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Charleston County Facts

Census Statistics

	Charleston County	South Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate	321,014	4,147,152
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.6%	3.4%
Population, 2000	309,969	4,012,012
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	5.0%	15.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.4%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	23.7%	25.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.9%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.7%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	61.9%	67.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	34.5%	29.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.0%	1.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.2%	1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.4%	2.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	60.8%	66.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	49.6%	55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	3.6%	2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	6.4%	5.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	81.5%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	30.7%	20.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	59,609	810,857
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	22.6	24.3?
Housing units, 2002	148,065	1,825,531
Homeownership rate, 2000	61.0%	72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	27.9%	15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$130,200	$94,900?
Households, 2000	123,326	1,533,854
Persons per household, 2000	2.42	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$37,810	$37,082
Per capita money income, 1999	$21,393	$18,795
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	16.4%	14.1%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	10,520	97,030
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	175,646	1,596,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	3.4%	-0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	20,128	206,770
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	3,039,363	70,797,020
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	3,483,688	33,634,264
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$11,113	$8,874
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	12.2%	11.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.8%	24.7%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	3,848	34,104
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	3,055,047	26,103,200
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	919	30,109
Persons per square mile, 2000	337.5	133.2
Metropolitan Area	Charleston-North Cha	?
FIPS Code	019	45

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