Abbeville County, South Carolina Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Abbeville County is 4th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Home ownership rate

Abbeville County is 8th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Abbeville County is 12th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Abbeville County is 15th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Race - White

Abbeville County is 18th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Female residents

Size Demographics
	Abbeville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	25,101	37th	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	490.5	35th	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	51.8	34th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Abbeville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	32nd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.2%	29th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.9%	8th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Abbeville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	77.1%	32nd	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.9%	31st	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Abbeville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	69.9%	15th	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	28.2%	29th	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	40th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	38th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	44th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	29th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	44th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	68.9%	12th	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Abbeville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	51.5%	18th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.5%	39th	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Abbeville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	12,072	35th	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.9%	33rd	17.6%	25.9%
Households	9,811	35th	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.9%	4th	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$89,100	30th	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.5	28th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	23	35th	18,708	829,658

Income Demographics
	Abbeville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$17,424	38th	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$34,670	31st	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.6%	22nd	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Abbeville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	334	38th	100,481	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,119	39th	1,521,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,385	37th	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$71,936	43rd	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$2,841	46th	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$10,963	38th	$8,383,463	$613,795,732