People QuickFacts York County South Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 234,635 4,723,723 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 226,073 4,625,364 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 3.8% 2.1% Population, 2010 226,073 4,625,364 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.7% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.3% 23.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.7% 14.1% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.7% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 76.5% 68.4% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 19.3% 28.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.6% 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.7% 1.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.7% 5.3% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 72.5% 64.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.3% 84.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.3% 4.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.2% 6.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 86.0% 83.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 28.2% 24.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 16,673 399,403 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.2 23.3  Housing units, 2011 96,281 2,157,033 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 72.2% 69.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 15.7% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $161,200 $137,000 Households, 2007-2011 84,262 1,758,732 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.58 2.52 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,751 $23,854 Median household income, 2007-2011 $53,536 $44,587 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 12.9% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts York County South Carolina Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 4,449 102,045 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 64,216 1,502,853 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 15.3 -6.2 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 14,096 295,574  Total number of firms, 2007 16,798 360,397 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.7% 12.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.3% 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.4% 1.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.2% 27.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 3,621,151 93,977,455 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,150,074 40,498,047 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,172,656 54,298,410 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,315 $12,273 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 285,831 8,383,463 Building permits, 2011 1,305 15,542     Geography QuickFacts York County South Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 680.60 30,060.70 Persons per square mile, 2010 332.2 153.9 FIPS Code 091 45 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-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