People QuickFacts	Gaffney	South Carolina
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	12,456	4,673,348
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	12,414	4,625,364
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.3%	1.0%
 	Population, 2010    	12,414	4,625,364
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.2%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	22.4%	23.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	17.4%	13.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	54.0%	51.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	50.1%	66.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	45.7%	27.9%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	1.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.6%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	3.1%	5.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	48.9%	64.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.3%	84.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.5%	4.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	7.2%	6.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	75.0%	83.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	15.6%	24.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,149	399,403
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	14.7	23.3 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	5,784	2,137,683
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	53.7%	69.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	26.9%	17.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$86,200	$137,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	4,909	1,758,732
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.39	2.52
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$17,419	$23,854
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$28,280	$44,587
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	25.5%	17.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Gaffney	South Carolina
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,101	360,397
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	12.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.6%	1.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	26.7%	27.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	201,429	93,977,455
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	5,757	40,498,047
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	434,329	54,298,410
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$33,732	$12,273
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	45,385	8,383,463

   	Geography QuickFacts	Gaffney	South Carolina
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	8.32	30,060.70
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,491.4	153.9
 	FIPS Code    	28060	45
 	Counties    	Cherokee 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