People QuickFacts Anderson County South Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 189,355 4,723,723 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 187,122 4,625,364 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.2% 2.1% Population, 2010 187,126 4,625,364 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.3% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.7% 23.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.4% 14.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.7% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 80.9% 68.4% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 16.6% 28.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.3% 1.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.1% 5.3% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 78.3% 64.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.3% 84.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.6% 4.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.9% 6.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 80.7% 83.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 18.1% 24.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 15,954 399,403 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.1 23.3  Housing units, 2011 84,934 2,157,033 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 73.5% 69.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 11.7% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $120,500 $137,000 Households, 2007-2011 72,519 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 $22,494 $23,854 Median household income, 2007-2011 $42,854 $44,587 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.8% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Anderson County South Carolina Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 3,622 100,481 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 51,091 1,521,123 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 1.2% 1.2% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 11,407 295,574  Total number of firms, 2007 13,212 360,397 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.7% 12.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.4% 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.1% 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.8% 1.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.8% 27.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 4,886,331 93,977,455 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 40,498,047 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,004,732 54,298,410 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,128 $12,273 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 235,779 8,383,463 Building permits, 2012 420 18,708     Geography QuickFacts Anderson County South Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 715.43 30,060.70 Persons per square mile, 2010 261.6 153.9 FIPS Code 007 45 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Anderson, 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