Even Jimmy Carter of neighboring Georgia failed to win the county in 1976 despite winning the state. It has gone Republican in every presidential election since 1960, and in all but one election since 1952. County Council members DistrictДЇrom the latter half of the 20th century onward, Greenville County has voted overwhelmingly Republican in presidential elections. Д¬ouncil members are elected by voters in each of the twelve state legislative districts (17вЂ“28) within the county and serve staggered four-year terms. Other staff hired by the council include a clerk and an attorney. Kernell was previously the county administrator for St. The current county administrator is Joseph Kernell, whom the council appointed in January 2004 after voting in late 2003 to hire him. Greenville County is governed by a 12-member county council. Fountain Inn (partly in Laurens County).The 2010 Census lists six cities and 16 census designated places that are fully or partially within Greenville County. Their former names and boundaries were used for United States census counting purposes and census documentation through 1960, after which Census Counting Divisions (CCDs) were used. In the past, Greenville County was partitioned into townships. It is sponsored by CommunityWorks, Inc., a non-profit community development financial institution, and receives assistance from the United Way of Greenville County and the Hollingsworth Fund. Greenville County Racial Breakdown of Population Racial compositionДЄs of 2016 the largest self-reported ancestry groups in Greenville County, South Carolina are: Largest ancestries (2016)Д¬ommunityWorks Federal Credit Union was chartered in 2014 to serve the residents of Greenville County. About 10.8% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.0% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for the county was $25,931. Males had a median income of $45,752 versus $33,429 for females. The median income for a household in the county was $46,830 and the median income for a family was $59,043. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.03. Of the 176,531В households, 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were married couples living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.4% were non-families, and 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals. In terms of ancestry, 13.0% were American, 11.6% were German, 10.9% were English, and 10.7% were Irish. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 8.1% of the population.

The racial makeup of the county was 73.8% white, 18.1% black or African American, 2.0% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 3.9% from other races, and 1.9% from two or more races. There were 195,462 housing units at an average density of 249.0 per square mile (96.1/km 2). The population density was 574.7 inhabitants per square mile (221.9/km 2). Transylvania County, North Carolina вЂ“ northwestДemographics Historical populationДў020 census Greenville County racial composition RaceДЄs of the 2020 United States census, there were 525,534 people, 199,551 households, and 130,296 families residing in the county.ДЄs of the 2010 United States Census, there were 451,225В people, 176,531В households, and 119,362В families residing in the county.Polk County, North Carolina вЂ“ northeast.Henderson County, North Carolina вЂ“ north.Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 795 square miles (2,060В km 2), of which 785 square miles (2,030В km 2) is land and 9.7 square miles (25В km 2) (1.2%) is water. In 1868, the districts were converted back to counties. In 1798, all counties were re-identified as 'elective districts' to be effective on 1 January 1800 thereafter the Greenville District was no longer part of Pendleton District. From 1798 to 1800, it was part of the short-lived over-arching Pendleton District. Greenville County was the first county created in the overarching Ninety-Six District, but from 1791 to 1798 both it and neighboring Pendleton County (the other county formed from Cherokee territory in northwestern Ninety-Six District) were part of the new over-arching Washington District. In 1786, due to population growth in Ninety-Six District and the victory of the American Whigs over the British and their colonial Tory and Cherokee allies, the state legislature formed Greenville County (originally spelled Greeneville ), named for General Nathanael Greene, the hero of the American southern campaign.

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