People QuickFacts	Richland County	South Carolina
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	393,830	4,723,723
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	384,507	4,625,364
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	2.4%	2.1%
 	Population, 2010    	384,504	4,625,364
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.3%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	22.6%	23.1%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	10.0%	14.1%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.4%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	48.9%	68.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	46.3%	28.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	2.3%	1.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.0%	1.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	4.9%	5.3%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	45.3%	64.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	77.2%	84.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	5.5%	4.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	7.7%	6.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	88.8%	83.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	36.1%	24.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	33,781	399,403
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.2	23.3 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	163,244	2,157,033
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	60.8%	69.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	28.3%	17.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$150,600	$137,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	142,773	1,758,732
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.45	2.52
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$26,225	$23,854
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$48,485	$44,587
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.9%	17.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Richland County	South Carolina
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	9,066	102,045
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	159,117	1,502,853
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-9.4	-6.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	23,665	295,574 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	27,370	360,397
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	23.1%	12.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.6%	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.7%	1.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.2%	1.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	27.5%	27.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	6,109,796	93,977,455
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,150,652	40,498,047
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	4,367,658	54,298,410
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,127	$12,273
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	733,609	8,383,463
 	Building permits, 2011     	1,270	15,542

   	Geography QuickFacts	Richland County	South Carolina
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	757.07	30,060.70
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	507.9	153.9
 	FIPS Code    	079	45
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Columbia, 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