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People QuickFacts | Beaufort County | South Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 168,049 | 4,723,723
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 162,233 | 4,625,364
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.6% | 2.1%
Population, 2010 | 162,233 | 4,625,364
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.5% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 20.8% | 23.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 21.4% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.7% | 51.3%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 76.9% | 68.4%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 19.7% | 28.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.3% | 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.7% | 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 11.9% | 5.3%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 66.3% | 64.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 81.7% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.5% | 4.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 13.9% | 6.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 90.6% | 83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 37.5% | 24.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 18,370 | 399,403
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 20.5 | 23.3
Housing units, 2011 | 94,300 | 2,157,033
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 71.6% | 69.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 24.0% | 17.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $288,800 | $137,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 64,270 | 1,758,732
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.36 | 2.52
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $32,891 | $23,854
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $57,133 | $44,587
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.7% | 17.0%
Business QuickFacts | Beaufort County | South Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 4,718 | 102,045
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 47,172 | 1,502,853
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 0 | -6.2
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 13,145 | 295,574
Total number of firms, 2007 | 16,367 | 360,397
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.4% | 12.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 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 | 2.0% | 1.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.5% | 27.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 223,434 | 93,977,455
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 298,190 | 40,498,047
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,255,071 | 54,298,410
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,240 | $12,273
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 530,485 | 8,383,463
Building permits, 2011 | 455 | 15,542
Geography QuickFacts | Beaufort County | South Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 576.28 | 30,060.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 281.5 | 153.9
FIPS Code | 13 | 45
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | [NAME], SC Micro 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