Lancaster () is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States, located in the Charlotte Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, Lancaster had a population of 8,460. The city was named after the famous House of Lancaster.

History

thumb|left|250px|Group of boys working in Lancaster Cotton Mills. November 1908. Photographed by [[Lewis Hine.]]

The following are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

  • Robert Barnwell Allison House
  • Craig House
  • Cureton House
  • Thomas Walker Huey House
  • Lancaster Cotton Oil Company
  • Lancaster County Courthouse
  • Lancaster County Jail
  • Lancaster Downtown Historic District
  • Lancaster Presbyterian Church
  • Mount Carmel A.M.E. Zion Campground
  • North Carolina-South Carolina Cornerstone
  • Perry-McIlwain-McDow House
  • Leroy Springs House
  • Wade-Beckham House
  • Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (1.36%) is water.

Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Lancaster city, South Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>

!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|-

|White alone (NH)

|3,822

|3,515

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,280

|46.74%

|41.23%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |38.77%

|-

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|4,025

|4,353

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,998

|49.22%

|51.06%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |47.26%

|-

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|9

|15

|style='background: #ffffe6; |22

|0.11%

|0.18%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26%

|-

|Asian alone (NH)

|68

|79

|style='background: #ffffe6; |87

|0.83%

|0.93%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.03%

|-

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|2

|0

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.02%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|-

|Other race alone (NH)

|7

|7

|style='background: #ffffe6; |22

|0.09%

|0.08%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26%

|-

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|60

|69

|style='background: #ffffe6; |295

|0.73%

|0.81%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.49%

|-

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|184

|488

|style='background: #ffffe6; |756

|2.25%

|5.72%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.94%

|-

|Total

|8,177

|8,526

|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,460

|100.00%

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

|}

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Lancaster had a population of 8,460, with 3,535 households and 2,064 families residing in the city.

The median age was 37.7 years. 26.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 80.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 72.5 males age 18 and over.

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census

! Race !! Number !! Percent

|-

| White || 3,418 || 40.4%

|-

| Black or African American || 4,018 || 47.5%

|-

| American Indian and Alaska Native || 43 || 0.5%

|-

| Asian || 88 || 1.0%

|-

| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%

|-

| Some other race || 356 || 4.2%

|-

| Two or more races || 537 || 6.3%

|-

| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 756 || 8.9%

|}

2010 census

As of the census

Media

  • Lancaster is mentioned in the novelette, Facing Demons: An All Hallows' Eve Tale by Kevin Matthew Hayes.

Notable people

  • Tom Addison – former professional football player with the Boston Patriots, 1960-1968
  • Francis Bell – member of the South Carolina Senate
  • Cathy Smith Bowers – poet and professor; North Carolina Poet Laureate, 2010–2012
  • Tom Caskey - human geneticist
  • Danny Clyburn – baseball player
  • Don Dixon – musician and producer
  • Charles Duke – NASA astronaut who walked on the Moon during the Apollo 16 mission
  • John P. Gaston – member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
  • Mark Hammond - South Carolina Secretary of State
  • Hattie N. Harrison – Maryland legislator and educator
  • Jim Hodges – former governor of South Carolina
  • Andrew Jackson – seventh president of the United States
  • Nina Mae McKinney – one of the early African-American film stars in the United States
  • Julie Roberts – country music singer
  • Aaron Robinson – professional baseball player, primarily with the New York Yankees
  • J. Marion Sims – controversial founder of gynecology
  • Elliot White Springs – World War I flying ace
  • Brandon Still - keyboardist for Blackberry Smoke (2009–present)
  • Sindarius Thornwell – professional basketball player Los Angeles Clippers
  • Maurice Williams – singer

References

  • Lancaster Police Department