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People QuickFacts | Richland County | South Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 393,830 | 4,723,723
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 384,507 | 4,625,364
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.4% | 2.1%
Population, 2010 | 384,504 | 4,625,364
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.2% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 22.5% | 22.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 10.5% | 14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.4% | 51.4%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 48.3% | 68.4%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 46.8% | 28.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 2.4% | 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.0% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 5.0% | 5.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 44.6% | 64.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 77.2% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.5% | 4.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 7.7% | 6.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.8% | 83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 36.1% | 24.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 33,781 | 399,403
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.2 | 23.3
Housing units, 2011 | 163,244 | 2,157,033
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 60.8% | 69.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 28.3% | 17.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $150,600 | $137,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 142,773 | 1,758,732
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.45 | 2.52
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $26,225 | $23,854
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $48,485 | $44,587
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.9% | 17.0%
Business QuickFacts | Richland County | South Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 8,728 | 100,481
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 152,564 | 1,521,123
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -4.1% | 1.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 24,420 | 301,675
Total number of firms, 2007 | 27,370 | 360,397
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.1% | 12.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.6% | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.7% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.2% | 1.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.5% | 27.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 6,109,796 | 93,977,455
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,150,652 | 40,498,047
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 4,367,658 | 54,298,410
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,127 | $12,273
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 733,609 | 8,383,463
Building permits, 2012 | 1,812 | 18,708
Geography QuickFacts | Richland County | South Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 757.07 | 30,060.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 507.9 | 153.9
FIPS Code | 79 | 45
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Columbia, 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