda County, South Carolina|Saluda County]] β southeast * [[McCormick County, South Carolina|McCormick County]] β southwest * [[Abbeville County, South Carolina|Abbeville County]] β west ===Major highways=== {{div col}} * {{Jct|state=SC|US|25}} * {{Jct|state=SC|US-Bus|25|dab1=Greenwood}} (Greenwood) * {{Jct|state=SC|US-Bus|25|dab1=Ware Shoals}} (Ware Shoals) * {{Jct|state=SC|US|178}} * {{Jct|state=SC|US-Bus|178|dab1=Greenwood}} * {{Jct|state=SC|US|221}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC|10}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC|34}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC|72}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC-Bus|72|dab1=Greenwood}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC|246}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC|248}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC|252}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC-Bus|252|dab1=Ware Shoals}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC-Truck|252|dab1=Ware Shoals}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC|702}} {{div col end}} ===Airport=== * [[Greenwood County Airport]] ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1900= 28343 |1910= 34225 |1920= 35791 |1930= 36078 |1940= 40083 |1950= 41628 |1960= 44346 |1970= 49686 |1980= 57847 |1990= 59567 |2000= 66271 |2010= 69661 |2020= 69351 |estyear=2023 |estimate=69460 |estref=<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts"/> |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 17, 2015}}</ref><br />1790β1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=March 17, 2015}}</ref> 1900β1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/sc190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=March 17, 2015}}</ref><br />1990β2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=March 17, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF"/> 2020<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/greenwoodcountysouthcarolina|title=QuickFacts: Greenwood County, South Carolina|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref> }} ===2020 census=== {| class="wikitable" |+Greenwood County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US45047&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 10, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> !Race !Num. !Perc. |- |[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic) |40,625 |58.58% |- |[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic) |20,820 |30.02% |- |[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] |102 |0.15% |- |[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] |678 |0.98% |- |[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] |41 |0.06% |- |[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] |2,336 |3.37% |- |[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] |4,749 |6.85% |} As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 69,351 people, 28,544 households, and 17,855 families residing in the county. ===2010 census=== At the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], there were 69,661 people, 27,547 households, and 18,438 families living in the county.<ref name="census-dp1">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US45047 |title=DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data |access-date=March 9, 2016 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213020628/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US45047 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 }}</ref><ref name="QF">{{cite web |title=State & County QuickFacts |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/45/45047.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606130126/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/45/45047.html |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |access-date=November 22, 2013 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The population density was {{convert|153.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|inhabitants |inhabitants|}}. There were 31,054 housing units at an average density of {{convert|68.3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}.<ref name="census-density">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY07/0500000US45047 |access-date=March 9, 2016 |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213185935/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY07/0500000US45047 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 }}</ref> The racial makeup of the county was 62.9% white, 31.4% black or African American, 0.8% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 3.5% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 5.4% of the population.<ref name="census-dp1"/> In terms of ancestry, 31.4% were of African descent, 17.8% identified as [[Americans|American]], 8.7% as of [[English people|English]] descent, 8.2% as ethnic [[Irish people|Irish]], and 8.0% as [[Germans|German]].<ref name="census-dp2">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US45047 |title=DP02 Selected Social Characteristics in the United States β 2006β2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |access-date=March 9, 2016 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213033056/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US45047 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 }}</ref> Of the 27,547 households, 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% were married couples living together, 17.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 33.1% were non-families, and 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.96. The median age was 37.9 years.<ref name="census-dp1"/> The median income for a household in the county was $38,797 and the median income for a family was $49,785. Males had a median income of $36,806 versus $29,327 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,728. About 12.8% of families and 17.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 27.3% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="census-dp3">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US45047 |title=DP03 Selected Economic Characteristics β 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |access-date=March 9, 2016 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213032143/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US45047 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 }}</ref> ===2000 census=== At the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 66,271 people, 25,729 households, and 17,753 families living in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|146|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people |people}}. There were 28,243 housing units at an average density of {{convert|62|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 65.57% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 31.74% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.18% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.71% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.03% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.74% from two or more races. 