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People QuickFactsLaurens CountySouth Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate 70,269 4,147,152
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 1.1% 3.4%
Population, 2000 69,567 4,012,012
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 19.7% 15.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 67.7% 76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 11.7% 20.4%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 23.6 24.3 
Housing units, 2002 31,014 1,825,531
Homeownership rate, 2000 77.5% 72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 6.7% 15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $74,800 $94,900 
Households, 2000 26,290 1,533,854
Persons per household, 2000 2.55 2.53
Median household income, 1999 $33,933 $37,082
Per capita money income, 1999 $15,761 $18,795

Business QuickFactsLaurens CountySouth Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 889 97,030
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 17,104 1,596,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 -0.3% -0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 2,012 206,770
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 834,106 70,797,020
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 296,203 33,634,264
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $4,749 $8,874
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 153 34,104
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 269,709 26,103,200

Geography QuickFactsLaurens CountySouth Carolina
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 715 30,109
Persons per square mile, 2000 97.3 133.2
Metropolitan Area None  
FIPS Code 059 45

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