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People QuickFacts | West Columbia | South Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 15,631 | 4,723,417
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 15,236 | 4,625,360
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.6% | 2.1%
Population, 2010 | 14,988 | 4,625,364
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.9% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 18.5% | 23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 16.3% | 13.7%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.1% | 51.4%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 68.0% | 66.2%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 18.5% | 27.9%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.8% | 0.4%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.8% | 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 2.3% | 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 14.5% | 5.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 63.9% | 64.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 82.1% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 15.2% | 4.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 17.2% | 6.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 83.7% | 84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 32.3% | 24.6%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 1,285 | 396,873
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 17.8 | 23.4
Housing units, 2010 | 7,665 | 2,137,683
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 58.4% | 69.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 29.7% | 17.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $133,900 | $137,400
Households, 2008-2012 | 6,823 | 1,768,255
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.2 | 2.54
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $26,395 | $23,906
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $43,970 | $44,623
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 16.5% | 17.6%
Business QuickFacts | West Columbia | South Carolina
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,645 | 360,397
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 12.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.8% | 1.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.8% | 27.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 265,151 | 93,977,455
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 295,845 | 40,498,047
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 402,342 | 54,298,410
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $29,100 | $12,273
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 52,856 | 8,383,463
Geography QuickFacts | West Columbia | South Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 6.99 | 30,060.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2,143.6 | 153.9
FIPS Code | 75850 | 45
Counties | Lexington County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts