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Horry County Facts

Census Statistics

	Horry County	South Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate	210,757	4,147,152
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	7.2%	3.4%
Population, 2000	196,629	4,012,012
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	36.5%	15.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.7%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	21.3%	25.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	15.0%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.9%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	81.0%	67.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	15.5%	29.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.2%	1.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.1%	1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.6%	2.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	79.9%	66.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	49.3%	55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	4.0%	2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	6.3%	5.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	81.1%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	18.7%	20.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	42,673	810,857
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.7	24.3?
Housing units, 2002	131,384	1,825,531
Homeownership rate, 2000	73.0%	72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	32.1%	15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$119,700	$94,900?
Households, 2000	81,800	1,533,854
Persons per household, 2000	2.37	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$36,470	$37,082
Per capita money income, 1999	$19,949	$18,795
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	12.0%	14.1%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	7,211	97,030
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	86,594	1,596,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.4%	-0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	12,777	206,770
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	927,797	70,797,020
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	2,505,210	33,634,264
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$14,790	$8,874
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	8.3%	11.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	25.2%	24.7%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	4,017	34,104
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	935,449	26,103,200
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,134	30,109
Persons per square mile, 2000	173.4	133.2
Metropolitan Area	Myrtle Beach, SC MSA	?
FIPS Code	051	45

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