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10-18. Projected Voting Age Population and Registered Voters in SC by County: 1980 & 1998

                                        November 1,  April 2,    PERCENT CHANGE
                          1980            1998        1998       1980 - 1998
                  
                  VOTING AGE REGISTERED VOTING AGE REGISTERED VOTING AGE REGISTERED
 COUNTY           POPULATION   VOTERS   POPULATION   VOTERS   POPULATION   VOTERS

Abbeville 16,300 8,559 18,000 12,935 10.4 51.1 Aiken 74,400 46,069 99,000 70,186 33.1 52.3 Allendale 7,200 5,319 8,000 6,011 11.1 13.0 Anderson 96,000 46,381 121,000 76,048 26.0 64.0 Bamberg 12,500 7,409 12,000 9,005 -4.0 21.5 Barnwell 13,400 9,475 15,000 11,002 11.9 16.1 Beaufort 47,900 24,004 77,000 55,102 60.8 129.6 Berkeley 62,000 30,020 92,000 59,157 48.4 97.1 Calhoun 8,400 5,080 10,000 8,690 19.0 71.1 Charleston 202,400 111,431 210,000 156,901 3.8 40.8 Cherokee 28,700 17,355 37,000 24,841 28.9 43.1 Chester 21,100 11,506 25,000 17,634 18.5 53.3 Chesterfield 26,300 15,778 30,000 19,192 14.1 21.6 Clarendon 18,600 13,545 21,000 17,146 12.9 26.6 Colleton 21,800 13,717 27,000 16,728 23.9 22.0 Darlington 42,600 26,498 48,000 31,025 12.7 17.1 Dillon 20,200 12,705 20,000 15,414 -1.0 21.3 Dorchester 39,200 26,511 61,000 46,823 55.6 76.6 Edgefield 12,000 8,011 14,000 12,204 16.7 52.3 Fairfield 14,100 8,444 16,000 12,283 13.5 45.5 Florence 75,800 45,032 90,000 64,298 18.7 42.8 Georgetown 28,300 18,354 37,000 28,866 30.7 57.3 Greenville 210,100 107,140 266,000 182,379 26.6 70.2 Greenwood 41,800 22,046 48,000 30,692 14.8 39.2 Hampton 12,200 8,604 13,000 12,577 6.6 46.2 Horry 72,000 41,379 128,000 99,380 77.8 140.2 Jasper 9,500 7,155 11,000 10,269 15.8 43.5 Kershaw 27,200 16,756 36,000 27,466 32.4 63.9 Lancaster 37,300 19,800 43,000 28,831 15.3 45.6 Laurens 37,700 18,417 47,000 28,696 24.7 55.8 Lee 12,500 10,339 13,000 11,856 4.0 14.7 Lexington 98,400 57,919 147,000 110,079 49.4 90.1 McCormick 5,300 3,491 7,000 5,491 32.1 57.3 Marion 22,900 12,679 25,000 19,119 9.2 50.8 Marlboro 21,000 12,349 21,000 15,867 0.0 28.5 Newberry 23,100 13,035 27,000 18,257 16.9 40.1 Oconee 34,900 18,012 49,000 32,429 40.4 80.0 Orangeburg 57,000 36,439 63,000 50,630 10.5 38.9 Pickens 59,300 26,851 81,000 46,362 36.6 72.7 Richland 201,600 108,134 225,000 161,540 11.6 49.4 Saluda 11,400 6,660 12,000 9,566 5.3 43.6 Spartanburg 146,300 78,433 187,000 117,305 27.8 49.6 Sumter 59,800 31,952 78,000 51,097 30.4 59.9 Union 22,200 13,672 23,000 16,320 3.6 19.4 Williamsburg 24,800 18,474 26,000 20,304 4.8 9.9 York 75,500 34,762 111,000 73,583 47.0 111.7 TOTAL 2,213,000 1,235,521 2,775,000 1,951,586 25.4 58.0
Source: S.C. State Election Commission and projections by the Office of Research and Statistics based on the U.S. Bureau of the Census figures, April 1998.

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