 2.11% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.According to the census of 2000, the largest ancestry groups in Calhoun County were English 64.4%, African 29% and Scots-Irish 4.5%

There were 6,019 households out of which 31.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.00% were married couples living together, 15.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.30% were non-families.27.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.