Downtown Manning, S.C., is filled with Christmas cheer in this picture taken earlier this month.
Manning, which has a population of about 4,000 people, is the county seat for Clarendon County, a Southern Crescent county with 34,357 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2012 population estimate. About half of the county’s residence are white; the other half are black. Some other statistics:
- High school graduation rate of those 25 or older: 76.3 percent.
- Bachelor’s degree graduates: 13.8 percent
- Median household income: $33,267
- Poverty rate: 22.8 percent
- Unemployment rate, November 2013: 9.9 percent (2.5 percent higher than the state average)
- Black-owned firms: 30.1 percent (18 points higher than state average)
- Women-owned firms: 35.4 percent (8 points higher than state average)
Copyrighted photo by Andy Brack, Dec. 5, 2013. All rights reserved.