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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%8C_%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A6%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7" title="لیک سیتی، گونئی کارولینا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لیک سیتی، گونئی کارولینا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_(South_Carolina)" title="Lake City (South Carolina) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Lake City (South Carolina)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_(Carolina_del_Sud)" title="Lake City (Carolina del Sud) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Lake City (Carolina del Sud)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_(lungsod_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_South_Carolina)" title="Lake City (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, South Carolina) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Lake City (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, South Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City,_De_Carolina" title="Lake City, De Carolina – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Lake City, De Carolina" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_(Carolina_del_Sur)" title="Lake City (Carolina del Sur) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Lake City (Carolina del Sur)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_(Hego_Carolina)" title="Lake City (Hego Carolina) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Lake City (Hego Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C_(%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C)" title="لیک سیتی (کارولینای جنوبی) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لیک سیتی (کارولینای جنوبی)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_(Caroline_du_Sud)" title="Lake City (Caroline du Sud) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lake City (Caroline du Sud)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_(Carolina_del_Sud)" title="Lake City (Carolina del Sud) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lake City (Carolina del Sud)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City,_Kawolin_disid" title="Lake City, Kawolin disid – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Lake City, Kawolin disid" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_(South_Carolina)" title="Lake City (South Carolina) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Lake City (South Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City,_South_Carolina" title="Lake City, South Carolina – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Lake City, South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%89_(%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7)" title="ليك سيتى (فلورنسا) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ليك سيتى (فلورنسا)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_(South_Carolina)" title="Lake City (South Carolina) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Lake City (South Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA-%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8_(%D0%9A%D1%8A%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Лейк-Сити (Къилба Каролина) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Лейк-Сити (Къилба Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_(S%C3%B8r-Carolina)" title="Lake City (Sør-Carolina) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Lake City (Sør-Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_(Janubiy_Karolina)" title="Lake City (Janubiy Karolina) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Lake City (Janubiy Karolina)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_(Karolina_Po%C5%82udniowa)" title="Lake City (Karolina Południowa) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Lake City (Karolina Południowa)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_(Carolina_do_Sul)" title="Lake City (Carolina do Sul) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lake City (Carolina do Sul)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City,_South_Carolina" title="Lake City, South Carolina – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Lake City, South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8_(%D0%88%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Лејк Сити (Јужна Каролина) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Лејк Сити (Јужна Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City,_South_Carolina" title="Lake City, South Carolina – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Lake City, South Carolina" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA-%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8_(%D0%9A%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Лейк-Сити (Көньяк Каролина) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Лейк-Сити (Көньяк Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City,_G%C3%BCney_Karolina" title="Lake City, Güney Karolina – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Lake City, Güney Karolina" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA-%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%82%D1%96_(%D0%9F%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Лейк-Сіті (Південна Кароліна) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Лейк-Сіті (Південна Кароліна)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Lake City, South Carolina</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Historic_Downtown_Lake_City.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Historic Downtown Lake City"><img alt="Historic Downtown Lake City" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Historic_Downtown_Lake_City.jpg/250px-Historic_Downtown_Lake_City.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="119" 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_City,_SC_City_Seal.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Lake City, South Carolina"><img alt="Official seal of Lake City, South Carolina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Lake_City%2C_SC_City_Seal.png/100px-Lake_City%2C_SC_City_Seal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Lake_City%2C_SC_City_Seal.png/150px-Lake_City%2C_SC_City_Seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Lake_City%2C_SC_City_Seal.png/200px-Lake_City%2C_SC_City_Seal.png 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="280" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">"Harvesting our past, cultivating our future"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SCMap-doton-LakeCity.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Lake City in South Carolina"><img alt="Location of Lake City in South Carolina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/SCMap-doton-LakeCity.PNG/250px-SCMap-doton-LakeCity.PNG" decoding="async" width="250" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/SCMap-doton-LakeCity.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="237" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Lake City in South Carolina</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lake_City,_South_Carolina&params=33_52_4_N_79_45_22_W_region:US_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°52′4″N</span> <span class="longitude">79°45′22″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.86778°N 79.75611°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">33.86778; -79.75611</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_South_Carolina" title="List of counties in South Carolina">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Florence_County,_South_Carolina" title="Florence County, South Carolina">Florence</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settled</th><td class="infobox-data">1736</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Yamekia Robinson.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • City Administrator</th><td class="infobox-data">William A. Hall<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-TigerWebMapServer_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5.46 sq mi (14.13 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">5.45 sq mi (14.11 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.01 sq mi (0.02 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">75 ft (23 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,903</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,083.32/sq mi (418.31/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time Zone">EST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-4" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-4">UTC-4</a> (EDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">29560</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_843_and_854" title="Area codes 843 and 854">843, 854</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">45-39310<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">1246275<sup id="cite_ref-GR3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lakecitysc.gov">www<wbr />.lakecitysc<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lake City</b> is a city in <a href="/wiki/Florence_County,_South_Carolina" title="Florence County, South Carolina">Florence County</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. The population was 6,675 at the 2010 census.