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People QuickFacts |
Cherokee County |
South Carolina |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
54,394 | 4,479,800 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
3.5% | 11.7% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
52,537 | 4,011,809 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 |
6.3% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 |
24.8% | 24.0% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 |
12.7% | 13.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2007 |
51.4% | 51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
77.5% | 68.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
20.8% | 28.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.2% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.5% | 1.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) |
Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 |
0.8% | 1.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) |
2.7% | 3.8% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 |
75.1% | 65.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
61.2% | 55.9% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
1.3% | 2.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
3.0% | 5.2% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
66.7% | 76.3% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
11.8% | 20.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
13,102 | 810,857 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
23.0 | 24.3 |
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Housing units, 2007 |
23,200 | 2,021,947 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
73.9% | 72.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
10.7% | 15.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$74,100 | $94,900 |
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Households, 2000 |
20,495 | 1,533,854 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.53 | 2.53 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$37,815 | $43,508 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$16,421 | $18,795 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
16.8% | 15.1% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Cherokee County |
South Carolina |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2006 |
1,045 | 105,2961 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
18,752 | 1,633,4411 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
-8.7% | 2.0%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
2,098 | 270,661 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
2,751 | 292,984 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
9.2% | 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 |
31.0% | 26.2% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
2,338,013 | 81,132,781 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 32,988,974 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
472,082 | 40,629,089 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$8,815 | $9,895 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
48,110 | 6,104,316 |
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Building permits, 2007 |
255 | 40,631 |
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Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
281,453 | 37,056,1761 |
