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Greenville County

Greenville County is located in the state of South Carolina, United States. According to the 2000 censuse its population was 395,357 and its county seat is in the city of Greenville.

Greenville county has a total area of 795 square miles of which, 790 square miles of it is land and 5 square miles of it is water.

Adjacent Counties are Henderson County, North Carolina to the north, Polk County, North Carolina, in the northeast, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, in the east, Laurens County, South Carolina, in the southeast, Abbeville County, South Carolina to the south; Anderson County, South Carolina, in the southwest; Pickens County, South Carolina in the west and Transylvania County, North Carolina located to the northwest.

Cities
According to the 2000 census Greenville SC is the largest ciyt with a pop of 56,002, followed by Greer with 16,843, Mauldin 15,224, Simpsonville with 14,352, Fountain Inn with 6,017 and Travelers Rest with a population of 4,099

Demograhics

As of the census of 2000
Greenville County had a population of 395,357 people, 149,556 households, and 101,997 families. The population density of Greenville County was 480 people per square mile

The racial makeup of the county was
77.53% White,
18.30% Black or African American,
0.19% Native American,
1.38% Asian, 0.05%
Pacific Islander,
1.42% from other races, and
1.14% from two or more races.

19.6% were of American,
10.8% English,
9.2% German and
8.9% Irish ancestry
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.76% of the population.
93.2% spoke English and 3.9% Spanish as their first language.

149,556 households of which 31.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.30% were married couples living together,
12.30% had a female householder with no husband present
31.80% were non-families.
26.80% of all households were made up of individuals
8.50% had someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.00.

24.60% of the population was under the age of 18,
9.60% from 18 to 24,
31.20% from 25 to 44,
22.80% from 45 to 64,
11.70% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median age was 36 years.
For every 100 females, there were 94.80 males.

The median income for a household in Greenville County was $41,149, and the median income for a family was $50,332. Males had a median income of $37,313 versus $26,034 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,081. About 7.90% of families and 10.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.20% of those under the age of 18 and 10.60% of those 65 and older.