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People QuickFacts | Lancaster County | South Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 79,089 | 4,723,723
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 76,652 | 4,625,364
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.2% | 2.1%
Population, 2010 | 76,652 | 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 | 17.3% | 14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.9% | 51.4%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 74.1% | 68.4%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 23.6% | 28.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.2% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 4.7% | 5.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 70.0% | 64.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.1% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.2% | 4.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 5.0% | 6.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 80.5% | 83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 16.8% | 24.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 6,079 | 399,403
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 27.4 | 23.3
Housing units, 2011 | 33,429 | 2,157,033
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 74.0% | 69.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.9% | 17.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $133,200 | $137,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 29,024 | 1,758,732
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.52 | 2.52
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $20,085 | $23,854
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $40,034 | $44,587
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.8% | 17.0%
Business QuickFacts | Lancaster County | South Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 1,176 | 100,481
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 14,069 | 1,521,123
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 8.1% | 1.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 4,332 | 301,675
Total number of firms, 2007 | 5,111 | 360,397
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 9.3% | 12.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.6% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.7% | 1.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.4% | 27.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,247,597 | 93,977,455
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 40,498,047
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 587,872 | 54,298,410
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,998 | $12,273
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 56,293 | 8,383,463
Building permits, 2012 | 182 | 18,708
Geography QuickFacts | Lancaster County | South Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 549.16 | 30,060.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 139.6 | 153.9
FIPS Code | 57 | 45
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Lancaster, 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