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Bamberg County, SC

People
Population13,042B01003
Population, 2020 census13,311P1
Median age42.3B01002
Under 1818.3%B01001
65 and over23.9%B01001
Households4,644B11001
Foreign born1.3%B05002
Money
Median household income$44,370B19013
Median family income$59,950B19113
Per capita income$23,721B19301
Poverty rate24.3%B17001
Unemployment rate15.0%B23025
Civilian labor force5,876B23025
Mean commute (minutes)28.0B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher17.9%B15003
Housing
Housing units6,581B25001
Owner-occupied70.4%B25003
Renters29.6%B25003
Median home value$97,800B25077
Median gross rent$815B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic37.0%B03002
Black59.4%B03002
Hispanic or Latino1.4%B03002
Asian0.5%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.3%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 64% of South Carolina's ($69,324); poverty 24.3% against 14.1%; 0.2% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9601.01: 2,012Census Tract 9601.02: 3,254Census Tract 9602.01: 2,456Census Tract 9602.02: 3,201Census Tract 9603: 1,061Census Tract 9604: 1,058DenmarkBambergEhrhardtOlarGovanZIP 29003: 74 nonprofits, $73,626,115ZIP 29042: 61 nonprofits, $51,810,223ZIP 29081: 10 nonprofits, $1,008,863ZIP 29843: 9 nonprofits, $220,390Population (ACS 2020-2024)up to 1,0611,061 to 2,0122,012 to 2,4562,456 to 3,201over 3,201nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Bamberg County, SC

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits154$126,665,591 revenue (latest return)EDISTO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC ($69,615,546)
Nonprofit contractors2$19,006,741 paid by nonprofitsBROTHERS TREE COMPANY ($18,752,846)
Colleges and schools21,161 enrollmentDenmark Technical College (646)
Form 5500 plan sponsors2232 plansSPECIALTY WASHER CO. OF SC, INC. (5)
Open Payments recipients27$55,148 industry paymentsDANETTE MCALHANEY ($11,111)
Patent and trademark owners1334 patents and marksVoorhees University (9)
Federal award recipients718$480,329,557 federal awardsVOORHEES UNIVERSITY ($219,640,507)
State business registrations29ENTERPRISE BANK OF S. C.

Cross-reference: 154 nonprofits for 13,042 residents is 118.1 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $126,665,591 is $9,712 per resident, 61.5% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1DAVID E FELKELPRESIDENT &EDISTO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$531,544202512.0x
2Kathy SchwartingCEOPALMETTO CARE CONNECTIONS$320,15320257.2x
3LAWRENCE C SMOAK IIIVP OF OPERATEDISTO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$284,48520256.4x
4ROBERT D BESSINGERVP OF FINANCEDISTO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$283,31320256.4x
5DANIEL C EUBANKSVP OF ENGINEEDISTO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$278,15820256.3x
6RICHARD C STEPHENSONVP OF FINANCEDISTO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$260,19420235.9x
7Matt HiattChief Technology OfficerPALMETTO CARE CONNECTIONS$253,71220255.7x
8BRIAN C HEFNERVP OF MEMBEREDISTO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$252,29820255.7x
9MICHAEL C KINARDOPS. SUPERVIEDISTO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$211,79520254.8x
10TORRANCE J DAVISEXECUTIVE DIRECTORBAMBERG COUNTY DISABILITIES & SPECIAL NEEDS BOARD-FISCAL AGENT$211,73920244.8x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $44,370.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 6 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 9601.023,254$33,92929.3%34.4
Census Tract 9602.023,201$48,48235.0%47.8
Census Tract 9602.012,456$56,01720.0%50.4
Census Tract 9601.012,012$48,75013.2%36.6
Census Tract 96031,061$37,30820.3%45.0
Census Tract 96041,058$37,60113.8%60.6

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0