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People QuickFacts | Dorchester County | South Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 142,496 | 4,723,723
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 136,555 | 4,625,364
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 4.4% | 2.1%
Population, 2010 | 136,555 | 4,625,364
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 7.0% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 26.6% | 23.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 10.7% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.4% | 51.3%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 69.0% | 68.4%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 26.2% | 28.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.7% | 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.3% | 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 4.5% | 5.3%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 65.3% | 64.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 85.6% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.1% | 4.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 5.5% | 6.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.9% | 83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 24.6% | 24.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 14,211 | 399,403
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 28.5 | 23.3
Housing units, 2011 | 56,576 | 2,157,033
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 73.8% | 69.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.8% | 17.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $172,300 | $137,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 48,697 | 1,758,732
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.7 | 2.52
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,787 | $23,854
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $54,875 | $44,587
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.1% | 17.0%
Business QuickFacts | Dorchester County | South Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 2,155 | 102,045
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 22,377 | 1,502,853
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -3.2 | -6.2
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 8,213 | 295,574
Total number of firms, 2007 | 9,692 | 360,397
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 15.6% | 12.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.3% | 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 | 2.0% | 1.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.6% | 27.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 2,361,389 | 93,977,455
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 170,198 | 40,498,047
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 879,527 | 54,298,410
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,092 | $12,273
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 104,021 | 8,383,463
Building permits, 2011 | 469 | 15,542
Geography QuickFacts | Dorchester County | South Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 573.23 | 30,060.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 238.2 | 153.9
FIPS Code | 35 | 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