Wade Hampton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 20,622 at the 2010 census. It is named for American Civil War general and South Carolina governor Wade Hampton.
Wade Hampton is part of the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley metropolitan area.
Geography
Wade Hampton is bordered to the southwest by the city of Greenville and to the northeast by Taylors, an unincorporated community. U.S. Route 29 (Wade Hampton Boulevard) passes through the CDP, leading southwest to the center of Greenville and northeast to Greer.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.55%, are water.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Wade Hampton had a population of 21,482 and 5,368 families in the CDP; the median age was 38.7 years. 21.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 19.8% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 93.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.2 males age 18 and over.
There were 9,270 households in Wade Hampton, of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 43.3% were married-couple households, 19.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 31.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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| White || 15,127 || 70.4%
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| Black or African American || 2,235 || 10.4%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 94 || 0.4%
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| Asian || 687 || 3.2%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 18 || 0.1%
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| Some other race || 1,600 || 7.4%
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| Two or more races || 1,721 || 8.0%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 2,922 || 13.6%
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2000 census
As of the census