Greenwood County Community Indicators Project

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Greenwood

County

Community

Indicators

What the data say

about the county

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Community Indicators

Data that inform community decision-making / strategic

planning

• Leading Indicators

• Secondary Indicators

• Cross-cutting Indicators

Where we have been, where we are, and where we want to go

Valid, reliable, in context

Baseline → Intervention → Change → Celebration!

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Five Indicator Areas

1. Education

2. Economy

3. Public Health

4. Social Environment

5. Natural Environment

P.S.: Civic Health

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Peer Counties

Greenwood Laurens Darlington

Population 2012 69,756 66,223 68,139

Population density (people per

sq. mile) 2010

153.2 93.2 122.4

Persons below FPL 2012 22.7% 22.3% 25.7%

White 63.7% 71.5% 56.6%

Black 28.8% 25.3% 40.9%

Under age 18 24.5% 22.9% 24.0%

Age 18 - 64 59.6% 61.2% 60.5%

Age 85+ 2.5% 2.5% 1.6%

Source: U.S. Census. Other variables apply.

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Education

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Education is a predictor of….

• Economic wellbeing

• Job growth

• Business development

• income

• Health status

• Insurance coverage

• Health disparities

• Infant mortality & other outcomes

• Social outcomes

• Crime

• Family stability

• Adolescent childbearing

• Quality of life

• Community and individual

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Educational Attainment

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Educational Attainment

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Earnings by Educational

Attainment

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Unemployment by Educational

Attainment

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Graduation Rates

2013 Graduation Rates for Greenwood County High Schools,

Total Students and Economically Disadvantaged Students

Total on-time

graduation rate

Graduation rate for

students with

subsidized meal plan

Emerald High 75.7% 66.4%

Greenwood High 76.9% 68.0%

Ware Shoals High 76.7% 75.0%

Ninety Six High 86.5% 76.3%

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Graduation Rates by Source

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Drop out

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Economy

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Income

Income Estimates, 2012

Per CapitaMedian

Household

Mean

Household

Median

Family

Mean

Family

Median

Worker

Greenwood $20,700 $35,923 $53,204 $43,646 $62,274 $22,467

Laurens $18,682 $34,906 $47,363 $41,471 $53,379 $23,031

Darlington $17,303 $32,922 $43,781 $41,769 $52,153 $23,002

South Carolina $23,396 $43,107 $59,042 $52,763 $68,699 $26,566

United States $27,319 $51,371 $71,317 $62,527 $83,124 $30,155

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Income

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Unemployment

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Poverty, Trend

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Poverty

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Poverty Thresholds, 2014

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Public Health

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Public Health Outcomes

Source: UWPHI

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Infant Mortality

Infant Mortality, Peer Counties, Combined Year Averages

2008-2010 2011-2013

Number Rate* Number Rate*

Greenwood27 9.4 18 10.1

Laurens21 8.2 8 2.1

Darlington31 12.5 18 11.2

SC1,364 7.5 858 7.5

* per 1,000 live births

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Infant Mortality by Race

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Access to Care:

Insurance Coverage

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Obesity, Adult

Adult Obesity Rates and Protective Factors, Health Regions, SC and US, 2011

Region 1* Region 4** S.C. U.S.

Obese 33.4% 35.0% 30.8% 27.4%

Not meeting physical activity recommendation

86.5% 83.0% 82.3% 80.4%

Not meeting fruit and vegetable recommendation

97.6% 95.4% 96.2% 95.0%

Source: BRFSS / SC DHEC

*DHEC Region 1: Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood,

Laurens, McCormick, Oconee, Saluda

**DHEC Region 4: Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon,

Florence, Kershaw, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Sumter

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Obesity, Child & Adolescent

2013 Results for YRBSS, South Carolina High School* Students, Select Questions

Students who were overweight 16.8%

Students who were obese 13.9%

Students who describe themselves as slightly or very overweight 27.5%

Students who are trying to lose weight 44.1%

Students who ate fruit one or more times during the past 7 days 82.5%

Students who ate green salad one or more times during the past 7 days 54.5%

Students who ate other vegetables one or more times during the past 7 days 79.6%

Students who ate fruits and vegetables 5 or more times per day during the past 7 days 15.6%

Students who ate breakfast on all of the past 7 days 32.8%

Students who were physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day on 5 or

more of the past 7 days 42.8%

Students who played video or computer games or used a computer for something that

was not school work three or more hours per day on an average school day 37.7%

* Does not include Greenwood County

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Smoking

Adult (18+) Residents Who Report That They are Current Smokers

(2008-2010)

Smoking Rate County Rank in

State*

Greenwood 23.0% 36

Laurens 22.8% 35

Darlington 26.9% 43

South Carolina 20.5% N/A

*Lower ranking = lower rate of smoking

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Smoking

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Teen Childbearing

Rate per 1,000

Source: SC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

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Teen Childbearing

Source: SC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

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Social Environment

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Population Distribution

Age Distribution of People, Greenwood County and SC, 2013

Greenwood SC

Number Percent Number Percent

Median age (years) 38.6 38.6

Under age 5 years 4,442 6.4% 292,316 6.1%

Under 18 16,122 23.1% 1,079,798 22.6%

18 to 64 years 42,132 60.4% 2,967,273 62.1%

18 years and over 53,601 76.9% 3,695,041 77.4%

65 years and over 11,469 16.4% 727,768 15.2%

85 and over 1,569 2.3% 78,726 1.6%

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Population Trend

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Child Welfare

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Child Welfare

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Crime

Violent Crimes, 2012

Greenwood Laurens Darlington SC US

Number Rate* Rate* Rate* Rate* Rate*

Violent Crime 835 119.7 73.5 76.6 55.9 38.7

Murder 7 1.0 0.91 1.47 0.72 0.47

Rape 78 11.2 6.3 4.8 3.6 2.7

Robbery 75 10.8 7.4 10.1 9.6 11.3

Aggravated Assault 675 96.8 58.9 60.2 42.0 24.2

* Per 10,000 Population

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Crime

Property Crimes, 2012

Greenwood Laurens Darlington SC US

Number Rate* Rate* Rate* Rate* Rate*

Property Crime 3,695 529.7 364.5 567.2 382.2 285.9

Breaking or Entering 982 140.8 109.6 172.9 95.4 67.0

Larceny 2,590 371.3 362.5 237.2 258.0 195.9

Motor Vehicle Theft 123 17.6 17.7 31.8 28.8 23.0

*per 10,000 population

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Natural Environment

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Air Quality

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Water Quality

The Greenwood Water System:

• monitored by the Commission on Public Works (CPW)

• 12th largest water system in South Carolina

• source is Lake Greenwood.

• Greenwood CPW is one of only six water treatment plants in the U.S.

that have successfully completed all four phases of the Partnership

for Safe Water program and received the Excellence in Water

Treatment Award.

• Water quality report indicates no violations for any contaminants

measured (regulated substances, coliform bacteria, lead and copper,

unregulated contaminants, disinfection byproducts, total organic

carbon, and disinfectant residuals).

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Civic Health

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Community Engagement

Community engagement is the common thread of

participation in and building of one's community. It is the

catalyst for social transformation, fostering the ability of

people in a community to define common goals, solve

their own problems, and achieve the community’s

potential.


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Categories of Civic Health

Per the National Conference on Citizenship:

• service

• social connectedness

• participation in groups

• connection to information and events

• philanthropy

• political action

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Contact:

Kathleen Brady, PhD

[email protected]

503-5901

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mailto:[email protected]

Government & Nonprofit

Greenwood County Community Indicators Project