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Union County Facts

Census Statistics

	Union County	South Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate	29,105	4,147,152
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-2.6%	3.4%
Population, 2000	29,881	4,012,012
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-1.5%	15.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.3%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	23.8%	25.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	15.6%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.9%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	67.8%	67.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	31.0%	29.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.6%	1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.7%	2.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	67.5%	66.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	68.3%	55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.6%	2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.0%	5.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	66.9%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	9.8%	20.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	7,399	810,857
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	27.0	24.3?
Housing units, 2002	13,444	1,825,531
Homeownership rate, 2000	76.7%	72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	8.3%	15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$61,900	$94,900?
Households, 2000	12,087	1,533,854
Persons per household, 2000	2.44	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$31,441	$37,082
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,877	$18,795
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	14.3%	14.1%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	511	97,030
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	7,940	1,596,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	4.8%	-0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	925	206,770
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	679,568	70,797,020
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	155,238	33,634,264
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,077	$8,874
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	11.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	23.5%	24.7%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	42	34,104
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	149,578	26,103,200
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	514	30,109
Persons per square mile, 2000	58.1	133.2
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	087	45

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