People QuickFacts Spartanburg South Carolina Population, 2011 estimate 37,334 4,673,348 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 37,013 4,625,364 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.9% 1.0% Population, 2010 37,013 4,625,364 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.6% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 23.5% 23.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 14.6% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2010 55.9% 51.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 45.6% 66.2% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 49.3% 27.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.8% 1.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.8% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 3.4% 5.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 43.9% 64.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 79.9% 84.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.0% 4.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.1% 6.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 80.9% 83.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 28.3% 24.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,580 399,403 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.8 23.3  Housing units, 2010 17,516 2,137,683 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 52.9% 69.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 34.9% 17.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $119,200 $137,000 Households, 2007-2011 15,042 1,758,732 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.32 2.52 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $21,304 $23,854 Median household income, 2007-2011 $33,375 $44,587 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 25.0% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Spartanburg South Carolina Total number of firms, 2007 4,203 360,397 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 11.2% 12.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.5% 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 22.1% 27.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 93,977,455 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 640,520 40,498,047 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,251,116 54,298,410 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $31,915 $12,273 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 176,333 8,383,463     Geography QuickFacts Spartanburg South Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 19.77 30,060.70 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,872.3 153.9 FIPS Code 68290 45 Counties Spartanburg 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