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7-7. Educational Attainment for Persons 25 Years and Over by County: 1990

                                                    HIGH SCHOOL                                      COLLEGE

                              LESS THAN     9TH-12TH GRADE                      SOME,        ASSOCIATE       BACHELOR     GRADUATE OR
                              9TH GRADE       NO DIPLOMA     GRADUATE  1/     NO DEGREE        DEGREE         DEGREE      PROF DEGREE

 COUNTY            TOTAL    NUMBER     %    NUMBER     %    NUMBER     %    NUMBER     %    NUMBER   %    NUMBER     %    NUMBER   %

Abbeville 15,061 2,601 17.3 3,582 23.8 5,024 33.4 1,493 9.9 728 4.8 1,057 7.0 576 3.8 Aiken 76,260 9,759 12.8 12,607 16.5 24,305 31.9 11,987 15.7 4,474 5.9 8,906 11.7 4,222 5.5 Allendale 6,890 1,722 25.0 1,567 22.7 2,058 29.9 575 8.3 314 4.6 462 6.7 192 2.8 Anderson 95,330 15,346 16.1 18,997 19.9 29,312 30.7 13,199 13.8 6,197 6.5 8,584 9.0 3,695 3.9 Bamberg 9,522 1,889 19.8 1,999 21.0 2,704 28.4 1,284 13.5 577 6.1 609 6.4 460 4.8 Barnwell 12,160 2,280 18.8 2,596 21.3 3,831 31.5 1,466 12.1 545 4.5 1,031 8.5 411 3.4 Beaufort 52,125 3,059 5.9 5,614 10.8 14,291 27.4 11,933 22.9 3,392 6.5 9,652 18.5 4,184 8.0 Berkeley 73,054 6,633 9.1 11,344 15.5 25,822 35.3 15,422 21.1 5,369 7.3 6,266 8.6 2,198 3.0 Calhoun 8,157 1,346 16.5 1,760 21.6 2,660 32.6 916 11.2 519 6.4 684 8.4 272 3.3 Charleston 179,358 16,646 9.3 27,357 15.3 47,005 26.2 36,017 20.1 12,225 6.8 26,092 14.5 14,016 7.8 Cherokee 28,178 6,412 22.8 5,651 20.1 9,044 32.1 3,160 11.2 1,296 4.6 1,804 6.4 811 2.9 Chester 20,071 4,049 20.2 4,603 22.9 6,625 33.0 2,099 10.5 874 4.4 1,191 5.9 630 3.1 Chesterfield 24,100 5,540 23.0 5,570 23.1 7,452 30.9 2,512 10.4 1,169 4.9 1,336 5.5 521 2.2 Clarendon 17,467 3,662 21.0 4,216 24.1 5,234 30.0 1,846 10.6 734 4.2 1,292 7.4 483 2.8 Colleton 21,362 3,430 16.1 4,759 22.3 7,085 33.2 2,799 13.1 1,245 5.8 1,532 7.2 512 2.4 Darlington 38,488 6,544 17.0 7,980 20.7 12,613 32.8 4,378 11.4 2,204 5.7 3,374 8.8 1,395 3.6 Dillon 17,148 3,870 22.6 4,279 25.0 5,218 30.4 1,635 9.5 682 4.0 884 5.2 580 3.4 Dorchester 49,610 4,552 9.2 7,006 14.1 16,049 32.4 10,031 20.2 3,384 6.8 5,617 11.3 2,971 6.0 Edgefield 11,453 1,715 15.0 2,570 22.4 3,578 31.2 1,636 14.3 559 4.9 915 8.0 480 4.2 Fairfield 13,642 2,725 20.0 2,993 21.9 4,555 33.4 1,467 10.8 598 4.4 995 7.3 309 2.3 Florence 70,001 11,001 15.7 13,980 20.0 21,073 30.1 9,524 13.6 4,065 5.8 7,165 10.2 3,193 4.6 Georgetown 28,431 4,832 17.0 5,444 19.1 8,381 29.5 4,041 14.2 