Honea Path, South Carolina

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Honea Path is a town in South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,504 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Historical Notes
4 Schools
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Honea Path is located at 34°26′51″N, 82°23′35″W (34.447400, -82.393044)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 9.0 km² (3.5 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.

Honea Path has many lakes and creeks. Towards Anderson, South Carolina on Highway 252 is Blue Barker Creek (aka, Blue Creek) and Barkers Creek. Towards Princeton, SC on Highway 76 is Broad Mouth Creek. You can find these on the mapquest.com maps.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 3,504 people, 1,535 households, and 1,037 families residing in the town. The population density was 387.7/km² (1,004.1/mi²). There were 1,681 housing units at an average density of 186.0/km² (481.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 79.02% White, 19.55% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races, and 0.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.00% of the population.

There were 1,535 households out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples living together, 18.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.75.

In the town the population was spread out with 21.8% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 84.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $30,938, and the median income for a family was $38,980. Males had a median income of $28,635 versus $24,107 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,643. About 10.9% of families and 14.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.5% of those under age 18 and 21.4% of those age 65 or over.