Dalzell is a

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(CDP) in

Sumter County, South Carolina Sumter County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,556. Its county seat is Sumter. Sumter County comprises the Sumter, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included ...

, United States. The population was 3,175 at the 2020 census. It is included in the

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Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Orange Grove and St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Bradford Springs are listed on the

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Geography

Dalzell is located at (34.019811, -80.429780). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (0.72%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,260 people, 805 households, and 622 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 895 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 61.11%

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, 33.98%

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, 0.53% Native American, 1.11% Asian, 0.04%

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, 1.46% from other races, and 1.77% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.27% of the population. There were 805 households, out of which 45.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were

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living together, 16.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.7% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.20. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 32.5% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 34.5% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $40,750, and the median income for a family was $41,979. Males had a median income of $29,006 versus $22,000 for females. The

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for the CDP was $15,124. About 12.0% of families and 14.9% of the population were below the

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, including 24.3% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.

Education

All areas in the county are in the Sumter County Consolidated School District.

Notable people

* Joseph (Jusef Ben Ali) Benenhaley (1753-1823) was the progenitor of the Turkish Community of Sumter.South Carolina's Turkish People, A History and Ethnology by Terri Ann Ognibene and Glen Browder, 235 pages, The University of South Carolina Press, 2018 *

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- American singer and original member of

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most known for his rendition of "White Christmas." *

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player and member of the

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- All Star Guard for the

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, selected as the second overall pick in the

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References

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