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Spartanburg County Facts

Census Statistics

	Spartanburg County	South Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate	261,281	4,147,152
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.0%	3.4%
Population, 2000	253,791	4,012,012
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	11.9%	15.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.6%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.8%	25.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.5%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.4%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	75.1%	67.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	20.8%	29.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.4%	1.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.0%	1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.8%	2.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	74.0%	66.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	56.3%	55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	3.7%	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	73.1%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	18.2%	20.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	53,655	810,857
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	22.5	24.3?
Housing units, 2002	110,786	1,825,531
Homeownership rate, 2000	72.0%	72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	13.6%	15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$91,100	$94,900?
Households, 2000	97,735	1,533,854
Persons per household, 2000	2.52	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$37,579	$37,082
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,738	$18,795
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	12.3%	14.1%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	6,266	97,030
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	119,590	1,596,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.9%	-0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	13,269	206,770
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	7,534,645	70,797,020
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	2,311,553	33,634,264
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,432	$8,874
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	6.5%	11.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.0%	24.7%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,986	34,104
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	1,060,746	26,103,200
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	811	30,109
Persons per square mile, 2000	313.0	133.2
Metropolitan Area	Greenville-Spartanbu	?
FIPS Code	083	45

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