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People QuickFacts | Chester | South Carolina
Population, 2013 estimate | 5,544 | 4,774,839
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 5,607 | 4,625,360
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -1.1% | 3.2%
Population, 2010 | 5,607 | 4,625,364
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.7% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 27.0% | 23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 13.6% | 13.7%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.1% | 51.4%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 31.9% | 66.2%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 65.5% | 27.9%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.4%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.7% | 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 1.2% | 5.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 31.5% | 64.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 88.4% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 1.1% | 4.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 1.0% | 6.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 75.7% | 84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 15.9% | 25.1%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 381 | 391,660
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 25.5 | 23.5
Housing units, 2010 | 2,596 | 2,137,683
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 58.7% | 69.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 21.5% | 17.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $66,100 | $137,400
Households, 2009-2013 | 2,098 | 1,780,251
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.59 | 2.55
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $14,529 | $23,943
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $22,237 | $44,779
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 38.0% | 18.1%
Business QuickFacts | Chester | South Carolina
Total number of firms, 2007 | 392 | 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 | F | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 22.2% | 27.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 241,624 | 93,977,455
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 40,498,047
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 77,860 | 54,298,410
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,929 | $12,273
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 4,315 | 8,383,463
Geography QuickFacts | Chester | South Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 3.27 | 30,060.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,716.3 | 153.9
FIPS Code | 14095 | 45
Counties | Chester 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