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Population (year 2000): 3,012. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,974 (-1.3% change)
Males: 1,364 (45.3%), Females: 1,648 (54.7%)
Pickens County
Zip code:
29671
Median resident age: 38.2 years
Median household income: $26,364 (year 2000)
Median house value: $71,200 (year 2000)
Races in Pickens:
- White Non-Hispanic (79.2%)
- Black (16.8%)
- Hispanic (2.5%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- Other race (1.1%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (22.8%), Irish
(10.2%), English (7.3%), German (7.3%), Scotch-Irish (4.2%),
Scottish (1.5%).
Elevation: 1110 feet
Land area: 2.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Pickens
- High school or higher: 66.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.8%
- Unemployed: 6.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Pickens town
- Never married: 20.9%
- Now married: 47.1%
- Separated: 3.4%
- Widowed: 15.2%
- Divorced: 13.4%
3.2% Foreign born (2.4% Latin America, 0.6%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -373 (-11.0%).
Hospital/medical center in Pickens:
- CANNON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (123 MEDICAL PARK
DRIVE BOX 188)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Pickens:
- PALMETTO BAPTIST MED CTR EASLEY (about 9 miles;
EASLEY, SC)
- ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; GREENVILLE, SC)
- NORTH GREENVILLE HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; TRAVELERS
REST, SC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Pickens:
- DONALDSON CENTER (about 26 miles; GREENVILLE, SC;
ID: GYH)
- ANDERSON RGNL (about 28 miles; ANDERSON, SC; ID:
AND)
- GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 34 miles; GREER,
SC; ID: GSP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Pickens:
- PICKENS COUNTY (about 6 miles; PICKENS, SC; ID: LQK)
- OCONEE COUNTY REGIONAL (about 20 miles; CLEMSON, SC;
ID: CEU)
- GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN (about 25 miles; GREENVILLE, SC;
ID: GMU)
Amtrak station near Pickens:
- 16 miles: CLEMSON (U.S. 123 & STATE HWY. 133).
Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Pickens:
- CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (about 3 miles; CLEMSON, SC;
Full-time enrollment: 15,962)
- TRI-COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 17 miles;
PENDLETON, SC; FT enrollment: 2,343)
- FURMAN UNIVERSITY (about 20 miles; GREENVILLE, SC;
FT enrollment: 2,915)
- BOB JONES UNIVERSITY (about 24 miles; GREENVILLE,
SC; FT enrollment: 3,577)
- GREENVILLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 26 miles;
GREENVILLE, SC; FT enrollment: 6,157)
- WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles;
CULLOWHEE, NC; FT enrollment: 5,843)
- SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 45 miles;
SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 2,086)
Public high school in Pickens:
- PICKENS SR HIGH (Students: 1,350; Location:
111 BLUE FLAME DRIVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Pickens:
- PICKENS MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 919;
Location: 467 SPARKS LANE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- PICKENS ELEMENTARY (Students: 607; Location:
567 HAMPTON STREET; Grades: PK - 05)
- HAGOOD ELEMENTARY (Students: 422; Location:
435 SPARKS LANE; Grades: PK - 05)
- A R LEWIS ELEMENTARY (Students: 272;
Location: 1755 SHADY GROVE ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
- AMBLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 265;
Location: 838 AMBLER SCHOOL RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- HOLLY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY (Students: 227;
Location: 120 HOLLY SPRINGS ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
Private primary/middle school in Pickens:
- EAST PICKENS CHILD DEV CENTER (Students: 52;
Location: PO BOX 1068; Grades: PK - KG)
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