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People QuickFactsLancaster CountySouth Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate 62,520 4,147,152
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 1.9% 3.4%
Population, 2000 61,351 4,012,012
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 12.5% 15.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 69.8% 76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 10.2% 20.4%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 27.0 24.3 
Housing units, 2002 25,846 1,825,531
Homeownership rate, 2000 75.0% 72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 7.6% 15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $77,100 $94,900 
Households, 2000 23,178 1,533,854
Persons per household, 2000 2.56 2.53
Median household income, 1999 $34,688 $37,082
Per capita money income, 1999 $16,276 $18,795

Business QuickFactsLancaster CountySouth Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 1,151 97,030
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 16,063 1,596,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 -6.6% -0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 2,598 206,770
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 1,561,649 70,797,020
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 401,331 33,634,264
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $6,947 $8,874
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 310 34,104
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 253,501 26,103,200

Geography QuickFactsLancaster CountySouth Carolina
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 549 30,109
Persons per square mile, 2000 111.8 133.2
Metropolitan Area None  
FIPS Code 057 45

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