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People QuickFacts | Charleston | South Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 125,583 | 4,723,723
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 120,422 | 4,625,364
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 4.3% | 2.1%
Population, 2010 | 120,083 | 4,625,364
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.3% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 18.0% | 23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 12.2% | 13.7%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.7% | 51.4%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 70.2% | 66.2%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 25.4% | 27.9%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.4%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.6% | 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.5% | 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 2.9% | 5.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 68.6% | 64.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 77.4% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.5% | 4.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 5.8% | 6.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 91.6% | 83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 46.7% | 24.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 9,725 | 399,403
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21 | 23.3
Housing units, 2010 | 59,522 | 2,137,683
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 53.4% | 69.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 44.3% | 17.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $259,700 | $137,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 49,741 | 1,758,732
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.27 | 2.52
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $31,287 | $23,854
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $50,938 | $44,587
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.8% | 17.0%
Business QuickFacts | Charleston | South Carolina
Total number of firms, 2007 | 13,392 | 360,397
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 8.1% | 12.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.7% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.1% | 27.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 409,872 | 93,977,455
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 856,232 | 40,498,047
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,183,728 | 54,298,410
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $19,553 | $12,273
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 641,315 | 8,383,463
Geography QuickFacts | Charleston | South Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 108.98 | 30,060.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,101.9 | 153.9
FIPS Code | 13330 | 45
Counties | Berkeley County  Charleston 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