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Median Age by Sex for the African-American Alone Population: 2000


  Median Age (Both Sexes) Median Age (Males) Median Age (Females)
South Carolina 30.5 28.4 32.3
Abbeville 33 31.5 33.9
Aiken 30.2 28.4 31.7
Allendale 31.2 29.3 33.9
Anderson 31.4 29.7 32.8
Bamberg 30.1 27.4 32.2
Barnwell 30.8 28 33.3
Beaufort 28 25.6 30.2
Berkeley 29.6 27.3 31.5
Calhoun 34.6 32 36.1
Charleston 31 28.3 33.3
Cherokee 29.3 27.6 30.7
Chester 30.3 27.7 32.3
Chesterfield 31 29.2 32.6
Clarendon 31.7 27.7 35.3
Colleton 32.5 29.4 34.5
Darlington 30.4 27.5 33.3
Dillon 28.1 24.2 31.3
Dorchester 31.8 29.8 33.6
Edgefield 31.8 30.5 34.4
Fairfield 32.1 31 33.1
Florence 30.4 28.2 32.3
Georgetown 30.5 27.9 32.9
Greenville 30.7 29 32.2
Greenwood 29.9 28.1 31.2
Hampton 31.1 30 32.5
Horry 28.8 27.1 30.3
Jasper 32.3 30.6 34.2
Kershaw 35 32.8 36.3
Lancaster 30.1 28.5 31.9
Laurens 32.3 29.4 34.3
Lee 31.5 29.8 33.6
Lexington 28 26.3 29.2
McCormick 33.9 32.4 36.2
Marion 30.3 26.8 32.9
Marlboro 32.2 29.6 34.7
Newberry 31.4 29.3 33
Oconee 32.3 30.4 34
Orangeburg 30 27.3 32.3
Pickens 28.7 27.3 30.2
Richland 29.4 27.9 30.6
Saluda 31.7 29.6 33.4
Spartanburg 30.8 29.3 32.2
Sumter 30.7 28.2 32.5
Union 33.3 30.6 35
Williamsburg 31.9 28.3 34.6
York 29.6 28.2 30.6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. SF1, Table P13B.