People QuickFacts Colleton County South Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 38,153 4,723,723 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 38,892 4,625,364 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.9% 2.1% Population, 2010 38,892 4,625,364 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.5% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.9% 23.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 16.4% 14.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.0% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 58.2% 68.4% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 39.1% 28.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.4% 1.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.9% 5.3% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 55.9% 64.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 91.4% 84.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.3% 4.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.5% 6.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 76.0% 83.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 14.4% 24.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,742 399,403 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 32.4 23.3  Housing units, 2011 19,970 2,157,033 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 72.9% 69.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.4% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $92,600 $137,000 Households, 2007-2011 15,281 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 $17,702 $23,854 Median household income, 2007-2011 $31,700 $44,587 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 22.8% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Colleton County South Carolina Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 784 102,045 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 7,857 1,502,853 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -9.9 -6.2 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,763 295,574  Total number of firms, 2007 3,261 360,397 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 20.4% 12.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.5% 27.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 245,234 93,977,455 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 40,498,047 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 419,700 54,298,410 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,721 $12,273 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 55,994 8,383,463 Building permits, 2011 46 15,542     Geography QuickFacts Colleton County South Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 1,056.49 30,060.70 Persons per square mile, 2010 36.8 153.9 FIPS Code 029 45 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Walterboro, 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