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People QuickFactsPickens CountySouth Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate 112,859 4,147,152
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 1.9% 3.4%
Population, 2000 110,757 4,012,012
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 18.0% 15.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 73.7% 76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 19.1% 20.4%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 24.0 24.3 
Housing units, 2002 47,627 1,825,531
Homeownership rate, 2000 73.5% 72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 13.6% 15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $96,100 $94,900 
Households, 2000 41,306 1,533,854
Persons per household, 2000 2.50 2.53
Median household income, 1999 $36,214 $37,082
Per capita money income, 1999 $17,434 $18,795

Business QuickFactsPickens CountySouth Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 2,168 97,030
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 30,922 1,596,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 -2.7% -0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 6,294 206,770
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 1,916,285 70,797,020
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 655,190 33,634,264
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $6,248 $8,874
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 853 34,104
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 464,529 26,103,200

Geography QuickFactsPickens CountySouth Carolina
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 497 30,109
Persons per square mile, 2000 222.9 133.2
Metropolitan Area Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA  
FIPS Code 077 45

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