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Fairfield County, SC

People
Population20,550B01003
Population, 2020 census20,948P1
Median age47.4B01002
Under 1818.0%B01001
65 and over24.0%B01001
Households8,930B11001
Foreign born1.1%B05002
Money
Median household income$47,885B19013
Median family income$64,138B19113
Per capita income$31,810B19301
Poverty rate15.6%B17001
Unemployment rate5.5%B23025
Civilian labor force9,657B23025
Mean commute (minutes)30.0B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher15.2%B15003
Housing
Housing units11,003B25001
Owner-occupied74.6%B25003
Renters25.4%B25003
Median home value$151,200B25077
Median gross rent$938B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic38.9%B03002
Black54.5%B03002
Hispanic or Latino2.5%B03002
Asian0.1%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 69% of South Carolina's ($69,324); poverty 15.6% against 14.1%; 0.4% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9601: 1,798Census Tract 9602: 3,370Census Tract 9603.01: 3,526Census Tract 9603.02: 2,711Census Tract 9604.01: 3,518Census Tract 9604.02: 1,440Census Tract 9605.01: 2,168Census Tract 9605.02: 2,019WinnsboroWinnsboro MillsRidgewayJenkinsvilleZIP 29180: 144 nonprofits, $17,358,942ZIP 29130: 61 nonprofits, $2,206,689ZIP 29015: 13 nonprofitsZIP 29065: 11 nonprofits, $707,621ZIP 29014: 11 nonprofitsPopulation (ACS 2020-2024)up to 1,7981,798 to 2,1682,168 to 2,7112,711 to 3,518over 3,518nonprofits (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 Fairfield County, SC

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits240$20,273,252 revenue (latest return)MIDLANDS STEM CHARTER SCHOOL ($4,788,735)
Nonprofit contractors5$19,280,637 paid by nonprofitsPRO BUILDERS ($10,688,490)
Form D issuers2$2,500,000 amount soldElement TV Company, LP ($2,500,000)
Form 5500 plan sponsors3454 plansBOMAG AMERICAS, INC. (9)
Open Payments recipients29$1,343,135 industry paymentsSTEPHEN A BRUNTON ($1,299,780)
Patent and trademark owners1999 patents and marksLang-Mekra North America, LLC (47)
Federal award recipients1,106$39,839,953 federal awardsFAIRFIELD COUNTY COUNCIL-PLBG ($15,616,021)
State business registrations42GLENN ASSOCIATES SURVEYING, INC.

Cross-reference: 240 nonprofits for 20,550 residents is 116.8 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $20,273,252 is $987 per resident, 4.7% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1MARK SHAFFER MDMEDICAL DIRECTORCOMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION OF FAIRFIELD$202,34620204.2x
2CHARLES MCELMURRAY MDPHYSICIANCOMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION OF FAIRFIELD$193,74620204.0x
3HENRY P LEWISEXECUTIVE DISC EMEREGNCY MEDICAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION$168,40020243.5x
4CYNTHIA PRINCEEXECUTIVE DIRECTORMIDLANDS STEM CHARTER SCHOOL$110,75120222.3x
5BRAD BIRDEXECUTIVE DIRECTORBIBLE STUDIES INC$110,40020242.3x
6WILLIAM BRADLEY BIRDPRESIDENTBIBLE STUDIES INC$110,40020212.3x
7Paul AtkinsonExecutive DirectorCAMP LONGRIDGE$109,76920252.3x
8VERNON L KENNEDYEXECUTIVE DIFAIRFIELD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES$108,37020242.3x
9LIONEL KENNEDYCEOMIDLANDS STEM CHARTER SCHOOL$106,00020242.2x
10MARIE MILAMEXECUTIVE DIRECTORMIDLANDS STEM CHARTER SCHOOL$84,93620181.8x

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 $47,885.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

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 9603.013,526$68,91311.8%51.1
Census Tract 9604.013,518$36,84616.5%34.8
Census Tract 96023,370$49,85619.3%46.2
Census Tract 9603.022,711$52,3177.3%56.7
Census Tract 9605.012,168$56,9386.3%56.6
Census Tract 9605.022,019$44,93421.9%49.8
Census Tract 96011,798$49,20513.0%48.1
Census Tract 9604.021,440$38,31538.0%37.8

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