| |
People QuickFacts |
South Carolina |
USA |
 |
Population, 2011 estimate |
4,679,230 | 311,591,917 |
|
|
Population, 2010 |
4,625,364 | 308,745,538 |
|
|
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 |
15.3% | 9.7% |
|
|
Population, 2000 |
4,012,012 | 281,421,906 |
|
|
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 |
6.5% | 6.5% |
|
|
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 |
23.4% | 24.0% |
|
|
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 |
13.7% | 13.0% |
|
|
Female persons, percent, 2010 |
51.4% | 50.8% |
| |
|
|
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
66.2% | 72.4% |
|
|
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
27.9% | 12.6% |
|
|
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.4% | 0.9% |
|
|
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
1.3% | 4.8% |
|
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.1% | 0.2% |
|
|
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 |
1.7% | 2.9% |
|
|
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) |
5.1% | 16.3% |
|
|
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 |
64.1% | 63.7% |
| |
|
|
Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 |
84.3% | 84.2% |
|
|
Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 |
4.7% | 12.7% |
|
|
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 |
6.6% | 20.1% |
|
|
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 |
83.0% | 85.0% |
|
|
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 |
24.0% | 27.9% |
|
|
Veterans, 2006-2010 |
401,258 | 22,652,496 |
|
|
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 |
23.2 | 25.2 |
|
|
Housing units, 2010 |
2,137,683 | 131,704,730 |
|
|
Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 |
69.9% | 66.6% |
|
|
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 |
17.4% | 25.9% |
|
|
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 |
$134,100 | $188,400 |
|
|
Households, 2006-2010 |
1,741,994 | 114,235,996 |
|
|
Persons per household, 2006-2010 |
2.51 | 2.59 |
|
|
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 |
$23,443 | $27,334 |
|
|
Median household income 2006-2010 |
$43,939 | $51,914 |
|
|
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 |
16.4% | 13.8% |
| |
Business QuickFacts |
South Carolina |
USA |
|
|
Private nonfarm establishments, 2009 |
103,2541 | 7,433,465 |
|
|
Private nonfarm employment, 2009 |
1,542,8251 | 114,509,626 |
|
|
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2009 |
-3.7%1 | 0.4% |
|
|
Nonemployer establishments, 2009 |
280,119 | 21,090,761 |
| |
|
|
Total number of firms, 2007 |
360,397 | 27,092,908 |
|
|
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
12.1% | 7.1% |
|
|
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
0.5% | 0.9% |
|
|
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
1.8% | 5.7% |
|
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
0.1% | 0.1% |
|
|
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
1.7% | 8.3% |
|
|
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
27.6% | 28.8% |
| |
|
|
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |
93,977,455 | 5,338,306,501 |
|
|
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) |
40,498,047 | 4,174,286,516 |
|
|
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) |
54,298,410 | 3,917,663,456 |
|
|
Retail sales per capita, 2007 |
$12,273 | $12,990 |
|
|
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) |
8,383,463 | 613,795,732 |
|
|
Building permits, 2010 |
14,021 | 604,610 |
|
|
Federal spending, 2009 |
48,331,4801 | 3,175,336,0502 |
