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To
humanize the issues that confront us, and make them more
comprehensible, the following scenario is instructive. If we could
shrink Spartanburg County's population to a 'village' of precisely 100
people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would
have the following characteristics. Data is based on total population
of 259,322 (2002 U.S. Census estimate).
PEOPLE
49 are males
51 are females
75 are Caucasian
21 are African American
3 are Hispanic
1 is Asian
Children:
Ages 0-4: 4 boys, 3 girls
Ages 5-17: 9 boys, 9 girls
Young Adults:
Ages 18-24: 4 women, 4 men
Adults:
Ages 25-64: 28 women, 26 men
Ages 65 and older: 8 women (1 is 85+), 5 men
Among adults 25 and older:
17 have no diploma
48 have high school diploma
12 have Bachelor's degree or higher
7 are unemployed
FAMILY
100,462 households in Spartanburg County
2.89 persons equals average family size
50% are traditional households
23.9% have at least one person over age 65
10,166 families have a female householder with no husband present and children
under age 18
COMMUNITY
12 people live below poverty level
26 people are disabled
65 (age 18+) are registered to vote
62 are overweight
26 smoke
PLACE
The
village would occupy approximately 200.15 acres. In actuality,
Spartanburg County contains 519,038 acres, occupying 811 square miles
of land area. The village would generate 530 pounds of solid waste for
disposal each day. In the village, 65 people would live in an urban
setting, 16 of them in the city limits of Spartanburg.
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