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South Carolina Population
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People QuickFacts |
South Carolina |
| Population, 2005 estimate
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4,255,083 |
| Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 |
6.1% |
| Population, 2000
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4,012,012 |
| Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
15.1% |
| Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2004 |
6.7% |
| Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2004 |
24.4% |
| Persons 65 years old and over,
percent, 2004 |
12.4% |
| Female persons, percent, 2004
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51.3% |
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| White persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
68.3% |
| Black persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
29.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.4% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.1% |
| Persons reporting two or more
races, percent, 2004 |
0.8% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino
origin, percent, 2004 (b) |
3.1% |
| White persons, not Hispanic,
percent, 2004 |
65.6% |
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| Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
55.9% |
| Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000 |
2.9% |
| Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
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5.2% |
| High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
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76.3% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
20.4% |
| Persons with a disability,
age 5+, 2000 |
810,857 |
| Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
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24.3 |
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| Housing units, 2004
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1,890,682 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000
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72.2% |
| Housing units in multi-unit
structures, percent, 2000 |
15.8% |
| Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$94,900 |
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| Households, 2000
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1,533,854 |
| Persons per household, 2000
|
2.53 |
| Per capita money income, 1999
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$18,795 |
| Median household income, 2003
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$38,003 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 2003 |
13.8% |
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Business QuickFacts |
South Carolina |
| Private nonfarm
establishments, 2003 |
99,1281 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
2003 |
1,550,6041 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
percent change 2000-2003 |
-3.2%1 |
| Nonemployer establishments,
2003 |
235,708 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002
($1000) |
81,132,781 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
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40,629,089 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002
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$9,895 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
11.8% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of
total, 1997 |
24.7% |
| Housing units authorized by
building permits, 2004 |
43,230 |
| Federal spending, 2004
($1000) |
30,051,1711 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
South Carolina |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
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30,109 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
|
133.2 |
| FIPS Code
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45 |
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