2.87% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. There were 25,729 households, out of which 31.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.70% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.00% were non-families. 26.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.00. In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.50% under the age of 18, 10.40% from 18 to 24, 28.20% from 25 to 44, 22.20% from 45 to 64, and 13.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 88.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.60 males. The median income for a household in the county was $34,702, and the median income for a family was $42,022. Males had a median income of $30,759 versus $23,820 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $17,446. About 9.90% of families and 14.20% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.70% of those under age 18 and 14.10% of those age 65 or over. ==Government and politics== [[Leath Correctional Institution]], a [[South Carolina Department of Corrections]] [[prison]] for women, is located in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] Greenwood County, near [[Greenwood, South Carolina|Greenwood]].<ref>"[http://www.doc.sc.gov/institutions/leath.jsp Leath Correctional Institution] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819220547/http://www.doc.sc.gov/institutions/leath.jsp |date=August 19, 2010 }}." [[South Carolina Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 17, 2010.</ref> {{PresHead|place=Greenwood County, South Carolina|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 13, 2018}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|19,715|10,766|407|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|19,431|12,145|430|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|16,961|10,711|1,091|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|16,348|11,972|352|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|16,995|12,348|324|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|14,264|8,954|224|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|12,193|8,139|528|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|8,865|8,193|1,105|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|9,079|7,621|2,223|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|9,096|6,511|97|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|10,887|6,339|81|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1980|Democratic|7,290|9,283|315|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|5,974|9,976|41|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|9,370|3,400|205|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1968|American Independent|4,891|3,741|6,026|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1964|Republican|5,653|5,479|0|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,968|5,283|0|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,120|4,386|1,247|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1952|Democratic|3,392|3,815|0|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|63|440|2,511|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|71|2,381|234|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|39|2,914|0|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|19|3,064|0|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|15|3,240|0|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1928|Democratic|38|2,921|0|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|15|1,815|4|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|15|1,568|0|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|13|1,636|5|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|17|1,307|14|South Carolina}} {{PresRow|1904|Democratic|1|1,332|0|South Carolina}} {{PresFoot|1900|Democratic|4|1,482|0|South Carolina}} ==Economy== Greenwood County has developed a modern and diverse economic base. [[Fujifilm]] has its North American headquarters here for research and development, plus manufacturing and distribution. The Greenwood Genetic Center conducts nationally recognized genetics research. Approximately 26% of the local workforce is dedicated to [[manufacturing]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.partnershipalliance.com/advantages/workforce|title=Greenwood Partnership Alliance {{!}} Workforce {{!}} Greenwood, SC|website=www.partnershipalliance.com|language=en|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ggc.org/|title=Greenwood Genetic - Birth Defects {{!}} Diagnostic Services {{!}} Treatments {{!}} Prevention Programs|website=www.ggc.org|language=en-gb|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> In 2015, the median household income in Greenwood County, SC was $37,060, a 2.82% increase from the previous year. Also in 2015, 28,506 residents in Greenwood County, SC were employed, a 1.03% growth over 2014. The most common employment sectors for residents of Greenwood County are Manufacturing, Healthcare & Social Assistance, and Retail trade.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/greenwood-county-sc/|title=Greenwood County, SC|work=Data USA|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> The overall cost of living index in Greenwood County, SC, is 83, which is 13% lower than the South Carolina average and 17% lower than the national average. The cost of living index is created from the following categories: goods/services (33%), groceries (13%), health care (5%), housing (30%), transportation (9%) and utilities (10%). The cost of everyday goods and services can be a good indicator of the general cost of goods in a given city. In this case, the cost of such goods and services in Greenwood is 7% lower than the South Carolina average and 6% lower than the national average.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.partnershipalliance.com/advantages/operational-advantages|title=Greenwood Partnership Alliance {{!}} Operational Advantages {{!}} Greenwood, SC|website=www.partnershipalliance.com|language=en|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> Major employers in Greenwood County include [[Self Regional Healthcare]], Greenwood County School Districts, [[Eaton Corporation]], [[Fujifilm|FujiFilm]] Manufacturing, U.S.A.; Carolina Pride, [[Capsugel]], [[Lander University]], [[Piedmont Technical College]], [[Cardinal Health]], Ascend Performance Materials, and [[VELUX]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.partnershipalliance.com/existing-industries/major-employers|title=Greenwood Partnership Alliance {{!