| | People QuickFacts | Mount Pleasant | South Carolina |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 71,875 | 4,723,723 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 67,866 | 4,625,364 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 5.9% | 2.1% |
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Population, 2010 | 67,843 | 4,625,364 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.0% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 24.1% | 23.4% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 12.2% | 13.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.9% | 51.4% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 91.3% | 66.2% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 5.1% | 27.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.6% | 1.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 1.1% | 1.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 2.7% | 5.1% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 89.4% | 64.1% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 80.8% | 84.7% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.3% | 4.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 4.8% | 6.7% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 97.1% | 83.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 59.4% | 24.2% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 5,720 | 399,403 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.2 | 23.3 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 30,674 | 2,137,683 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 74.3% | 69.8% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 21.6% | 17.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $355,200 | $137,000 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 26,008 | 1,758,732 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.52 | 2.52 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $40,808 | $23,854 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $76,688 | $44,587 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.2% | 17.0% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Mount Pleasant | South Carolina |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 9,961 | 360,397 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.0% | 12.1% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.4% | 1.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.6% | 1.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.0% | 27.6% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | NA | 93,977,455 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 121,164 | 40,498,047 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,016,195 | 54,298,410 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,733 | $12,273 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 181,138 | 8,383,463 |