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Laurens County Facts

Census Statistics

	Laurens County	South Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate	70,269	4,147,152
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.1%	3.4%
Population, 2000	69,567	4,012,012
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	19.7%	15.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.6%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.3%	25.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	13.2%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.6%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	71.6%	67.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	26.2%	29.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	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	0.8%	1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.9%	2.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	71.0%	66.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	61.4%	55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.6%	2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.6%	5.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	67.7%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	11.7%	20.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	17,334	810,857
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.6	24.3?
Housing units, 2002	31,014	1,825,531
Homeownership rate, 2000	77.5%	72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	6.7%	15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$74,800	$94,900?
Households, 2000	26,290	1,533,854
Persons per household, 2000	2.55	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$33,933	$37,082
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,761	$18,795
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	14.3%	14.1%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	889	97,030
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	17,104	1,596,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.3%	-0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,012	206,770
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	834,106	70,797,020
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	296,203	33,634,264
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$4,749	$8,874
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	15.1%	11.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	21.2%	24.7%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	153	34,104
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	269,709	26,103,200
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	715	30,109
Persons per square mile, 2000	97.3	133.2
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	059	45

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