People QuickFacts	Charleston	South Carolina
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	122,689	4,673,348
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	120,083	4,625,364
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	2.2%	1.0%
 	Population, 2010    	120,083	4,625,364
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.3%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	18.0%	23.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	12.2%	13.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.7%	51.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	70.2%	66.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	25.4%	27.9%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.6%	1.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.5%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	2.9%	5.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	68.6%	64.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	77.4%	84.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	4.5%	4.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	5.8%	6.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	91.6%	83.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	46.7%	24.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	9,725	399,403
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.0	23.3 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	59,522	2,137,683
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	53.4%	69.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	44.3%	17.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$259,700	$137,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	49,741	1,758,732
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.27	2.52
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$31,287	$23,854
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$50,938	$44,587
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	18.8%	17.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Charleston	South Carolina
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	13,392	360,397
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	8.1%	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    	28.1%	27.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	409,872	93,977,455
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	856,232	40,498,047
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,183,728	54,298,410
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$19,553	$12,273
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	641,315	8,383,463

   	Geography QuickFacts	Charleston	South Carolina
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	108.98	30,060.70
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,101.9	153.9
 	FIPS Code    	13330	45
 	Counties    	Berkeley County
 Charleston County
 	

(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