}} Major Employers {{!}} Greenwood, SC|website=www.partnershipalliance.com|language=en|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Greenwood County |url=https://lmi.dew.sc.gov/lmi%20site/Documents/CommunityProfiles/04000047.pdf |journal=Community Profiles |publisher=S.C. Department of Employment & Workforce - Business Intelligence Department |publication-place=Columbia, SC |issue=4000047}}</ref> Major existing industry clusters include Life Sciences, Food Processing, Advance Materials, and Wood Products. The per capita personal income in Greenwood County, SC as of 2015 was $33,723.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 10, 2017|title=Per Capita Personal Income in Greenwood County, SC|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PCPI45047|language=en}}</ref> The Unemployment rate in Greenwood County, SC was 4.0% as of Sept 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 1, 2017|title=Unemployment Rate in Greenwood County, SC|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SCGREE0URN|language=en}}</ref> The median household income in Greenwood County was $42,240 as of 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 27, 2017|title=Estimate of Median Household Income for Greenwood County, SC|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MHISC45047A052NCEN|language=en}}</ref> In 2022, the [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] was $4.2 billion (about $59,778 per capita),<ref>{{Cite web |last=U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis |date=2001-01-01 |title=Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Greenwood County, SC |url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPALL45047 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis}}</ref> and the [[Real gross domestic product|real GDP]] was $3.4 billion (about $48,574 per capita) in [[Chained dollars|chained 2017 dollars]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis |date=2001-01-01 |title=Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Greenwood County, SC |url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/REALGDPALL45047 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Employment and Wage Statistics by Industry in Greenwood County, South Carolina - Q3 2023<ref name=":1" /> ! style="text-align:left;" | Industry ! style="text-align:right;" | Employment Counts ! style="text-align:right;" | Employment Percentage (%) ! style="text-align:right;" | Average Annual Wage ($) |- | style="text-align:left;" | Accommodation and Food Services || style="text-align:right;" | 2,635 || style="text-align:right;" | 9.7 || style="text-align:right;" | 18,200 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services || style="text-align:right;" | 849 || style="text-align:right;" | 3.1 || style="text-align:right;" | 43,576 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting || style="text-align:right;" | 94 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.3 || style="text-align:right;" | 59,488 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation || style="text-align:right;" | 241 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.9 || style="text-align:right;" | 17,576 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Construction || style="text-align:right;" | 1,079 || style="text-align:right;" | 4.0 || style="text-align:right;" | 55,900 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Educational Services || style="text-align:right;" | 2,520 || style="text-align:right;" | 9.3 || style="text-align:right;" | 49,504 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Finance and Insurance || style="text-align:right;" | 509 || style="text-align:right;" | 1.9 || style="text-align:right;" | 64,168 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Health Care and Social Assistance || style="text-align:right;" | 5,988 || style="text-align:right;" | 22.1 || style="text-align:right;" | 65,208 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Information || style="text-align:right;" | 128 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.5 || style="text-align:right;" | 48,152 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Management of Companies and Enterprises || style="text-align:right;" | 108 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.4 || style="text-align:right;" | 93,236 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Manufacturing || style="text-align:right;" | 5,365 || style="text-align:right;" | 19.8 || style="text-align:right;" | 63,232 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Other Services (except Public Administration) || style="text-align:right;" | 507 || style="text-align:right;" | 1.9 || style="text-align:right;" | 38,688 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services || style="text-align:right;" | 495 || style="text-align:right;" | 1.8 || style="text-align:right;" | 61,048 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Public Administration || style="text-align:right;" | 1,212 || style="text-align:right;" | 4.5 || style="text-align:right;" | 46,644 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Real Estate and Rental and Leasing || style="text-align:right;" | 274 || style="text-align:right;" | 1.0 || style="text-align:right;" | 38,844 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Retail Trade || style="text-align:right;" | 3,458 || style="text-align:right;" | 12.8 || style="text-align:right;" | 30,056 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Transportation and Warehousing || style="text-align:right;" | 501 || style="text-align:right;" | 1.9 || style="text-align:right;" | 47,372 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Utilities || style="text-align:right;" | 248 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.9 || style="text-align:right;" | 72,644 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Wholesale Trade || style="text-align:right;" | 839 || style="text-align:right;" | 3.1 || style="text-align:right;" | 76,648 |- | style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold;" | '''Total''' || style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | '''27,050''' || style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | '''100.0%''' || style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | '''51,218''' |} ==Education== Greenwood County has three school districts: [[Greenwood School District 50]] (Greenwood Metro), [[Greenwood School District 51]] (Ware Shoals), and [[Greenwood School District 52]] (Ninety Six).