People QuickFacts	Spartanburg	South Carolina
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	38,561	4,321,249
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	-3.3%	7.7%
  	Population, 2000    	39,673	4,012,012
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	6.5%	6.6%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	25.2%	25.2%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	15.4%	12.1%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	55.7%	51.4% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	47.2%	67.2%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	49.6%	29.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.2%	0.3%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.3%	0.9%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	1.0%	1.0%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	1.8%	2.4% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	51.5%	55.9%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	3.3%	2.9%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	5.6%	5.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	72.4%	76.3%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	26.0%	20.4%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	19.0	24.3 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	17,696	1,753,670
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	49.8%	72.2%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$85,700	$94,900 			
  	Households, 2000    	15,989	1,533,854
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.33	2.53
  	Median household income, 1999    	$28,735	$37,082
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$18,136	$18,795
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	23.3%	14.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Spartanburg	South Carolina
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,004,352	32,988,974
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	891,820	40,629,089
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$22,684	$9,903
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	122,201	6,104,316
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	3,706	292,984
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	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    	18.1%	26.2% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Spartanburg	South Carolina
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	19	30,109
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	2,071.7	133.2
  	FIPS Code    	68290	45
 	Counties    	Spartanburg 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