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2010_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2010-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Located in central South Carolina, it is south of <a href="/wiki/Florence,_South_Carolina" title="Florence, South Carolina">Florence</a> and included as part of the <a href="/wiki/Florence,_South_Carolina" title="Florence, South Carolina">Florence</a> <a href="/wiki/Florence,_South_Carolina_metropolitan_area" title="Florence, South Carolina metropolitan area">Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_City,_South_Carolina&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lake City area was originally part of Williamsburg Township, which was first settled by a group of <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Scots_people" title="Ulster Scots people">Scots-Irish</a> in 1736. It was first called "Graham's Crossroads" and then "Graham", after Aaron Graham, a land owner around the crossroads that now form Church and Main streets in Lake City. </p><p>In 1856, the <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Railroad_(South_Carolina)" title="Northeastern Railroad (South Carolina)">Northeastern Railroad</a> built its main line through the area. This brought new growth to the community. On March 4, 1874, after requests from residents, a city charter was granted to the new town of Graham. On December 24, 1883, the town changed its name to "Lake City", after the swimming lakes just north of town. This was at the request of the locally-serving Lynches Lake Post Office, since there was another post office in South Carolina known as that. </p><p>This small town had a population of 300 in 1893, and by 1898 the area had become the leading <a href="/wiki/Strawberry" title="Strawberry">strawberry</a> cropland in South Carolina. </p><p>Lake City was the site of <a href="/wiki/Lynching_of_Julia_and_Frazier_Baker" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynching of Julia and Frazier Baker">a notorious lynching on February 22, 1898</a>, that resulted in the mob murders of the city's <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-American</a> <a href="/wiki/Postmaster" title="Postmaster">postmaster</a> and his infant daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lake City was at one time called the "Bean Capital of the World", and the Bean Market downtown has now been converted into an event rental and civic center facility. The building was built in 1936 by the <a href="/wiki/Public_Works_Administration" title="Public Works Administration">Public Works Administration</a> (PWA), and was a central hub for farmers across the South to get their beans to market. The building is listed in the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> as a contributing property in the <a href="/wiki/Lake_City_Downtown_Historic_District" title="Lake City Downtown Historic District">Lake City Downtown Historic District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also listed on the National Register of Historical Places is the <a href="/wiki/W.T._Askins_House" title="W.T. Askins House">W.T. Askins House</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nris_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nris-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_City,_South_Carolina&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lake City's city government includes a mayor (elected for a four-year term), an appointed city administrator, and a six-person city council (elected to single-member districts for a four-year staggered term of office). The city's mayor is Yamekia Robinson. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_City,_South_Carolina&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lake City is located in southern Florence County at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lake_City,_South_Carolina&params=33_52_4_N_79_45_22_W_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°52′4″N</span> <span class="longitude">79°45′22″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.86778°N 79.75611°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">33.86778; -79.75611</span></span></span></a></span></span> (33.867697, -79.756153).<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_52" title="U.S. Route 52">U.S. Route 52</a> is the main highway through the city, leading north 24 miles (39 km) to <a href="/wiki/Florence,_South_Carolina" title="Florence, South Carolina">Florence</a>, the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a>, and south 17 miles (27 km) to <a href="/wiki/Kingstree,_South_Carolina" title="Kingstree, South Carolina">Kingstree</a>. <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_378" title="U.S. Route 378">U.S. Route 378</a> crosses US 52 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the city center, leading east 45 miles (72 km) to <a href="/wiki/Conway,_South_Carolina" title="Conway, South Carolina">Conway</a> and west 35 miles (56 km) to <a href="/wiki/Sumter,_South_Carolina" title="Sumter, South Carolina">Sumter</a>. </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, Lake City has a total area of 5.2 square miles (13.5 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km<sup>2</sup>), or 0.15%, is water.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2010_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2010-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lake Swamp drains the northern part of the city, flowing east to the <a href="/wiki/Lynches_River" title="Lynches River">Lynches River</a> and then the <a href="/wiki/Pee_Dee_River" title="Pee Dee River">Pee Dee River</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_City,_South_Carolina&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Lake City, South Carolina (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1936–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">102<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.1<br />(23.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.2<br />(25.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.4<br />(28.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.6<br />(30.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.4<br />(34.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.0<br />(36.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98.3<br />(36.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.8<br />(36.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.3<br />(34.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.9<br />(31.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.8<br />(27.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.4<br />(24.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1A00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">99.6<br />(37.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFBC79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.6<br />(14.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.3<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.0<br />(20.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.1<br />(25.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.4<br />(28.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.4<br />(31.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.4<br />(33.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.5<br />(32.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.9<br />(29.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.3<br />(25.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.1<br />(20.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.6<br />(15.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">76.0<br />(24.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.0<br />(7.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.2<br />(9.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.3<br />(12.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.6<br />(17.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.4<br />(21.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.4<br />(25.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.8<br />(27.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.4<br />(26.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.3<br />(24.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.1<br />(18.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.1<br />(12.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.8<br />(9.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">64.2<br />(17.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.3<br />(1.3) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.0<br />(2.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF5EB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.6<br />(5.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.1<br />(10.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.4<br />(15.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.3<br />(19.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.3<br />(21.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.3<br />(21.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.6<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.9<br />(11.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.2<br />(5.7) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.9<br />(2.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">52.4<br />(11.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(−7.4) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(−4.8) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.2<br />(−2.7) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(2.