1,287 4.5 2,973 10.5 1,473 5.2 Greenville 207,093 23,647 11.4 35,157 17.0 56,698 27.4 33,923 16.4 14,126 6.8 30,533 14.7 13,009 6.3 Greenwood 37,559 5,986 15.9 7,512 20.0 10,303 27.4 5,275 14.0 2,459 6.5 4,040 10.8 1,984 5.3 Hampton 10,659 2,160 20.3 2,218 20.8 3,745 35.1 1,201 11.3 397 3.7 630 5.9 308 2.9 Horry 94,908 8,899 9.4 15,509 16.3 30,078 31.7 19,024 20.0 6,224 6.6 10,610 11.2 4,564 4.8 Jasper 9,155 1,982 21.6 2,180 23.8 3,210 35.1 974 10.6 369 4.0 223 2.4 217 2.4 Kershaw 28,123 3,788 13.5 5,272 18.7 10,142 36.1 3,820 13.6 1,595 5.7 2,344 8.3 1,162 4.1 Lancaster 34,417 5,859 17.0 7,922 23.0 11,475 33.3 4,163 12.1 1,696 4.9 2,127 6.2 1,175 3.4 Laurens 36,822 7,447 20.2 8,246 22.4 11,143 30.3 3,851 10.5 1,965 5.3 2,955 8.0 1,215 3.3 Lee 10,948 2,410 22.0 2,685 24.5 3,654 33.4 1,115 10.2 268 2.4 609 5.6 207 1.9 Lexington 106,563 8,995 8.4 15,232 14.3 32,295 30.3 19,179 18.0 8,532 8.0 14,965 14.0 7,365 6.9 McCormick 5,641 1,185 21.0 1,497 26.5 1,870 33.2 519 9.2 167 3.0 327 5.8 76 1.3 Marion 20,362 3,935 19.3 5,160 25.3 6,663 32.7 1,883 9.2 866 4.3 1,283 6.3 572 2.8 Marlboro 17,874 4,347 24.3 4,421 24.7 5,375 30.1 1,750 9.8 570 3.2 970 5.4 441 2.5 Newberry 21,275 3,649 17.2 4,410 20.7 7,121 33.5 2,166 10.2 1,280 6.0 1,883 8.9 766 3.6 Oconee 38,114 6,584 17.3 7,353 19.3 11,939 31.3 5,039 13.2 2,123 5.6 3,365 8.8 1,711 4.5 Orangeburg 50,212 8,608 17.1 10,289 20.5 14,876 29.6 6,308 12.6 3,270 6.5 4,204 8.4 2,657 5.3 Pickens 54,715 8,672 15.8 10,256 18.7 15,875 29.0 7,137 13.0 3,540 6.5 5,337 9.8 3,898 7.1 Richland 174,489 13,341 7.6 22,574 12.9 41,454 23.8 34,334 19.7 13,914 8.0 31,903 18.3 16,969 9.7 Saluda 10,487 1,659 15.8 2,555 24.4 3,806 36.3 1,059 10.1 571 5.4 639 6.1 198 1.9 Spartanburg 146,403 23,997 16.4 30,216 20.6 41,144 28.1 21,410 14.6 8,733 6.0 13,991 9.6 6,912 4.7 Sumter 61,056 8,168 13.4 10,281 16.8 17,246 28.2 11,825 19.4 4,397 7.2 6,019 9.9 3,120 5.1 Union 19,895 4,516 22.7 4,436 22.3 6,340 31.9 2,041 10.3 1,131 5.7 949 4.8 482 2.4 Williamsburg 21,199 4,367 20.6 5,047 23.8 6,770 31.9 2,129 10.0 779 3.7 1,500 7.1 607 2.9 York 81,753 11,353 13.9 15,191 18.6 22,217 27.2 13,420 16.4 5,765 7.1 9,334 11.4 4,473 5.5 STATE TOTAL 2,167,590 295,167 13.6 392,093 18.1 639,358 29.5 342,965 15.8 137,174 6.3 243,161 11.2 117,672 5.4
1/: Includes Equivalency.

Note: For each category, percents are calculated as a percent of the total for the county.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census, South Carolina Summary Tape File 3A, Table P57.

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