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st45_sc/schooldistrict_maps/c45047_greenwood/DC20SD_C45047.pdf|title=2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Greenwood County, SC|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2025-01-04}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st45_sc/schooldistrict_maps/c45047_greenwood/DC20SD_C45047_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> ===School districts=== * Greenwood School District 50 serves families in the Greenwood metro area. This school system consists of 8 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 2 high schools, a career center, and an adult education center. The current superintendent of District 50 is Dr. Steve Glenn.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greenwood School District 50 |url=https://www.gwd50.org/ |access-date=June 11, 2022 |website=www.gwd50.org}}</ref> * Greenwood School District 51 serves families in the town of [[Ware Shoals, South Carolina|Ware Shoals]], as well as students from surrounding areas of Greenwood, Abbeville, and Laurens counties. Two of the three schools are located in the town limits of Ware Shoals (Greenwood County) while the other school is located in Laurens County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ware Shoals School District 51 |url=https://www.gwd51.org/ |access-date=June 11, 2022 |website=www.gwd51.org |language=en}}</ref> * Greenwood School District 52 serves families in the town of [[Ninety Six, South Carolina|Ninety Six]] and surrounding areas of Greenwood County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home - Greenwood County School District 52 |url=https://www.greenwood52.org/en-US |access-date=June 11, 2022 |website=Home - Greenwood County School District 52 |language=en-US}}</ref> ===Elementary schools=== {{Split section|Greenwood County School District 50|Greenwood County School District 52|discuss=Talk:Greenwood_County_Sotuh_Carolina#Split Proposed|date=April 2025}}<!--Should be divided by school district--> * Benjamin E. Mays Elementary School (K4β5) * Hodges Elementary School (Kβ5) * Lakeview Elementary School (K4β5) * Mathews Elementary School (K4β5) * Merrywood Elementary School (K4β5) * Ninety Six Elementary School (3β5) * Ninety Six Primary School (K4β2) * Pinecrest Elementary School (K4β5) * Rice Elementary School (K4β5) * Ware Shoals Elementary School (4β6) * Ware Shoals Primary School (PreKβ3) * Woodfields Elementary School (K4β5) ===Middle schools=== {{clarify|date=January 2025}}<!--Should be divided by school district--> * Brewer Middle School (6β8) * Edgewood Middle School (6β8) * Northside Middle School (6β8) * Westview Middle School (6β8) ===High schools=== {{clarify|date=January 2025}}<!--Should be divided by school district--> * Emerald High School (9β12) * [[Greenwood High School (South Carolina)|Greenwood High School]] (9β12) * Ninety Six High School (9β12) * [[Ware Shoals High School]] (7β12) ===Higher education=== * [[Lander University]] (4-Year State Supported Liberal Arts University) * [[Piedmont Technical College]] ===Alternate education centers=== * G. Frank Russell Technology Center (9β12) * Genesis Education Center (7β12) and Adult Education ==Communities== ===City=== * [[Greenwood, South Carolina|Greenwood]] (county seat and largest community) ===Towns=== * [[Hodges, South Carolina|Hodges]] * [[Ninety Six, South Carolina|Ninety Six]] * [[Troy, South Carolina|Troy]] * [[Ware Shoals, South Carolina|Ware Shoals]] (partly in Abbeville and Laurens counties) ===Census-designated places=== Some communities in the county are census designated places.<ref name=2010GreenwoodPlan>[https://www.greenwoodcounty-sc.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/296/636559431373970000 Chapter 2. Introduction.] The Greenwood City/County Comprehensive Plan 2010. Accessed February 9, 2022.</ref> * [[Bradley, South Carolina|Bradley]] * [[Cokesbury, South Carolina|Cokesbury]] * [[Coronaca, South Carolina|Coronaca]] * [[Promised Land, South Carolina|Promised Land]] ===Unincorporated communities=== Some communities in the county are unincorporated.<ref name=2010GreenwoodPlan/> * Callison * Epworth * Kirksey * Phoenix * [[Pittsburg, South Carolina|Pittsburg]] * Shoals Junction * Verdery ===Townships=== In the past, Greenwood County was partitioned into [[Civil township|townships]], including the townships of Bradley (including Bradley town), Brooks, Callison, Cokesbury (including Cokesbury town), Coronaca (including Coronaca town), Fellowship,<ref>[https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/64681:8741? Death Certificate of Amelia Ethridge 16 January 1920 Fellowship Township, Greenwood County, South Carolina, US.] Accessed via Ancestry.com paid subscription site, February 9, 2022.</ref> Greenwood (with three partitions in the 1900 census β Greenwood east of the [[Columbia and Greenville Railroad]], Greenwood west of the railroad, and Greenwood town),<ref>[http://www.us-census.org/states/southcarolina/teams/Greenwood1900.htm Greenwood County, South Carolina]. 1900 Federal Census Team Transcription, USGenWeb Census Project. Accessed February 9, 2022.</ref> Hodges (including Hodges town), Kinards, Kirksey, Ninety Six (including Ninety Six town), Phoenix, Troy (including Troy town), Verdery (including Verdery town), Walnut Grove and Yeldell. Their former names and boundaries were used for United States census counting purposes and census documentation through 1960, after which Census Counting Divisions (CCDs) were used. ==See also== * [[List of counties in South Carolina]] * [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwood County, South Carolina]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{osmrelation|2532509}} * {{Official website|https://www.greenwoodcounty-sc.gov/}} {{Geographic Location |Centre = Greenwood County, South Carolina |North = [[Laurens County, South Carolina|Laurens County]] |Northeast = [[Newberry County, South Carolina|Newberry County]] |East = |Southeast = [[Edgefield County, South Carolina|Edgefield County]] and [[Saluda County, South Carolina|Saluda County]] |South = |Southwest = [[McCormick County, South Carolina|McCormick County]] |West = [[Abbeville County, South Carolina|Abbeville County]] |Northwest = }} {{Greenwood County, South Carolina}} {{South Carolina}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Greenwood County, South Carolina| ]] [[Category:1897 establishments in South Carolina]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1897]]
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