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People QuickFactsAbbeville CountySouth Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate 26,381 4,147,152
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 0.8% 3.4%
Population, 2000 26,167 4,012,012
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 9.7% 15.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 70.1% 76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 12.8% 20.4%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 25.4 24.3 
Housing units, 2002 11,785 1,825,531
Homeownership rate, 2000 80.5% 72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 7.9% 15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $70,600 $94,900 
Households, 2000 10,131 1,533,854
Persons per household, 2000 2.51 2.53
Median household income, 1999 $32,635 $37,082
Per capita money income, 1999 $15,370 $18,795

Business QuickFactsAbbeville CountySouth Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 335 97,030
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 6,647 1,596,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 -0.5% -0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 966 206,770
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 607,468 70,797,020
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 58,604 33,634,264
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $2,398 $8,874
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 56 34,104
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 109,588 26,103,200

Geography QuickFactsAbbeville CountySouth Carolina
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 508 30,109
Persons per square mile, 2000 51.5 133.2
Metropolitan Area None  
FIPS Code 001 45

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