People QuickFacts	Laurens County	South Carolina
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	66,223	4,723,723
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	66,539	4,625,364
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.5%	2.1%
 	Population, 2010    	66,537	4,625,364
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.5%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.0%	23.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	15.4%	14.1%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.4%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	72.2%	68.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	25.9%	28.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.4%	1.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.1%	1.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	4.3%	5.3%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	68.6%	64.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.8%	84.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.8%	4.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	4.4%	6.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	75.4%	83.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	14.9%	24.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	5,365	399,403
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	23.7	23.3 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	30,600	2,157,033
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	71.7%	69.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	6.2%	17.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$85,600	$137,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	24,839	1,758,732
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.59	2.52
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$19,330	$23,854
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$38,713	$44,587
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	19.0%	17.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Laurens County	South Carolina
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	944	102,045
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	15,782	1,502,853
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-8.0	-6.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	3,174	295,574 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,863	360,397
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	12.1%	12.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.7%	1.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	29.3%	27.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,562,273	93,977,455
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	66,953	40,498,047
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	370,058	54,298,410
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$5,315	$12,273
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	53,708	8,383,463
 	Building permits, 2011     	58	15,542

   	Geography QuickFacts	Laurens County	South Carolina
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	713.80	30,060.70
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	93.2	153.9
 	FIPS Code    	059	45
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, 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