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People QuickFacts | Charleston County | South Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 365,162 | 4,723,723
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 350,208 | 4,625,364
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 4.3% | 2.1%
Population, 2010 | 350,209 | 4,625,364
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.4% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 20.5% | 22.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 13.7% | 14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.5% | 51.4%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 67.1% | 68.4%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 29.4% | 28.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.5% | 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.4% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 5.3% | 5.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 62.7% | 64.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 81.0% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.6% | 4.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 7.1% | 6.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 87.9% | 83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 37.7% | 24.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 32,413 | 399,403
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 22.4 | 23.3
Housing units, 2011 | 170,207 | 2,157,033
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 61.8% | 69.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 29.5% | 17.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $242,000 | $137,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 139,262 | 1,758,732
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.41 | 2.52
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $29,738 | $23,854
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $50,133 | $44,587
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.8% | 17.0%
Business QuickFacts | Charleston County | South Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 11,657 | 100,481
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 174,422 | 1,521,123
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 3.3% | 1.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 31,379 | 301,675
Total number of firms, 2007 | 38,458 | 360,397
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 9.9% | 12.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.3% | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.3% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.4% | 1.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.3% | 27.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 5,338,128 | 93,977,455
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,267,396 | 40,498,047
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 6,320,992 | 54,298,410
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $18,348 | $12,273
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,382,702 | 8,383,463
Building permits, 2012 | 2,868 | 18,708
Geography QuickFacts | Charleston County | South Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 916.09 | 30,060.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 382.3 | 153.9
FIPS Code | 19 | 45
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC Metro Area
(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