Brookdale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 4,724 at the 2000 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Brookdale CDP, South Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|43
|35
|style='background: #ffffe6; |48
|0.91%
|0.72%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.25%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|4,620
|4,752
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,681
|97.80%
|97.52%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |95.73%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|8
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.17%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.21%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|4
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.08%
|0.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.02%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.18%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.21%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|18
|36
|style='background: #ffffe6; |66
|0.38%
|0.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.72%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|30
|34
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25
|0.64%
|0.70%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.65%
|-
|Total
|4,724
|4,873
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,845
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Brookdale had a population of 3,845. The median age was 34.1 years. 21.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 21.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 72.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 66.0 males age 18 and over.
97.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 2.3% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,436 households in Brookdale, of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 20.4% were married-couple households, 24.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 51.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 39.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.