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14-26. Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for Persons Five Years and Over in SC by County: 1990

                                                               PERSONS FIVE YEARS AND OVER

                                                                                 SPEAK ASIAN OR               SPEAK
                                                        SPEAK SPANISH           ACIFIC ISLAND LANG.       OTHER LANGUAGE
                                                              % SPEAKING               % SPEAKING                % SPEAKING
                                         SPEAK                 ENGLISH                   ENGLISH                   ENGLISH
                                        ENGLISH               NOT WELL OR              NOT WELL OR               NOT WELL OR
 COUNTY                   TOTAL           ONLY         NO.     NOT AT ALL         NO.   NOT AT ALL        NO.     NOT AT ALL

Abbeville 22,199 21,814 155 12.3 14 50.0 216 13.4 Aiken 111,973 108,978 1,288 14.2 120 7.5 1,587 13.4 Allendale 10,859 10,369 231 29.0 0 -- 259 0.0 Anderson 135,818 132,622 1,154 18.5 370 14.6 1,672 10.4 Bamberg 15,677 15,132 241 11.2 15 0.0 289 11.8 Barnwell 18,646 18,100 340 28.8 0 -- 206 6.3 Beaufort 79,028 74,935 1,733 10.7 511 5.9 1,849 10.9 Berkeley 116,410 110,838 1,973 15.4 1,651 8.7 1,948 8.0 Calhoun 11,829 11,557 118 5.1 2 0.0 152 20.4 Charleston 271,521 258,812 5,212 15.5 1,419 15.0 6,078 8.7 Cherokee 41,385 40,725 281 11.0 49 36.7 330 16.4 Chester 29,765 29,287 159 36.5 31 0.0 288 8.3 Chesterfield 35,848 34,953 424 8.5 23 0.0 448 4.2 Clarendon 26,180 25,401 465 11.6 41 0.0 273 7.7 Colleton 31,770 31,078 340 18.5 149 0.0 203 2.0 Darlington 57,513 55,999 676 10.4 31 0.0 807 5.9 Dillon 26,784 26,003 287 3.8 130 0.0 364 11.8 Dorchester 75,843 72,670 1,311 16.8 550 16.4 1,312 7.8 Edgefield 16,935 16,475 260 13.8 38 55.3 162 8.6 Fairfield 20,689 20,268 147 25.2 27 29.6 247 17.0 Florence 105,957 102,568 1,057 22.3 175 8.0 2,157 13.1 Georgetown 42,736 41,436 484 23.8 31 22.6 785 18.2 Greenville 297,680 287,073 3,711 16.5 1,104 14.0 5,792 7.2 Greenwood 55,260 53,668 614 16.1 190 21.1 788 12.3 Hampton 16,659 16,389 107 23.4 2 0.0 161 36.0 Horry 134,665 129,381 1,857 14.9 687 15.4 2,740 4.3 Jasper 14,119 13,713 160 25.0 48 12.5 198 5.6 Kershaw 40,667 39,407 550 24.0 65 0.0 645 11.2 Lancaster 50,499 49,478 490 13.7 47 12.8 484 9.9 Laurens 54,137 52,934 441 10.9 150 15.3 612 17.8 Lee 17,044 16,519 343 22.2 17 0.0 165 24.2 Lexington 155,570 150,363 2,144 17.0 499 21.6 2,564 11.0 McCormick 8,406 8,139 141 12.1 0 -- 126 27.8 Marion 31,379 30,493 484 19.2 39 48.7 363 11.6 Marlboro 27,146 26,492 343 19.2 22 0.0 289 19.7 Newberry 30,925 30,384 263 6.8 30 73.3 248 10.1 Oconee 53,921 52,474 695 20.4 96 7.3 656 4.1 Orangeburg 78,647 76,131 1,005 13.4 258 13.6 1,253 13.2 Pickens 88,217 85,713 814 7.1 447 17.7 1,243 6.2 Richland 265,970 250,555 6,021 14.0 2,378 14.9 7,016 7.9 Saluda 15,328 15,133 66 0.0 55 41.8 74 0.0 Spartanburg 211,567 204,737 2,321 19.4 829 20.7 3,680 12.4 Sumter 94,053 89,650 1,665 10.7 691 17.8 2,047 10.0 Union 28,440 27,962 162 0.6 56 7.1 260 23.8 Williamsburg 33,971 33,102 278 1.8 17 23.5 574 9.8 York 121,904 118,466 1,416 12.1 645 18.8 1,377 9.7 SOUTH CAROLINA 3,231,539 3,118,376 44,427 15.3 13,749 14.7 54,987 9.7
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census Summary Tape File 3A, Table P28. Percent calculations by the Office of Research and Statistical Services.

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