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Citizenship Status of Foreign Born Population: 2000


  Total Foreign-Born Population Naturalized Citizen (#) Naturalized Citizen (%) Not a Citizen (#) Not a Citizen (%)
South Carolina 115978 42983 37.1 72995 62.9
Abbeville 268 131 48.9 137 51.1
Aiken 3252 1411 43.4 1841 56.6
Allendale 160 10 6.3 150 93.8
Anderson 2516 1100 43.7 1416 56.3
Bamberg 153 87 56.9 66 43.1
Barnwell 130 48 36.9 82 63.1
Beaufort 7596 2332 30.7 5264 69.3
Berkeley 4443 2387 53.7 2056 46.3
Calhoun 147 43 29.3 104 70.7
Charleston 11124 4193 37.7 6931 62.3
Cherokee 707 268 37.9 439 62.1
Chester 285 144 50.5 141 49.5
Chesterfield 689 161 23.4 528 76.6
Clarendon 407 101 24.8 306 75.2
Colleton 453 169 37.3 284 62.7
Darlington 584 257 44 327 56
Dillon 309 67 21.7 242 78.3
Dorchester 2690 1379 51.3 1311 48.7
Edgefield 312 154 49.4 158 50.6
Fairfield 110 31 28.2 79 71.8
Florence 2240 986 44 1254 56
Georgetown 1211 543 44.8 668 55.2
Greenville 18420 5451 29.6 12969 70.4
Greenwood 1842 455 24.7 1387 75.3
Hampton 158 63 39.9 95 60.1
Horry 7806 3250 41.6 4556 58.4
Jasper 1124 173 15.4 951 84.6
Kershaw 869 577 66.4 292 33.6
Lancaster 827 239 28.9 588 71.1
Laurens 1087 306 28.2 781 71.8
Lee 418 26 6.2 392 93.8
Lexington 6283 2177 34.6 4106 65.4
McCormick 59 57 96.6 2 3.4
Marion 512 107 20.9 405 79.1
Marlboro 172 96 55.8 76 44.2
Newberry 1256 187 14.9 1069 85.1
Oconee 1596 649 40.7 947 59.3
Orangeburg 926 509 55 417 45
Pickens 3168 852 26.9 2316 73.1
Richland 12646 5444 43 7202 57
Saluda 1140 73 6.4 1067 93.6
Spartanburg 9396 3599 38.3 5797 61.7
Sumter 2149 990 46.1 1159 53.9
Union 186 122 65.6 64 34.4
Williamsburg 172 101 58.7 71 41.3
York 3980 1478 37.1 2502 62.9

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. Demographic Profiles, Table DP-2.