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People QuickFacts |
Bamberg County |
South Carolina |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
15,307 | 4,479,800 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
-8.1% | 11.7% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
16,658 | 4,011,809 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 |
5.8% | 6.8% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 |
21.8% | 23.8% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 |
16.4% | 13.3% |
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Female persons, percent, 2008 |
53.1% | 51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
37.2% | 68.7% |
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Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
61.8% | 28.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.2% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.2% | 1.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) |
Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 |
0.6% | 1.1% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) |
1.2% | 4.1% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 |
36.5% | 65.2% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
65.6% | 55.9% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
0.9% | 2.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
2.0% | 5.2% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
64.7% | 76.3% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
15.4% | 20.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
5,012 | 810,857 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
26.0 | 24.3 |
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Housing units, 2008 |
7,175 | 2,056,127 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
74.7% | 72.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
8.9% | 15.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$61,800 | $94,900 |
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Households, 2000 |
6,123 | 1,533,854 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.55 | 2.53 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$27,421 | $43,508 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$12,584 | $18,795 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
27.4% | 15.1% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Bamberg County |
South Carolina |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2007 |
298 | 107,8931 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2007 |
3,715 | 1,648,1461 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007 |
-1.4% | 2.9%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2007 |
769 | 287,197 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
880 | 292,984 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 9.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.0% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
29.7% | 26.2% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
146,707 | 81,132,781 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
9,981 | 32,988,974 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
92,401 | 40,629,089 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$5,662 | $9,895 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
7,004 | 6,104,316 |
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Building permits, 2008 |
18 | 25,918 |
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Federal spending, 2008 |
143,856 | 38,831,6381 |
