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People QuickFacts |
Charleston |
South Carolina |
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Population, 2013 estimate |
127,999 |
4,774,839 |
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Population, 2012 estimate |
125,635 |
4,723,417 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base |
120,358 |
4,625,360 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 |
6.3% |
3.2% |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 |
4.4% |
2.1% |
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Population, 2010 |
120,083 |
4,625,364 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 |
6.3% |
6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 |
18.0% |
23.4% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 |
12.2% |
13.7% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2010 |
52.7% |
51.4% |
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White alone, percent, 2010 (a) |
70.2% |
66.2% |
|
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) |
25.4% |
27.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.2% |
0.4% |
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Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) |
1.6% |
1.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.1% |
0.1% |
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Two or More Races, percent, 2010 |
1.5% |
1.7% |
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Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) |
2.9% |
5.1% |
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White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 |
68.6% |
64.1% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 |
77.5% |
84.7% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 |
4.1% |
4.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 |
5.2% |
6.8% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 |
91.6% |
84.0% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 |
47.4% |
24.6% |
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Veterans, 2008-2012 |
9,655 |
396,873 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 |
21.0 |
23.4 |
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Housing units, 2010 |
59,522 |
2,137,683 |
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Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 |
53.3% |
69.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 |
43.1% |
17.7% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 |
$255,600 |
$137,400 |
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Households, 2008-2012 |
50,811 |
1,768,255 |
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Persons per household, 2008-2012 |
2.27 |
2.54 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 |
$31,554 |
$23,906 |
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Median household income, 2008-2012 |
$50,873 |
$44,623 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 |
19.8% |
17.6% |
