People QuickFacts Dillon County South Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 31,446 4,723,723 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 32,062 4,625,364 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.9% 2.1% Population, 2010 32,062 4,625,364 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.3% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 26.3% 23.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.4% 14.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.8% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 48.8% 68.4% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 46.5% 28.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.7% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.6% 1.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.8% 5.3% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 47.0% 64.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.8% 84.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.0% 4.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.5% 6.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 67.5% 83.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 7.8% 24.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,925 399,403 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.8 23.3  Housing units, 2011 13,812 2,157,033 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 62.6% 69.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 8.0% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $62,000 $137,000 Households, 2007-2011 11,785 1,758,732 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.66 2.52 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $14,135 $23,854 Median household income, 2007-2011 $26,067 $44,587 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 33.6% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Dillon County South Carolina Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 517 102,045 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 7,725 1,502,853 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -8.4 -6.2 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,550 295,574  Total number of firms, 2007 1,647 360,397 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 12.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 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 20.2% 27.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 432,577 93,977,455 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 300,100 40,498,047 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 381,709 54,298,410 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,419 $12,273 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 31,568 8,383,463 Building permits, 2011 14 15,542     Geography QuickFacts Dillon County South Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 404.87 30,060.70 Persons per square mile, 2010 79.2 153.9 FIPS Code 033 45 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Dillon, 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