Marital Status for Population 55-64 Years: 2000

	Population 55-64 Years	Never Married (#)	Never Married (%)	Married (#)	Married (%)	Married, Spouse Present (#)	Married, Spouse Present (%)	Married, Spouse Absent (#)	Married, Spouse Absent (%)	Widowed (#)	Widowed (%)	Divorced (#)	Divorced (%)
South Carolina	371765	16567	4.5	276056	74.3	258020	69.4	18036	4.9	34503	9.3	44639	12
Abbeville	2495	118	4.7	1903	76.3	1756	70.4	147	5.9	223	8.9	251	10.1
Aiken	13250	393	3	10000	75.5	9361	70.6	639	4.8	1153	8.7	1704	12.9
Allendale	957	139	14.5	599	62.6	483	50.5	116	12.1	145	15.2	74	7.7
Anderson	17055	728	4.3	12826	75.2	12261	71.9	565	3.3	1482	8.7	2019	11.8
Bamberg	1491	119	8	1068	71.6	968	64.9	100	6.7	143	9.6	161	10.8
Barnwell	2077	138	6.6	1477	71.1	1326	63.8	151	7.3	260	12.5	202	9.7
Beaufort	12533	402	3.2	10284	82.1	9786	78.1	498	4	663	5.3	1184	9.4
Berkeley	11725	387	3.3	9220	78.6	8696	74.2	524	4.5	1042	8.9	1076	9.2
Calhoun	1671	98	5.9	1244	74.4	1103	66	141	8.4	149	8.9	180	10.8
Charleston	27013	1674	6.2	18847	69.8	17132	63.4	1715	6.3	2646	9.8	3846	14.2
Cherokee	4921	206	4.2	3634	73.8	3420	69.5	214	4.3	392	8	689	14
Chester	3325	164	4.9	2310	69.5	2137	64.3	173	5.2	397	11.9	454	13.7
Chesterfield	3968	216	5.4	2814	70.9	2533	63.8	281	7.1	405	10.2	533	13.4
Clarendon	3416	273	8	2342	68.6	2185	64	157	4.6	470	13.8	331	9.7
Colleton	3965	163	4.1	3024	76.3	2834	71.5	190	4.8	416	10.5	362	9.1
Darlington	6548	394	6	4588	70.1	4177	63.8	411	6.3	745	11.4	821	12.5
Dillon	2627	149	5.7	1803	68.6	1596	60.8	207	7.9	373	14.2	302	11.5
Dorchester	8229	328	4	6412	77.9	6048	73.5	364	4.4	585	7.1	904	11
Edgefield	2164	130	6	1617	74.7	1465	67.7	152	7	224	10.4	193	8.9
Fairfield	2204	143	6.5	1694	76.9	1529	69.4	165	7.5	188	8.5	179	8.1
Florence	11516	577	5	8272	71.8	7587	65.9	685	5.9	1374	11.9	1293	11.2
Georgetown	6415	231	3.6	4995	77.9	4708	73.4	287	4.5	586	9.1	603	9.4
Greenville	34121	1265	3.7	25473	74.7	24215	71	1258	3.7	2884	8.5	4499	13.2
Greenwood	5990	298	5	4244	70.9	4054	67.7	190	3.2	611	10.2	837	14
Hampton	1835	96	5.2	1329	72.4	1172	63.9	157	8.6	219	11.9	191	10.4
Horry	22023	603	2.7	16545	75.1	15824	71.9	721	3.3	1939	8.8	2936	13.3
Jasper	1908	147	7.7	1357	71.1	1152	60.4	205	10.7	152	8	252	13.2
Kershaw	5269	303	5.8	3877	73.6	3680	69.8	197	3.7	475	9	614	11.7
Lancaster	5827	280	4.8	4463	76.6	4253	73	210	3.6	454	7.8	630	10.8
Laurens	7027	346	4.9	5077	72.2	4742	67.5	335	4.8	804	11.4	800	11.4
Lee	1668	120	7.2	1187	71.2	1004	60.2	183	11	199	11.9	162	9.7
Lexington	19636	638	3.2	15107	76.9	14530	74	577	2.9	1388	7.1	2503	12.7
McCormick	1362	97	7.1	1053	77.3	996	73.1	57	4.2	102	7.5	110	8.1
Marion	3164	154	4.9	2191	69.2	1971	62.3	220	7	450	14.2	369	11.7
Marlboro	2573	148	5.8	1777	69.1	1529	59.4	248	9.6	315	12.2	333	12.9
Newberry	3510	199	5.7	2611	74.4	2408	68.6	203	5.8	418	11.9	282	8
Oconee	8012	166	2.1	6460	80.6	6177	77.1	283	3.5	636	7.9	750	9.4
Orangeburg	8636	569	6.6	6086	70.5	5425	62.8	661	7.7	1104	12.8	877	10.2
Pickens	9773	262	2.7	7555	77.3	7203	73.7	352	3.6	756	7.7	1200	12.3
Richland	23985	1335	5.6	17065	71.1	15562	64.9	1503	6.3	2225	9.3	3360	14
Saluda	1919	71	3.7	1485	77.4	1355	70.6	130	6.8	195	10.2	168	8.8
Spartanburg	24173	1024	4.2	17943	74.2	16983	70.3	960	4	2172	9	3034	12.6
Sumter	8621	411	4.8	6257	72.6	5779	67	478	5.5	897	10.4	1056	12.2
Union	3065	185	6	2209	72.1	2024	66	185	6	330	10.8	341	11.1
Williamsburg	3336	181	5.4	2443	73.2	2179	65.3	264	7.9	452	13.5	260	7.8
York	14767	499	3.4	11289	76.4	10712	72.5	577	3.9	1265	8.6	1714	11.6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. SF3, Table PCT 7.