10.4% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The racial makeup of the county was 79.0% White, 11.7% Black or African American, 0.4% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 5.3% from other races, and 1.9% from two or more races. There were 45,695 housing units at an average density of 31.4 units per square mile (12.1 units/km 2). The population density was 194 people per square mile (75 people/km 2). Lancaster County, South Carolina - southwestĭemographics Historical population CensusĢ020 census Union County racial composition RaceĪs of the 2020 United States census, there were 238,267 people, 77,954 households, and 62,932 families residing in the county.Īs of the census of 2010, there were 201,292 people, 67,864 households, and 54,019 families residing in the county.Chesterfield County, South Carolina - southeast.Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 640 square miles (1,700 km 2), of which 632 square miles (1,640 km 2) is land and 8.0 square miles (21 km 2) (1.3%) is water. Interactive map of Union County Entering Union County on North Carolina Highway 200Īccording to the U.S. After three months in a detention center Governor Luther H. A second African-American boy, aged seven, was also convicted and sentenced to live in a juvenile reformatory until he was 21 for simply witnessing the act. Williams defended a nine-year-old African-American boy who had been kissed by a white girl in an incident known as the Kissing Case. In 1958, local NAACP Chapter President Robert F. Monroe, the county seat of Union County, also became a focal point during the Civil Rights Movement. Most of these families came from Goose Creek Township. The Helms, Starnes, McRorie, and Belk families were prominent in the town as well as Monroe and Charlotte. Its name was a compromise between Whigs, who wanted to name the new county for Henry Clay, and Democrats, who wanted to name it for Andrew Jackson. The county was formed in 1842 from parts of Anson County and Mecklenburg County. Union County is included in the Charlotte- Concord- Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 238,267. Union County is a county located in the U.S.

Union co sc township map