People QuickFacts	Summerville	South Carolina
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	41,575	4,321,249
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	48.9%	7.7%
  	Population, 2000    	27,752	4,012,012
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.0%	6.6%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	28.7%	25.2%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	10.6%	12.1%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	52.6%	51.4% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	77.2%	67.2%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	19.4%	29.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.5%	0.3%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.9%	0.9%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	1.3%	1.0%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	2.0%	2.4% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	47.8%	55.9%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	3.2%	2.9%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	4.8%	5.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	86.1%	76.3%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	26.7%	20.4%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	27.1	24.3 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	11,087	1,753,670
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	65.7%	72.2%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$116,600	$94,900 			
  	Households, 2000    	10,391	1,533,854
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.61	2.53
  	Median household income, 1999    	$43,635	$37,082
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$20,103	$18,795
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	9.2%	14.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Summerville	South Carolina
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	200,087	32,988,974
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	409,491	40,629,089
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$13,555	$9,903
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	62,845	6,104,316
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	2,939	292,984
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	12.0%	9.8%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.5%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.5%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.0%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	39.0%	26.2% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Summerville	South Carolina
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	15	30,109
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,806.8	133.2
  	FIPS Code    	70270	45
 	Counties    	Berkeley County
 Charleston County
 Dorchester 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: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts