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Aiken County Facts

Census Statistics

	Aiken County	South Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate	146,736	4,147,152
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.9%	3.4%
Population, 2000	142,552	4,012,012
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	17.8%	15.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.7%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.2%	25.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.8%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.8%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	71.4%	67.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	25.6%	29.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	1.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.2%	1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.1%	2.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	70.4%	66.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	59.7%	55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.3%	2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	4.3%	5.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	77.7%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	19.9%	20.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	28,289	810,857
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	24.8	24.3?
Housing units, 2002	63,865	1,825,531
Homeownership rate, 2000	75.6%	72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	9.4%	15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$87,600	$94,900?
Households, 2000	55,587	1,533,854
Persons per household, 2000	2.53	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$37,889	$37,082
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,772	$18,795
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	13.8%	14.1%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	2,620	97,030
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	52,432	1,596,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.0%	-0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	7,092	206,770
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	4,256,326	70,797,020
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	936,598	33,634,264
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,028	$8,874
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	11.5%	11.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	27.6%	24.7%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	908	34,104
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	2,195,191	26,103,200
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,073	30,109
Persons per square mile, 2000	132.9	133.2
Metropolitan Area	Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC	?
FIPS Code	003	45

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