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.5<br />(8.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.7<br />(14.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.6<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.3<br />(16.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.4<br />(11.9) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.9<br />(−2.8) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(−4.8) </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16.6<br />(−8.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(−17) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(−15) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(−12) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46<br />(8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(−8) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(−14) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2<br />(−17) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #74FF74; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.65<br />(93) </td> <td style="background: #6FFF6F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.48<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.60<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #82FF82; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.19<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #5FFF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.20<br />(107) </td> <td style="background: #41FF41; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.84<br />(123) </td> <td style="background: #23FF23; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.77<br />(147) </td> <td style="background: #22FF22; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.81<br />(148) </td> <td style="background: #46FF46; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.74<br />(120) </td> <td style="background: #7AFF7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.52<br />(89) </td> <td style="background: #83FF83; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.13<br />(80) </td> <td style="background: #6CFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.85<br />(98) </td> <td style="background: #5FFF5F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">49.78<br />(1,264) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6 </td> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8 </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5 </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4 </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5 </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9 </td> <td style="background: #ACACFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7 </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">75.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_City,_South_Carolina&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span 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href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>374</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>1,074</td><td></td><td>187.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>1,606</td><td></td><td>49.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>1,942</td><td></td><td>20.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>2,522</td><td></td><td>29.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>5,112</td><td></td><td>102.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>6,059</td><td></td><td>18.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>6,247</td><td></td><td>3.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>6,731</td><td></td><td>7.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>7,153</td><td></td><td>6.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>6,478</td><td></td><td>−9.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>6,675</td><td></td><td>3.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>5,903</td><td></td><td>−11.6%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_City,_South_Carolina&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Lake City Racial Composition<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race </th> <th>Num. </th> <th>Perc. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a> </td> <td>933 </td> <td>15.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black or African American</a> </td> <td>4,647 </td> <td>78.72% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td>0.36% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a> </td> <td>27 </td> <td>0.46% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Other/Mixed</a> </td> <td>143 </td> <td>2.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> </td> <td>132 </td> <td>2.24% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 United States Census</a>, there were 5,903 people, 2,415 households, and 1,568 families residing in the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_City,_South_Carolina&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 6,478 people, 2,409 households, and 1,705 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,365.0 inhabitants per square mile (527.0/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 2,704 housing units at an average density of 569.8 per square mile (220.0/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 71.43% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 27.18% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 0.08% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.34% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.28% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 0.69% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 1.10% of the population. </p><p>There were 2,409 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.6% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 30.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% were non-families. 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.25. </p><p>In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.7% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 79.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 71.4 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the city was $22,534, and the median income for a family was $32,111. Males had a median income of $26,316 versus $19,679 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $14,452. About 26.9% of families and 31.6% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 45.0% of those under age 18 and 25.3% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_City,_South_Carolina&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lake City has a <a href="/wiki/Public_library" title="Public library">public library</a>, a branch of the Florence County Library System.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_City,_South_Carolina&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ronald_mcnair.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ronald_mcnair.jpg/200px-Ronald_mcnair.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ronald_mcnair.jpg/300px-Ronald_mcnair.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ronald_mcnair.jpg/400px-Ronald_mcnair.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="932" /></a><figcaption>Astronaut <a href="/wiki/Ronald_McNair" title="Ronald McNair">Ronald McNair</a>. Lake City has several sites named in McNair’s honor, including a public library and memorial park.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Burgess" title="Derrick Burgess">Derrick Burgess</a> (b. 1978), NFL player with the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Cox" title="Brad Cox">Brad J. Cox</a> (1944–2021), co-creator of the programming language Object-C, which became the basis for languages used to build Mac OS and iOS (obituary)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._T._Cromer" title="D. T. Cromer">D. T. Cromer</a> (David Thomas Cromer, b. 1971 in Lake City), Major League Baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripp_Cromer" title="Tripp Cromer">Tripp Cromer</a> (Roy Bunyan Cromer, b. 1967 in Lake City), Major League Baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Faison" title="Derrick Faison">Derrick Faison</a> (1967–2004), professional football player for the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> died from an undetected heart condition, <a href="/wiki/Hypertrophic_cardiomyopathy" title="Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy">hypertrophic cardiomyopathy</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_McNair" title="Ronald McNair">Ronald McNair</a> (1950–1986), graduate of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_A%26T_State_University" title="North Carolina A&T State University">North Carolina A&T State University</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/Astronaut" title="Astronaut">astronauts</a> killed during the launch of the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger" title="Space Shuttle Challenger">space shuttle <i>Challenger</i></a> mission <a href="/wiki/STS-51-L" title="STS-51-L">STS-51-L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darla_Moore" title="Darla Moore">Darla Moore</a> (b. 1954), investor and philanthropist</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_City,_South_Carolina&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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