Richland County, South Carolina
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
Go to state:
Go to county:
State Health Department
- South Carolina Department of Health & Env. Control: 2600 Bull Street, Columbia
Population:
- Total Population: 320,677
- Males: 154,634
- Females: 166,043
Ethnicity:
- White: 157,862
- Black/African American: 143,696
- Hispanic: 8,521
- Native American/Eskimo: 1,024
- Asian: 5,547
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 162
- Other: 345
- 2 or more: 3,520
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (278,545)
- Spanish (10,495)
- French (2,225)
- German (1,990)
- Korean (1,225)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 12,646
- Germany (1,429)
- Mexico (1,422)
- Korea (1,082)
- India (932)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (716)
- Canada (564)
- United Kingdom (488)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Southern Baptist Convention (43,356)
- United Methodist Church, The (22,351)
- Catholic Church (12,681)
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (9,888)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (8,612)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 97,969
- Sensory: 9,403
- Physical: 21,628
- Mental: 13,944
- Self-care: 7,939
- Go outside home: 20,358
- Employment: 25,089
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 3,533
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 120,101
- Utility gas: 44,556
- Bottled or LP gas: 3,961
- Electricity: 69,461
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 1,196
- Coal or Coke: 0
- Wood: 431
- Solar Energy: 44
- Other fuel: 103
- No fuel used: 349
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 188,474
- No vehicle: 13,699
- 1 or more vehicle: 174,775
Education Attainment:
- No School: 1,786
- No High School: 7,427
- Some High School: 20,293
- High School: 45,375
- Some College: 43,981
- Associate's Degree: 15,289
- College Degree: 40,915
- Master's Degree: 15,949
- Professional Degree: 4,934
- Doctoral Degree: 2,754
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 120,101
- Owners with phone: 73,104
- Owners without phone: 655
- Renters with phone: 44,313
- Renters without phone: 2,029
10 closest counties:
- Lexington County, South Carolina
- Fairfield County, South Carolina
- Calhoun County, South Carolina
- Kershaw County, South Carolina
- Orangeburg County, South Carolina
- Sumter County, South Carolina
- Newberry County, South Carolina
- Chester County, South Carolina
- Lancaster County, South Carolina
- Saluda County, South Carolina
FBOs
- SC Dept. Health and Envir. Control - CVH Program, Palmetto Project: Heart and Soul Initiative: 1751 Calhoun Street, Columbia - 843-577-4122 fax: 843-723-0521 |
Audience targeted: African Americans and Blacks, approximately 8,000 served annually
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
29002, 29016, 29044, 29052, 29061, 29063, 29147, 29177, 29201, 29202, 29203, 29204, 29205, 29206, 29207, 29208, 29209, 29210, 29211, 29214, 29215, 29216, 29217, 29218, 29219, 29220, 29221, 29222, 29223, 29224, 29225, 29226, 29227, 29229, 29230, 29240, 29250, 29260, 29290, 29292
Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:
- WOLO-TV ( TV) COLUMBIA, SC
- WRLK-TV ( TV) COLUMBIA, SC
- WITV (174 TV) COLUMBIA, SC
- WIS (192 TV) COLUMBIA, SC
- WEBA-TV (470 TV) COLUMBIA, SC
- WJWJ-TV (482 TV) COLUMBIA, SC
- WLTX (500 TV) COLUMBIA, SC
- WHMC (524 TV) COLUMBIA, SC
- WRJA-TV (548 TV) COLUMBIA, SC
- WNTV (560 TV) COLUMBIA, SC
- WNSC-TV (566 TV) COLUMBIA, SC
- WJPM-TV (584 TV) COLUMBIA, SC
- WNEH (614 TV) COLUMBIA, SC
- WRET-TV (680 TV) COLUMBIA, SC
- WRJA-FM (88.1 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WNSC-FM (88.9 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WLJK (89.1 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WSCI (89.3 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WMHK (89.7 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WJWJ-FM (89.9 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WEPR (90.1 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WHMC-FM (90.1 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WUSC-FM (90.5 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WLTR (91.3 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WRCM (91.9 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WALI (93.7 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WLXC (98.5 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WOMG (103.1 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WTCB (106.7 FM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WGTN (1400 AM) COLUMBIA, SC
- WQXL (1470 AM) COLUMBIA, SC
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
Get email updates
To receive email updates about this page, enter your email address:
Contact Us:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd
Atlanta, GA 30333 - 800-CDC-INFO
(800-232-4636)
TTY: (888) 232-6348 - Contact CDC-INFO