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People QuickFactsKershaw CountySouth Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate 54,481 4,147,152
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 3.5% 3.4%
Population, 2000 52,647 4,012,012
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 20.8% 15.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 75.4% 76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 16.3% 20.4%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 27.9 24.3 
Housing units, 2002 23,547 1,825,531
Homeownership rate, 2000 82.0% 72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 4.1% 15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $88,000 $94,900 
Households, 2000 20,188 1,533,854
Persons per household, 2000 2.58 2.53
Median household income, 1999 $38,804 $37,082
Per capita money income, 1999 $18,360 $18,795

Business QuickFactsKershaw CountySouth Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 1,185 97,030
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 15,306 1,596,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 0.6% -0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 2,766 206,770
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 1,637,889 70,797,020
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 296,489 33,634,264
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $6,198 $8,874
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 329 34,104
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 244,432 26,103,200

Geography QuickFactsKershaw CountySouth Carolina
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 726 30,109
Persons per square mile, 2000 72.5 133.2
Metropolitan Area None  
FIPS Code 055 45

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