People QuickFacts Newberry County South Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 37,576 4,723,723 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 37,508 4,625,364 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.2% 2.1% Population, 2010 37,508 4,625,364 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.6% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.6% 23.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 16.5% 14.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.3% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 65.9% 68.4% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 31.4% 28.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.2% 1.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 7.4% 5.3% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 60.4% 64.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.7% 84.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.5% 4.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 8.0% 6.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 75.9% 83.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 20.1% 24.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,682 399,403 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.8 23.3  Housing units, 2011 17,957 2,157,033 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 73.0% 69.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 6.3% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $104,200 $137,000 Households, 2007-2011 14,236 1,758,732 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.55 2.52 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,203 $23,854 Median household income, 2007-2011 $42,866 $44,587 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.4% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Newberry County South Carolina Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 736 102,045 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 14,165 1,502,853 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 23.8 -6.2 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,789 295,574  Total number of firms, 2007 2,650 360,397 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 S 1.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.6% 27.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,277,465 93,977,455 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 40,498,047 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 369,861 54,298,410 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $9,707 $12,273 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 30,350 8,383,463 Building permits, 2011 57 15,542     Geography QuickFacts Newberry County South Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 630.04 30,060.70 Persons per square mile, 2010 59.5 153.9 FIPS Code 071 45 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Newberry, 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