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Oconee County Facts

Census Statistics

	Oconee County	South Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate	68,523	4,147,152
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.5%	3.4%
Population, 2000	66,215	4,012,012
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	15.2%	15.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.0%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	22.9%	25.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	15.6%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.8%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	89.1%	67.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	8.4%	29.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.1%	1.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.8%	1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.4%	2.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	88.0%	66.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	59.4%	55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.4%	2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.8%	5.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	73.9%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	18.2%	20.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	14,951	810,857
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.3	24.3?
Housing units, 2002	33,528	1,825,531
Homeownership rate, 2000	78.4%	72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	7.8%	15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$97,500	$94,900?
Households, 2000	27,283	1,533,854
Persons per household, 2000	2.40	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$36,666	$37,082
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,965	$18,795
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	10.8%	14.1%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,526	97,030
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	21,909	1,596,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.7%	-0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	3,606	206,770
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,135,988	70,797,020
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	403,926	33,634,264
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,372	$8,874
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	5.2%	11.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	21.4%	24.7%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	571	34,104
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	303,462	26,103,200
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	625	30,109
Persons per square mile, 2000	105.9	133.2
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	073	45

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