York County, SC Census Data

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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York County, South Carolina

People QuickFactsYork CountySouth Carolina
Population, 2005 estimate 190,0974,255,083
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 15.5%6.1%
Population, 2000 164,6144,012,012
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 6.4%6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 24.7%24.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 10.5%12.6%
Female persons, percent, 2005 51.3%51.3%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)77.9%68.4%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)19.4%29.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.8%0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.1%1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.7%0.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)2.9%3.3%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 75.2%65.5%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 52.3%55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 2.4%2.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 4.6%5.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 77.2%76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 20.9%20.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 30,084810,857
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 27.224.3
Housing units, 2005 79,9581,927,864
Homeownership rate, 2000 73.1%72.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 13.9%15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $119,600$94,900
Households, 2000 61,0511,533,854
Persons per household, 2000 2.632.53
Median household income, 2003 $45,662$38,003
Per capita money income, 1999 $20,536$18,795
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 11.3%13.8%
Business QuickFactsYork CountySouth Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 4,077101,1651
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 59,7621,560,5731
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 7.3%-2.6%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 11,057246,641
Total number of firms, 2002 12,783292,984
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 4.0%9.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 1.2%0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.4%1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 22.9%26.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 2,357,89081,132,781
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,928,21232,988,974
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,678,56140,629,089
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $9,648$9,895
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 193,6076,104,316
Building permits, 2005 3,08154,157
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 671,04530,051,1711
Geography QuickFactsYork CountySouth Carolina
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 68230,109
Persons per square mile, 2000 241.4133.2
FIPS Code 09145
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC Metro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:06:10 EST
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