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Population (year 2000): 352. Estimated
population in July 2005: 362 (+2.8% change)
Males: 160 (45.5%), Females: 192 (54.5%)
Kershaw County
Zip code:
29009
Median resident age: 47.0 years
Median household income: $32,083 (year 2000)
Median house value: $71,400 (year 2000)
Races in Bethune:
- White Non-Hispanic (87.5%)
- Black (9.7%)
- Hispanic (2.8%)
Ancestries: United States (15.9%), English
(7.7%), Scottish (6.8%), Scotch-Irish (5.7%), Irish (4.0%),
German (3.7%).
Elevation: 283 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bethune
- High school or higher: 74.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.1%
- Unemployed: 3.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 31.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bethune town
- Never married: 18.9%
- Now married: 57.7%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 12.0%
- Divorced: 8.9%
1.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -64 (-15.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Bethune:
- CAROLINA PINES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 19
miles; HARTSVILLE, SC)
- KERSHAW COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 20 miles;
CAMDEN, SC)
- WILSON MEDICAL CENTER (about 32 miles; DARLINGTON,
SC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Bethune:
- SHAW AFB (about 32 miles; SUMTER, SC; ID: SSC)
- MC ENTIRE ANGS (about 46 miles; EASTOVER, SC; ID:
MMT)
- FLORENCE REGIONAL (about 47 miles; FLORENCE, SC; ID:
FLO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bethune:
- LEE COUNTY (about 15 miles; BISHOPVILLE, SC; ID:
52J)
- HARTSVILLE RGNL (about 16 miles; HARTSVILLE, SC; ID:
HVS)
- WOODWARD FIELD (about 17 miles; CAMDEN, SC; ID: CDN)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Bethune:
- FLORENCE DARLINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 41
miles; FLORENCE, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,619)
- FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles; FLORENCE,
SC; FT enrollment: 2,922)
- BENEDICT COLLEGE (about 53 miles; COLUMBIA, SC; FT
enrollment: 2,880)
- MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 55 miles;
COLUMBIA, SC; FT enrollment: 5,958)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA (about 55
miles; COLUMBIA, SC; FT enrollment: 19,682)
- YORK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 58 miles; ROCK HILL,
SC; FT enrollment: 2,221)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
Public primary/middle school in Bethune:
- BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 116;
Location: 302 NORWOOD STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
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