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Kershaw County Facts

Census Statistics

	Kershaw County	South Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate	54,481	4,147,152
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.5%	3.4%
Population, 2000	52,647	4,012,012
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	20.8%	15.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.6%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.1%	25.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.9%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.7%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	71.6%	67.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	26.3%	29.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	1.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.8%	1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.7%	2.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	70.7%	66.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	60.5%	55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.7%	2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.3%	5.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	75.4%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	16.3%	20.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	11,376	810,857
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	27.9	24.3?
Housing units, 2002	23,547	1,825,531
Homeownership rate, 2000	82.0%	72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	4.1%	15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$88,000	$94,900?
Households, 2000	20,188	1,533,854
Persons per household, 2000	2.58	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$38,804	$37,082
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,360	$18,795
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	12.8%	14.1%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,185	97,030
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	15,306	1,596,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.6%	-0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,766	206,770
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,637,889	70,797,020
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	296,489	33,634,264
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,198	$8,874
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	11.1%	11.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	20.4%	24.7%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	329	34,104
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	244,432	26,103,200
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	726	30,109
Persons per square mile, 2000	72.5	133.2
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	055	45

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