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People QuickFacts | Aiken County | South Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 162,812 | 4,723,723
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 160,106 | 4,625,364
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.7% | 2.1%
Population, 2010 | 160,099 | 4,625,364
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.6% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 22.2% | 23.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 15.9% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.6% | 51.3%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 72.0% | 68.4%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 24.8% | 28.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.5% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.9% | 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) | 5.1% | 5.3%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 67.8% | 64.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.7% | 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 | 84.4% | 83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 23.7% | 24.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 14,159 | 399,403
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.1 | 23.3
Housing units, 2011 | 72,976 | 2,157,033
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 72.8% | 69.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.8% | 17.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $122,300 | $137,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 63,414 | 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 | $24,648 | $23,854
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $43,999 | $44,587
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.5% | 17.0%
Business QuickFacts | Aiken County | South Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 2,759 | 102,045
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 48,205 | 1,502,853
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -8.1 | -6.2
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 9,747 | 295,574
Total number of firms, 2007 | 11,931 | 360,397
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 11.2% | 12.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 1.0% | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.8% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.4% | 1.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 31.0% | 27.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,959,342 | 93,977,455
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 40,498,047
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,599,845 | 54,298,410
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,450 | $12,273
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 172,893 | 8,383,463
Building permits, 2011 | 771 | 15,542
Geography QuickFacts | Aiken County | South Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 1,071.03 | 30,060.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 149.5 | 153.9
FIPS Code | 3 | 45
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-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