People QuickFacts	Charleston County	South Carolina
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	365,162	4,723,723
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	350,208	4,625,364
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	4.3%	2.1%
 	Population, 2010    	350,209	4,625,364
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.6%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	20.7%	23.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.0%	14.1%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.5%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	66.8%	68.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	29.7%	28.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.5%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.5%	1.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.5%	1.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	5.4%	5.3%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	62.4%	64.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	81.0%	84.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	5.6%	4.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	7.1%	6.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	87.9%	83.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	37.7%	24.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	32,413	399,403
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	22.4	23.3 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	170,207	2,157,033
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	61.8%	69.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	29.5%	17.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$242,000	$137,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	139,262	1,758,732
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.41	2.52
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$29,738	$23,854
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$50,133	$44,587
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	16.8%	17.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Charleston County	South Carolina
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	11,621	102,045
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	168,876	1,502,853
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-0.5	-6.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	30,644	295,574 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	38,458	360,397
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	9.9%	12.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.3%	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.3%	1.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.4%	1.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	27.3%	27.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	5,338,128	93,977,455
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,267,396	40,498,047
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	6,320,992	54,298,410
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$18,348	$12,273
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,382,702	8,383,463
 	Building permits, 2011     	2,346	15,542

   	Geography QuickFacts	Charleston County	South Carolina
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	916.09	30,060.70
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	382.3	153.9
 	FIPS Code    	019	45
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, 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