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Barnwell County, SC

People
Population20,521B01003
Population, 2020 census20,589P1
Median age40.4B01002
Under 1823.7%B01001
65 and over19.1%B01001
Households8,116B11001
Foreign born2.4%B05002
Money
Median household income$46,626B19013
Median family income$63,603B19113
Per capita income$28,139B19301
Poverty rate25.0%B17001
Unemployment rate7.0%B23025
Civilian labor force9,364B23025
Mean commute (minutes)27.2B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher13.9%B15003
Housing
Housing units9,927B25001
Owner-occupied70.9%B25003
Renters29.1%B25003
Median home value$106,000B25077
Median gross rent$740B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic50.5%B03002
Black42.8%B03002
Hispanic or Latino2.9%B03002
Asian0.6%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%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 67% of South Carolina's ($69,324); poverty 25.0% against 14.1%; 0.4% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9701.01: 2,359Census Tract 9701.02: 2,879Census Tract 9702: 2,931Census Tract 9703: 3,916Census Tract 9704.01: 2,241Census Tract 9704.02: 3,229Census Tract 9705: 2,966Census Tract 9801: 0BarnwellWillistonBlackvilleHildaElkoSnellingKlineZIP 29812: 135 nonprofits, $16,453,637ZIP 29817: 45 nonprofits, $1,941,496ZIP 29853: 35 nonprofits, $32,245ZIP 29826: 2 nonprofitsPopulation (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,2412,241 to 2,8792,879 to 2,9312,931 to 3,229over 3,229nonprofits (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 Barnwell County, SC

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits220$18,468,824 revenue (latest return)SOUTHEASTERN HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ($8,838,935)
Nonprofit contractors10$5,085,486 paid by nonprofitsSC REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY #3 ($3,696,479)
Political committees1RICHARD DICKISON ELECTION COMMITTEE
Form 5500 plan sponsors2531 plansSOUTHERN CAROLINA REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT (3)
Open Payments recipients42$1,115,535 industry paymentsRainbow Research Inc At Barnwell Pediatrics Pa ($1,025,382)
Patent and trademark owners1138 patents and marksKronotex U.S.A. Holdings, Inc. (12)
Federal award recipients1,131$346,992,611 federal awardsSOUTH CAROLINA REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY ($170,564,580)
State business registrations40F.H. DICKS COMPANY, INC.

Cross-reference: 220 nonprofits for 20,521 residents is 107.2 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $18,468,824 is $900 per resident, 4.9% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1TOMMY BOYLESTONEXECUTIVE DIRECTORBARNWELL COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$83,23520241.8x
2PAM RUSHEXECUTIVE DIRECTORBARNWELL COUNTY COMMISSION ON ALCHOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE$80,53020241.7x
3Robert SneadPresident and CEOSOUTHERN PALMETTO FOUNDATION$79,28120241.7x

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 $46,626.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Political committees

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 8 tracts

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

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 97033,916$41,04226.0%39.3
Census Tract 9704.023,229$87,91318.1%36.8
Census Tract 97052,966$39,21930.4%39.4
Census Tract 97022,931$28,54228.4%49.2
Census Tract 9701.022,879$55,23425.1%37.1
Census Tract 9701.012,359$43,26925.1%43.3
Census Tract 9704.012,241$68,87921.5%38.1
Census Tract 98010$-666,666,666--666666666.0

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