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Georgetown County Facts

Census Statistics

	Georgetown County	South Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate	58,924	4,147,152
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	5.6%	3.4%
Population, 2000	55,797	4,012,012
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	20.5%	15.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.2%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.2%	25.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	15.0%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.1%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	59.7%	67.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	38.6%	29.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	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	0.5%	1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.6%	2.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	59.2%	66.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	62.0%	55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.2%	2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.5%	5.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	75.2%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	20.0%	20.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	11,328	810,857
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	26.0	24.3?
Housing units, 2002	29,618	1,825,531
Homeownership rate, 2000	81.4%	72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	12.8%	15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$114,700	$94,900?
Households, 2000	21,659	1,533,854
Persons per household, 2000	2.55	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$35,312	$37,082
Per capita money income, 1999	$19,805	$18,795
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	17.1%	14.1%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,836	97,030
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	23,227	1,596,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	11.0%	-0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	3,857	206,770
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,057,601	70,797,020
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	481,947	33,634,264
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,197	$8,874
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	11.9%	11.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	23.1%	24.7%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	666	34,104
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	349,104	26,103,200
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	815	30,109
Persons per square mile, 2000	68.5	133.2
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	043	45

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