People QuickFacts	Dorchester County	South Carolina
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	118,979	4,321,249
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	23.5%	7.7%
  	Population, 2000    	96,413	4,012,012
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006    	6.3%	6.6%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006    	25.3%	24.1%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006    	9.4%	12.8%
  	Female persons, percent, 2006    	51.0%	51.3%
  	White persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	71.5%	68.5%
  	Black persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	25.1%	29.0%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	0.6%	0.4%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	1.4%	1.1%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006    	1.3%	0.9%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b)    	2.8%	3.5%
  	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006    	69.1%	65.4%
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	52.4%	55.9%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	2.8%	2.9%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	5.0%	5.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	82.2%	76.3%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	21.4%	20.4%
  	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000    	17,497	810,857
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	28.0	24.3 			
  	Housing units, 2006    	45,541	1,975,638
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	75.0%	72.2%
  	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000    	13.9%	15.8%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$104,600	$94,900 			
  	Households, 2000    	34,709	1,533,854
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.72	2.53
  	Median household income, 2004    	$47,124	$39,454
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$18,840	$18,795
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 2004    	11.8%	15.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Dorchester County	South Carolina
  	Private nonfarm establishments, 2005    	2,045	103,416
  	Private nonfarm employment, 2005    	23,317	1,584,914
  	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005    	0.9%	-1.0%
  	Nonemployer establishments, 2005    	6,883	259,604
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	7,060	292,984
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	12.5%	9.8%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.5%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.5%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.0%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	2.1%	1.0%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	37.6%	26.2% 			
  	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)    	720,841	81,132,781
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	318,748	32,988,974
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	696,055	40,629,089
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$6,878	$9,895
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	77,147	6,104,316
  	Building permits, 2006    	1,714	50,776
  	Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)    	504,666	30,051,171

   	Geography QuickFacts	Dorchester County	South Carolina
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	574.73	30,109.47
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	167.7	133.2
  	FIPS Code    	035	45
  	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area	 

(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